Learn how to ask for the location of a specific store
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian survival phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You will be surprised at how far a little Italian will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| In the previous lesson, we covered how to ask to get something, in today’s one we’ll introduce you to another useful phrase for asking the place where you can find what you are looking for. |
Lesson focus |
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| Today’s phrase is “Is there a (place) near here?” First we need a place, so let’s use the word farmacia which means “pharmacy," but can also be translated as "chemist" or "drug store." |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: farmacia |
| Now let's hear it once again: farmacia |
| In Italian, “Is there a pharmacy near here?” is C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| Let’s break it down by syllable: C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| Now let's hear it once again: C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| The first word c’è means “there is." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: c’è |
| C’è |
| C’è sounds as a single word but it’s actually made up of two: ci and è, third person singular of the verb essere “to be," all together they become c’è with an apostrophe. |
| This is followed by una, “a," the indefinite article for feminine nouns. Followed by farmacia "pharmacy." Then we have qui “here” and vicino “near." |
| So all together we have C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| In Italy pharmacies are very easy to find, normally there are many in the same area, and furthermore in big and medium-sized cities there is always at least one pharmacy that is open at night. |
| Now to ask for a different place, we can just replace the word farmacia with any other word and the phrase works just fine. |
| So let’s imagine you need to withdraw some money from your bank account. |
| In Italian “Is there an ATM near here?” is C’è un bancomat qui vicino? |
| C’è un bancomat qui vicino? |
| So the only thing that changes is the thing you are looking for, in this case bancomat “ATM." |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: case bancomat |
| case bancomat |
| Let’s hear the entire phrase now. C’è un bancomat qui vicino? |
| In place of qui vicino, to translate “near here” you could also use the expression nelle vicinanze. So let’s try now with a post office. Ufficio postale. |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: Ufficio postale. |
| C’è un ufficio postale nelle vicinanze? |
| C’è un ufficio postale nelle vicinanze? |
| “Is there a post office near here?” |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian. |
| “Is there a pharmacy near here?” - C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| C’è una farmacia qui vicino? |
| “Is there an ATM near here?” - C’è un bancomat qui vicino? |
| C’è un bancomat qui vicino? |
| C’è un bancomat qui vicino? |
| “Is there a post office near here?” - C’è un ufficio postale nelle vicinanze? |
| C’è un ufficio postale nelle vicinanze? |
| C’è un ufficio postale nelle vicinanze? |
| That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao! |
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