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Learn Italian with ItalianPod101.com! Fortunately, your wait for a seat at the Italian restaurant was quite short. You waited at the bar for under ten minutes, and now it’s time to place your order for your delicious Italian dinner. You peruse the Italian menu, but you’re not sure what some of these Italian dishes are. You’re not too picky, but you’re allergic to seafood, so you’re a bit afraid of being too adventurous. You don’t want to seem like too much of a tourist, but you do want to ask what is in some of these Italian dishes so you can be confident you won’t end up having hives or an even worse allergic reaction by the end of your meal. You continue to study the menu until your waiter comes over and asks you in Italian what you’d like for dinner. You put him off by ordering an appetizer, but you’re eventually going to have to ask about the main courses. Maybe you can sneak in a quick ItalianPod101.com Video lesson while you’re at the table and learn how!

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This entry was posted on Monday, March 21st, 2011 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Italiano in Tre Minuti . 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.

9 Responses to “Italiano in tre minuti S4 #12 - At the Italian Table”

ItalianPod101.com says:

Talking about food… Let’s suppose you’re in an Italian restaurant.

Cosa desidera ordinare?

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Ken says:

I sure do like these lesson videos.

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frescoph says:

Vorrei spaghetti e un esspresso.

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Hi Ken,
we are happy that you liked this lesson and you enjoy learning Italian. Thank you for leaving the comment :)

HI Frescoph,
It is good to answer our questions. It’s a good practice!
Just remember to add the article before spaghetti:
Vorrei gli spaghetti e un espresso.
Or you could say:
Vorrei un piatto di spaghetti e un espresso.

A presto.
Chiara
Team ItalianPod101.com

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Edmar says:

Grazie. Sto davvero imparando.

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ItalianPod101.com says:

Ciao Edmar,
Benissimo! Continua così!

Chiara
Team ItalianPod101.com

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Allen says:

Ciao Chiara!

Ho una questione…[P.S. I’m not sure if ‘questione’ is masculine or feminine, and if it stays the same in both singular and plural forms].

I also don’t quite understand why we use the third-singular person of ‘desiderare’ to ask, ‘Cosa desidera ordinare?’, ‘What would you like to order?’, instead of the second-singular person. Is this just for formalities to use the third-singular person?

Grazie tanto!

-Allen

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Team ItalianPod101.com says:

Hi Allen,
Question in Italian is feminine singuar and translated as ‘domanda’. Questione is translated as matter or issue.

Your guess is right: thrid-singular person is used for formal situation and formal language.

Hope this helps.
Chiara
Team Italianpod101.com

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Allen says:

It helps a lot! Grazie!!

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