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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! You’re walking around a great little Italian boutique with your friends, inspecting the Italian merchandise for sale. You’re in the market for some Italian accessories to match an outfit you bought at another Italian clothier, but so far, you’ve had no luck till now. You find a great necklace and a scarf, but there is no Italian price tag on the items. Puzzled, you flag down an Italian salesperson who is eyeing you and following you closely around the store. You ask the salesperson in Italian, “How much is this necklace?” He responds in Italian, “It’s four hundred euros.” Aghast, you reply in Italian, “For a beaded necklace?” He insists in Italian, “It’s handcrafted by Italian artisans.” You tell him in Italian, “Well, no thanks. What about this scarf?” He responds in Italian, “It’s also handmade here in Italy, so it’s more expensive.” You ask in Italian, “What, did the silkworms grow up here too?” With that, you storm out of the store and march onto the next Italian merchant.
Learning Italian with ItalianPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Italian! This Italian Absolute Beginner lesson will teach you how to ask the cost of items in Italian. You’ll also learn why you should always be suspicious when an Italian store doesn’t have its price tags visible. 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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This entry was posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Absolute Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
16 Responses to “Absolute Beginner #8 - How Much Does That Italian Accessory Cost?”
at 6:30 pm
at 5:29 pm
Ciao Marco,
hai detto in questa lezione che l’accento è messo sulla penultima silaba. Hai detto “That’s why we say compri-aaa-mo instead of c-ooo-mpriamo”, ma mi sembra deve anche detto che c’è questo eccezione nella terza persone plurale dove si dice veramente c-ooo-mprano e non compri-aaa-no.
Grazie per il vostro servizio
Martin
P.S. Vivo in un parte d’Italia dove si parla il tedescho: l’Alto Adige. Faccio questi lezioni per restare “fit” e in Italiano e in Inglese, perché parlate anche in Inglese. La mia madre lingua è il tedesco, ma ho tanti amici italiani, e nel condominio dove abito (a Merano) ci sono solo italiani.
at 4:41 pm
In Lesson 7 there was an example sentence “In Toscana l’olio d’olive è molto buono” and in Lesson 8 there was a sentence “A Firenze puoi trovare delle belle cinture di pelle”. Why do you use “in Toscana” but “a Firenze”?
at 1:33 pm
Ciao Judi,
good question! Prepositions are one of the most challenging part in Italian.
We say “in Toscana” but “a Firenze” because with name of regions and nations we use the preposition “in” but with names of city we use “a”.
For example.
“Abito a Genova, in Liguria.”/I live in Genoa, in Liguria.
Thank you for your comment, grazie mille!!
Consuelo
at 1:41 pm
Mi scusi,
Che cosa the difference between “ora” e “adesso” in terms of expressing the word “now”?
at 3:36 pm
Jon,
There is not a difference really, they both mean “now”. However I never personally use the word “ora”. It is really down to personal preference. My grandfather or friends whom where mostly from south Italy seem to use “ora” more often than say my mother or friends from north of Italy. Again, this is only my personal observation. I can also tell you that there is one more expression in speech widely use in the south to mean “now”, and that is “mo’”.
ex.
Mo’ vado / I’m going now.
Mo’ mi son stancato / Now I’m tired or Now I got tired.
Hope it helps!
Cheers
at 12:12 am
at 5:45 pm
Ciao Ahmed,
piacere di conoscerti! Ti piace studiare l’italiano?
Buono studio!
Chiara
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at 12:38 am
I’ve been using the Review pop-up links to review, but am disappointed in the pacing. Seems it would be more helpful to put separate words first, sentences second, and repeat sentences one sentence at a time. It’s hard to spit out two Italian sentences in the time allotted. Yes, I use Pause button, but it’s frustrating. also, would be nice if less time were wasted saying the same intro over & over again, & more time given to the review itself.
Thanks for a really good site in general - these comments are meant to help make it even more effective. Hope you do not mind!
at 3:01 am
Hi Sara,
Thank you for comment. We’ll take your suggestion into consideration, where possible.
Buono studio
Chiara
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at 3:07 pm
Yay, verbs! Just what I needed.
Canto a chiesa. Ascoltiamo ItalianPod101.
Dove abita Lei? [Is “abita” stressed on first syllable (a) or on the second (bi)?]
Loro abitano nel Europa, nel Australia, nel Africa, e nel altri continenti. [I gave up trying to list all continents.
I don’t know how to say “listeners” or “students”, but that’s who I meant by “loro”.]
Quando arrivi in Italia? Arrivo in Italia in settembre. [That probably needs future tense, rather than present.]
Thank you in advance for checking! Grazie.
at 3:11 pm
I forgot to include translations:
I sing at church. We listen to ItalianPod101.
Where do you live? (polite/formal)
They live in Europe, Australia, Africa and other continents.
When do you arrive to Italy? (informal) In September.
at 3:23 pm
Mi piace ballare così non guarda nesunno.
I like to dance like no one is watching.
at 12:36 pm
Hi Karina,
!
you did well
Just a couple of things to fix:
- Canto IN chiesa
- Loro abitano IN Europa, IN Australia, IN Africa e NEGLI altri continenti.
the last sentense in Italian is quite complex as it needs conjunctive tense.
- Mi piace ballare come se nessuno mi guardasse.
A presto
Chiara
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at 2:34 pm
Grazie, Chiara!
Che interesante! It’s interesting that words like “come” and “perchè” can be used as a question, and also in the other meaning, as an answer… (”How”/”Like”; “Why”/”Because”)
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Eventually I’ll get it, but for now I’m bound to keep making some mistakes… I’m almost trying to get ahead of myself, express things I don’t have the vocabulary or grammar for
But I surprised myself today; listening to a song in Italian, I understood two phrases in it (not looking at lyrics)!
“Non costa niente” - “It doesn’t cost anything” and
“Voglio vivere così” - “I want to live this way”.
at 2:26 pm
Hi Karina,
of course you are going to make mistakes. It ’s the best (and only) way to learn a language. And please keep working on your Italian with lessons, songs, new vocabulary and anything that you find interesting.
have fun learning Italian!
Chiara
Team ItalianPod101.com