Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! If you love spending time outdoors, Italy is the place for you. From their outdoor concerts to the Italian fiere (”trade fairs”), almost everyone can find something they enjoy while outdoors in Italy. However, if you really love to find great deals when you are shopping, you won’t want to miss the Italian fiere! I went to the Fiera di Sant’Orso in Aosta with some friends last weekend. I found some amazing deals on things I have been looking all over Italy for! Now…how do I say, “I was very lucky” in Italian?
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Newbie lesson will look at the passato prossimo tense of the irregular Italian verbs essere (”to be”) and avere (”to have”). You will also learn how to say “I was lucky” in Italian. Finally, you’ll learn all about the history of the two types of Italian fiere. Visit us at ItalianPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Italian lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
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5 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #24 - I Have Been Lucky in Italy!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
Is passato prossimo difficult to remember?
Tuesday at 6:41 am
Il passato prossimo in italiano e in francese sono molto vicini.
Penso che il passato prossimo non è tanto difficile, perché in italiano i verbi sono tutti regolari.
I’m sorry… I’m afraid this is mostly “pig” italian… but my dictionary is really lame… Potrebbe aiutare me per favore ?
Tuesday at 2:37 pm
Ciao Claire!
Hai scritto benissimo, non preocuparti!
You were correct, don’t worry!
(just this sentece: “Penso che il passato prossimo non è tanto difficile” should be “Penso che il passato prossimo non SIA tanto difficile”, using the subjunctive mode, but it’s difficult and actually we haven’t studied it yet very well!)
So be proud of yourself!
I know French and Italian are very very similar! That’s why I love so much French … and France too!
C!
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Ciao Claire,
your Italian is fantastic and your vocabularry is broad and rich. Italian and French share many things, of which language is probably the most visible one.
If you wish to improve your vocabulary, try to read some Italian newspapers. Listening to Italian songs would be useful too.
Check out the links we inserted in the forum, in the “Resources & Reviews” section. You’ll find plenty of free resources and online shoutcast radio.
Congratulazioni per il tuo italiano!
Ciao,
Gianluca
Wednesday at 1:44 am
Cinzia, Gianluca,
Thanks you !
French and Italian are so much alike, that I sometimes feel as if I’m just making things up starting from French …. On the other hand, understanding things is soooo much easier !
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