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INTRODUCTION
Cinzia: Buonasera a tutti!
Marco: Marco here! Beginner series Season 1, Lesson 38 - Let's Take a Ride in Your Italian Car! Hello and welcome back to the ItalianPod101.com, the fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Italian. I’m joined in the studio by…
Cinzia: Hello, everyone! Cinzia here.
Marco: In this lesson, we will learn how to use the condizionale presente tense in formulating polite requests.
Cinzia: This conversation takes place in the streets.
Marco: And it is between Anna, Peter, Elena, and Luca.
Cinzia: The speakers are friends, so they will be speaking informal Italian. Listeners, I have a question.
Marco: A question?
Cinzia: Yep. I want to know when was the last time you commented.
Marco: Ah, yes, great question!
Cinzia: Stop by ItalianPod101.com, leave us a comment, or just say hi!
Marco: Okay, you heard Cinzia. Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Anna: Guarda, sono loro.
Peter: Ci daresti un passaggio?
Elena: Certo, siamo venuti apposta! Salite!
Luca: Ciao, come state?
Anna: Bene. Luca, potresti andare avanti con il sedile? Peter ha le gambe lunghe.
Peter: Non ti preoccupare, ci sto.
Luca: Va bene così?
Peter: Grazie!
Marco: Let's hear it slowly now.
Cinzia: Ascoltiamolo lentamente.
Anna: Guarda, sono loro.
Peter: Ci daresti un passaggio?
Elena: Certo, siamo venuti apposta! Salite!
Luca: Ciao, come state?
Anna: Bene. Luca, potresti andare avanti con il sedile? Peter ha le gambe lunghe.
Peter: Non ti preoccupare, ci sto.
Luca: Va bene così?
Peter: Grazie!
Marco: And now, with the translation.
Cinzia: E ora, con la traduzione.
Anna: Guarda, sono loro.
Anna: Look, it’s them.
Peter: Ci daresti un passaggio?
Peter: Would you give us a ride?
Elena: Certo, siamo venuti apposta! Salite!
Elena: Sure, we came on purpose! Get in!
Luca: Ciao, come state?
Luca: Hello, how are you?
Anna: Bene. Luca, potresti andare avanti con il sedile? Peter ha le gambe lunghe.
Anna: Good. Luca can you go forward with the seat? Peter has long legs.
Peter: Non ti preoccupare, ci sto.
Peter: Don’t worry I fit.
Luca: Va bene così?
Luca: Is this OK?
Peter: Grazie!
Peter: Thanks!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Marco: How I hate getting squashed in the backseat of a car.
Cinzia: That’s why I love going around with my scooter.
Marco: But what about winter?
Cinzia: Well, winter is not so cold in Naples, you know.
Marco: You are so lucky. We should all move there.
Cinzia: Why don’t we?
Marco: Let’s ask the boss after the lesson. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
VOCAB LIST
Marco: The first word we will look at is…
Cinzia: dare [natural native speed]
Marco: to give, offer, hand
Cinzia: dare [slowly - broken down by syllable] dare [natural native speed]
Marco: And the next word is…
Cinzia: loro [natural native speed]
Marco: they, them
Cinzia: loro [slowly - broken down by syllable] loro [natural native speed]
Marco: And the next word is…
Cinzia: avanti [natural native speed]
Marco: forward, ahead, forwards
Cinzia: avanti [slowly - broken down by syllable] avanti [natural native speed]
Marco: And the next word is…
Cinzia: sedile [natural native speed]
Marco: seat
Cinzia: sedile [slowly - broken down by syllable] sedile [natural native speed]
Marco: The next we shall see is…
Cinzia: gamba [natural native speed]
Marco: leg
Cinzia: gamba [slowly - broken down by syllable] gamba [natural native speed]
Marco: And today’s final word is…
Cinzia: lungo [natural native speed]
Marco: long, lengthy
Cinzia: lungo [slowly - broken down by syllable] lungo [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Marco: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson.
Cinzia: The first word we will look at is dare.
Marco: And the sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Mi daresti quel libro?
Marco: "Could you hand me that book?"
Cinzia: The next word is loro.
Marco: And the sample is…
Cinzia: Sono loro!
Marco: "It's them!"
Cinzia: Next, we have avanti.
Marco: And the sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Venite avanti.
Marco: "Come forward."
Cinzia: The next word we will look at is sedile.
Marco: And the next sample is…
Cinzia: Il sedile è sporco.
Marco: "The seat is dirty."
Cinzia: The next word is gamba.
Marco: And the sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Luca si è rotto una gamba.
Marco: "Luca broke a leg."
Cinzia: And today’s final word is lungo.
Marco: And the last sample sentence is…
Cinzia: Mi dai il cavo lungo?
Marco: "Can you give me the long cable?" Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point.

Lesson focus

Marco: As in English, the condizionale presente is used to make written and spoken polite requests.
Cinzia: We should use it when directly asking favors or information, even in informal, friendly conversations.
Marco: For example…
Cinzia: Mi passeresti il sale, per favore?
Marco: “Would you pass the salt, please?”
Cinzia: Potresti venire con me al parco?
Marco: “Would you come with me to the park?”
Cinzia: Avresti un attimo di tempo per me?
Marco: “Would you spare a moment for me?” In addition to the inflection steps we learned in the previous lesson, certain first conjugation verbs require additional rules.
Cinzia: These verbs may be divided into two broad categories.
Marco: First category, due to the change of last syllable vowel, first conjugation verbs whose root ends with the letters -c- or -g- add the letter h between the root and stem, in order to keep the /k/ sound or /g/ sound. For example…
Cinzia: peccare
Marco: “to sin”
Cinzia: Io peccher –ei
Marco: “I would sin”
Cinzia: Tu peccher -esti
Marco: “You would sin”
Cinzia: Lui/lei peccher –ebbe
Marco: “He/she/it would sin”
Cinzia: Noi peccher -emmo
Marco: “We would sin”
Cinzia: Voi peccher -este
Marco: “You would sin”
Cinzia: Loro peccher -ebbero
Marco: “They would sin.” Second category - first conjugation verbs whose root ends with the vowel -i-, drop it before the endings, as we shall now see with the verb…
Cinzia: assaggiare
Marco: “to taste”
Cinzia: Io assagger –ei
Marco: “I would taste”
Cinzia: Tu assagger -esti
Marco: “You would taste”
Cinzia: Lui/lei assagger –ebbe
Marco: “He/she/it would taste”
Cinzia: Noi assagger -emmo
Marco: “We would taste”
Cinzia: Voi assagger -este
Marco: “You would taste”
Cinzia: Loro assagger -ebbero
Marco: “They would taste”

Outro

Marco: That just about does it for today. Okay, thank you! Bye-bye!
Cinzia: Ciao! Grazie!

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