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INTRODUCTION
Cinzia: Salve, sono Cinzia.
Marco: Marco here! Beginner series Season 1, Lesson 30 - How Much Did You Pay for Your Italian iPhone? Buongiorno a tutti. I am Marco and we’d like to welcome you to the 30th lesson of the newbie series in ItalianPod101.com.
Cinzia: Benvenuti.
Marco: We will be guiding you through basic grammar and vocabulary.
Cinzia: And don’t forget that we’re going to discuss different aspects of the language, culture and customs that you’ll find in Italy.
Marco: Be sure to check out the learning center for lesson-specific tools and general reference material.
Cinzia: In today’s dialogue, we will see Luca and Peter having a conversation about Peter’s new iPhone.
Marco: The iPhone…
Cinzia: Yes, it’s so cool!
Marco: And when a friend has a new piece of technology, everyone is dying to try it. So what would you say if a friend asks: Lo posso provare?
Cinzia: “Can I try it?”
Marco: Okay, Cinzia, so don’t interrupt me, it’s all for me! Because I would be Luca and I would also be Peter.
DIALOGUE
Luca: È un iPhone quello?
Peter: Si.
Luca: Dove l'hai comprato?
Peter: Me l'hanno spedito dall'America.
Luca: Davvero? Lo posso provare?
Peter: Certo. Quando esce l'iPhone qui in Italia?
Luca: È uscito da poco, ma costa tantissimo.
Marco: Let's hear it slowly now.
Cinzia: Ascoltiamolo lentamente.
Luca: È un iPhone quello?
Peter: Si.
Luca: Dove l'hai comprato?
Peter: Me l'hanno spedito dall'America.
Luca: Davvero? Lo posso provare?
Peter: Certo. Quando esce l'iPhone qui in Italia?
Luca: È uscito da poco, ma costa tantissimo.
Marco: And now, with the translation.
Cinzia: E ora, con la traduzione.
Luca: È un iPhone quello?
Luca: Is that an iPhone??
Peter: Si.
Peter: Yes, it is!
Luca: Dove l'hai comprato?
Luca: Where did you buy it?
Peter: Me l'hanno spedito dall'America.
Peter: They sent it to me from the USA.
Luca: Davvero? Lo posso provare?
Luca: Really? Can I try it?
Peter: Certo. Quando esce l'iPhone qui in Italia?
Peter: Sure. When will the iPhone come out here in Italy?
Luca: È uscito da poco, ma costa tantissimo.
Luca: It recently came out, but it's really expensive.
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Marco: Do you have an iPhone, Cinzia?
Cinzia: No.
Marco: It’s a nice phone, but I think I’ll wait a while longer.
Cinzia: Yes. For the moment, it’s pretty expensive for me.
Marco: And actually, I don’t have any time to actually use it. I’m always here, working, working, working.
Cinzia: But you can find some time to use an iPhone.
Marco: Yes! You can especially use it to surf our website, ItalianPod101.com.
Cinzia: They can?
Marco: Sure they can. The iPhone can do that and much more.
Cinzia: Oh, wow!
Marco: And they can also use it to listen to our lessons, can’t they?
Cinzia: Of course they can!
Marco: Now, let’s take a look at the vocabulary phrases for today’s lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Marco: The first word is…
Cinzia: comprare [natural native speed]
Marco: to buy, to get
Cinzia: comprare [slowly - broken down by syllable] comprare [natural native speed]
Marco: And the next word is…
Cinzia: ancora [natural native speed]
Marco: still, yet
Cinzia: ancora [slowly - broken down by syllable] ancora [natural native speed]
Marco: And the next word is…
Cinzia: potere [natural native speed]
Marco: to be able, can
Cinzia: potere [slowly - broken down by syllable] potere [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word is…
Cinzia: provare [natural native speed]
Marco: to try on, to try out
Cinzia: provare [slowly - broken down by syllable] provare [natural native speed]
Marco: And the last word is…
Cinzia: certo [natural native speed]
Marco: sure, of course
Cinzia: certo [slowly - broken down by syllable] certo [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Cinzia: And now, let’s take a look at the usage for some of the words and expressions.
Marco: The first word is…
Cinzia: comprare
Marco: And the first sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Peter ha comprato un iPhone.
Marco: “Peter bought an iPhone.”
Cinzia: Next word we will look at is ancora.
Marco: And the example sentence is…
Cinzia: Luca non ha ancora comprato un iPhone.
Marco: “Luca still hasn’t bought an iPhone.”
Cinzia: Next word we will look at is potere.
Marco: And the sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Posso aiutarti?
Marco: "Can I help you?"
Cinzia: The next word we will look at is provare.
Marco: And the sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Posso provare questi pantaloni?
Marco: “Can I try on these pants?”
Cinzia: And the last one we will look at is certo.
Marco: And the sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Certo che puoi provarli.
Marco: “Of course you can try them.” These last two example sentences are very useful when going shopping, aren’t they, Cinzia?
Cinzia: Yes, it’s so true, actually. Because I can ask the shop clerk - Posso provare questi pantaloni?
Marco: And I (the shop clerk) could answer - Certo che puoi provarli. Now, let’s take a look at the grammar.

Lesson focus

Cinzia: In today’s grammar, we will see the conjugation of the verb comprare at its presente indicativo tense.
Marco: Here it is - comprare “to buy.”
Cinzia: Io compro
Marco: “I buy”
Cinzia: Tu compri
Marco: “You buy”
Cinzia: Lui/lei compra
Marco: “He/she/it buys”
Cinzia: Noi compriamo
Marco: “We buy”
Cinzia: Voi comprate
Marco: “You buy”
Cinzia: “Loro comprano”
Marco: They buy
Cinzia: What is the opposite verb of comprare, Marco?
Marco: Well, certainly, it’s vendere “to sell.”
Cinzia: Do you like more vendere or comprare? Do you sell things on eBay?
Marco: No, no, no, no, no. Although, selling on eBay is very big in Italy.
Cinzia: Yes.
Marco: But going back to your question, mi piace comprare a poco e vendere a tanto, “I like buying low and selling high.”
Cinzia: What about today’s dialogue and overall, what about the verb comprare in today’s dialogue?
Marco: When forming questions in Italian, the subject is often placed at the end of the question or also deleted altogether.
Cinzia: Oh yes. So, we are referring to Luca’s statement.
Marco: Yes. Of the three questions that Luca asks, only the first one is a subject. The other ones don’t have it altogether. Furthermore, many times, the subject of a question is stated for emphasis. For example, “L’hai comprato tu?” has the implied meaning “Did you buy it?”
Cinzia: With verb combinations like Peter uses when he says, “Lo posso provare?” the object pronoun (in this case lo) can be placed either before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive. For example…
Marco: Posso provarlo?
Cinzia: Which carries the same meaning as “Lo posso provare?” which in English is…
Marco: “Can I try it?”
Cinzia: So, very straightforward.

Outro

Marco: That’s enough for today’s lesson, so a presto!
Cinzia: Ciao a tutti e grazie!

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