Learn to ask "How are you?"
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| Introduction |
| Becky: Welcome to ItalianPod101.com. This is 3-Minute Italian Season 1, Lesson 4 - How are you? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Italian. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Italian. |
| Ofelia: [Normal] Come stai? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] come [Slow] come |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you are' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] stai [Slow] stai |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Ofelia: [Slow] Come stai? [Normal] Come stai? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to someone you don’t know well. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] Come sta? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] come [Slow] come |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you are (polite)' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] sta [Slow] sta |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation again here. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Ofelia: [Slow] Come sta? [Normal] Come sta? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] Sto bene, grazie. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I am' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] sto [Slow] sto |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'good, well' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] bene [Slow] bene |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'thank you' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] grazie [Slow] grazie |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Ofelia: [Slow] Sto bene, grazie. [Normal] Sto bene, grazie. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] Non tanto bene. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'not' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] non [Slow] non |
| Becky: Last is the phrase meaning 'so well' |
| Ofelia: [Normal] tanto bene [Slow] tanto bene |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'Not so well.' |
| Ofelia: [Slow] Non tanto bene. [Normal] Non tanto bene. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Ofelia: Please use this question only when you meet someone after a while, for example, after more than one week. A more casual way to ask to someone you meet often would be come va? instead. Come va? is easy and it works in both formal and informal situations. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Ofelia: Ciao! |
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