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INTRODUCTION
Cinzia: Buongiorno! Mi chiamo Cinzia.
Marco: Marco here! Beginner series Season 1, Lesson 11 - Multiple Possessions - Stop the Plane! I Left My Glasses in Italy!
Marco: Buongiorno tutti! Hi! My name is Marco, and I’m joined here by our lovely Cinzia. Come stai, Cinzia?
Cinzia: Sto molto bene, Marco, grazie. Hello, everyone! And welcome to the eleventh lesson of the Beginner series.
Marco: Here, we take a broad approach to language, emphasizing listening comprehension,
Cinzia: speech, grammar,
Marco: vocabulary and usage.
Cinzia: So join us for this lesson on ItalianPod101.com.
Marco: In this lesson, we shall see the plural forms of both masculine and feminine possessive adjectives.
Cinzia: This conversation takes place in an Italian house.
Marco: And it is between Antonio and Maria.
Cinzia: The speakers are friends, therefore they will be speaking informal Italian. Be sure to check out the learning center for lesson-specific tools and general reference material.
Marco: I will be Antonio, while Cinzia will be…
Cinzia: Maria.
DIALOGUE
Antonio: Hai visto le mie chiavi della macchina?
Maria: Umm...No!
Antonio: E i miei occhiali?
Maria: Umm...No!
Antonio: E le mie sigarette, dove sono?
Maria: Ehh...le tue sigarette sono finite!
Antonio: Ma non hai smesso di fumare?!
Maria: Umm...No!
Marco: Let's hear it slowly now.
Cinzia: Ascoltiamolo lentamente.
Antonio: Hai visto le mie chiavi della macchina?
Maria: Umm...No!
Antonio: E i miei occhiali?
Maria: Umm...No!
Antonio: E le mie sigarette, dove sono?
Maria: Ehh...le tue sigarette sono finite!
Antonio: Ma non hai smesso di fumare?!
Maria: Umm...No!
Marco: And now, with the translation.
Cinzia: E ora, con la traduzione.
Antonio: Hai visto le mie chiavi della macchina?
Antonio: Have you seen my car keys?
Maria: Umm...No!
Maria: Um...nope!
Antonio: E i miei occhiali?
Antonio: And my glasses?
Maria: Umm...No!
Maria: Um...nope!
Antonio: E le mie sigarette, dove sono?
Antonio: And my cigarettes, where are they?
Maria: Ehh...le tue sigarette sono finite!
Maria: Eh...you're out of cigarettes. (literally, “your cigarettes are finished.”)
Antonio: Ma non hai smesso di fumare?!
Antonio: But haven’t you quit smoking?!
Maria: Umm...No!
Maria: Um...nope!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Marco: Cinzia, Cinzia, you’re just like Maria, always taking away somebody’s things.
Cinzia: Really?
Marco: Yes. In the office, you always take other people’s pens, pencils, paper.
Cinzia: Oh, come on, Marco, it’s just because I never find mine.
Marco: Yeah, some folletto is taking away your things, right?
Cinzia: Yes, of course! It’s not my fault.
Marco: Yeah, it’s never her fault. Anyway, on with the vocabulary. Let us take a look at today’s vocabulary.
VOCAB LIST
Marco: First
Cinzia: chiavi [natural native speed]
Marco: keys
Cinzia: chiavi [slowly - broken down by syllable] chiavi [natural native speed]
Marco: Next
Cinzia: occhiali [natural native speed]
Marco: glasses
Cinzia: occhiali [slowly - broken down by syllable] occhiali [natural native speed]
Marco: Next
Cinzia: sigarette [natural native speed]
Marco: cigarettes
Cinzia: sigarette [slowly - broken down by syllable] sigarette [natural native speed]
Marco: Next
Cinzia: dove [natural native speed]
Marco: where
Cinzia: dove [slowly - broken down by syllable] dove [natural native speed]
Marco: Next
Cinzia: smettere [natural native speed]
Marco: to quit, to stop
Cinzia: smettere [slowly - broken down by syllable] smettere [natural native speed]
Marco: Next
Cinzia: fumare [natural native speed]
Marco: to smoke
Cinzia: fumare [slowly - broken down by syllable] fumare [natural native speed]
Marco: And last word…
Cinzia: macchina [natural native speed]
Marco: car, automobile
Cinzia: macchina [slowly - broken down by syllable] macchina [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Marco: Perfect!
Cinzia: So now, let’s have a look at the usage for some of the words and expressions. The first word we will look at is chiavi.
Marco: Cinzia, can you give us an example sentence, please?
Cinzia: Le chiavi del motorino.
Marco: “The scooter keys.” Cinzia, do you have a scooter?
Cinzia: Yes, of course.
Marco: Really?
Cinzia: Yes. I love my scooter.
Marco: Oh, what brand is it?
Cinzia: Aprilia
Marco: Aprilia? Scarabeo, maybe?
Cinzia: No, of course not. It’s the classical and typical scooter the girls have.
Marco: What is it?
Cinzia: It’s Area 51.
Marco: Oh, I like that one. It’s a very aggressive line.
Cinzia: Yes.
Marco: Okay.
Cinzia: I’m so cool on my scooter.
Marco: Do you wear a helmet every time?
Cinzia: Um…
Cinzia: You have to and tell everybody out there that they should too.
Cinzia: Yes, true. I sometimes don’t wear the helmet, but of course I’m wrong, so wear the helmet and drive safely. Okay, the next word is occhiali.
Marco: Let’s have an example.
Cinzia: Marco non porta gli occhiali.
Marco: “Marco doesn’t wear glasses.”
Cinzia: Next word is sigarette.
Marco: One example, please.
Cinzia: Ho finito le sigarette.
Marco: “I finished the cigarettes.”
Cinzia: And the next word we will see is dove.
Marco: And the example is…
Cinzia: Dove vai?
Marco: “Where are you going?”
Cinzia: The next word we will see is smettere.
Marco: And the example is…
Cinzia: Smetti di ridere!
Marco: "Stop laughing!" And that’s for you, Cinzia, you’re always laughing.
Cinzia: Yes, but it’s not my fault, but just to have fun when we make these lessons.
Marco: That’s good.
Cinzia: The last word for today is fumare.
Marco: One last example then.
Cinzia: Non fumare.
Marco: “Don’t smoke.”
Cinzia: This wraps it up for the vocabulary usage.

Lesson focus
Cinzia: Today, we shall see the plural forms of both masculine and femine possessive adjectives. As you should know, possessive adjectives change not only according to the gender (masculine/feminine), but also to the number (singular/plural) of the nouns they precede.
Cinzia: The only exception is the possessive "their" (loro), that never changes.
Marco: The following explanation should help you clarify this point.
Cinzia: So now, let’s take a look at the masculine plural possessive adjectives.
Marco: Perfect. Take it from there, Cinzia.
Cinzia: miei
Marco: “my”
Cinzia: tuoi
Marco: “your”
Cinzia: suoi
Marco: “his/her”
Cinzia: nostri
Marco: “our”
Cinzia: vostri
Marco: “your”
Cinzia: loro
Marco: “Their.” And now, let’s take a look at the feminine plural possessive adjectives. Cinzia?
Cinzia: mie
Marco: “my”
Cinzia: tue
Marco: “your”
Cinzia: sue
Marco: “his/her”
Cinzia: nostre
Marco: “our”
Cinzia: vostre
Marco: “your”
Cinzia: loro
Marco: “their”
Cinzia: So, it’s not really complicated, Marco, is it?
Marco: No! No, very easy, very easy.
Cinzia: As we have already seen, the third plural person doesn’t change.
Marco: Yes, at all. It’s always loro and loro.
Cinzia: So, as you can see in the dialogue, possessive adjectives require a definite article preceding them. Both the article and the adjective must agree in person and number with the noun. Here are some examples.
Marco: "my books"
Cinzia: i miei libri
Marco: "your keys"
Cinzia: le tue chiavi
Marco: "His cigarettes"
Cinzia: le sue sigarette
Marco: "her glasses"
Cinzia: i suoi occhiali

Outro
Cinzia: So… that’s it for today’s lesson.
Marco: Don’t forget to check out the lesson transcripts in the PDF at ItalianPod1010.com.
Cinzia: Grazie e ciao ciao! Ci vediamo presto!
Marco: Ciao a tutti!

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