Learn how to ask and answer the question "What's wrong?"
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| A: Top 25 Italian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 19: What's wrong in Italian? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Italian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question "What's wrong?" In Italian this is |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? |
| The first word in the question is |
| B: Cosa |
| A: meaning "thing" in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) Cosa |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: Cosa |
| {Pause} |
| A: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the English translation, breaking it down by syllable, and then giving it once more at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| B: c'è |
| A: meaning there is. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) c'è |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: c'è |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: Cosa c'è |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| B: che |
| A: meaning what. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) che |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: che |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: Cosa c'è che |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| B: non |
| A: meaning not. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) non |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: non |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the first four words and repeat. |
| B: Cosa c'è che non |
| {pause} |
| A: And last is |
| B: va |
| A: meaning goes |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) va |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: va |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? |
| A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's wrong?? |
| B: Sono stanco. |
| A: "I'm tired." Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) Sono stanco. |
| {pause} |
| A: But let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: sono |
| A: meaning I am. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) sono |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: sono |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: stanco |
| meaning tired. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) stanco |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: stanco |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, I'm tired., and then repeat. |
| B: Sono stanco. |
| {pause} |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace tired with sad. |
| B: triste |
| A: sad |
| B: (slow) triste (regular) triste |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with sad |
| B: Sono triste. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace tired. Say I'm sad. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono triste. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace sad with sick. |
| B: malato |
| A: sick |
| B: (slow) malato (regular) malato |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with sick |
| B: Sono malato. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for sad. Say I'm sick. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono malato. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace sick with exhausted. |
| B: sfinito |
| A: exhausted |
| B: (slow) sfinito (regular) sfinito |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with exhausted |
| B: Sono sfinito. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for sick. Say I'm exhausted. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono sfinito. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Italy and someone asks you what's wrong. You want to answer I'm tired. Respond to the question. |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? (five seconds) Sono stanco. |
| A: Now you want to say I'm sad. Respond to the question. |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? (five seconds) Sono triste. |
| A: You want to say I'm sick. Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? (five seconds) Sono malato. |
| A: Imagine you're exhausted. Respond to the question. |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? (five seconds) Sono sfinito. |
| A: Now you want to ask someone what's wrong. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: Cosa c'è che non va? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 19. |
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