Learn the many different definitions for the Italian verb portare
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Marco: Hello, and welcome to the Beginner Series S2 at ItalianPOD101.com, where we study modern Italian in a fun, educational format! |
| Cinzia: So, brush up on the Italian that you started learning long ago, or start learning today. |
| Marco: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson. Cinzia, what are we looking at in this lesson. |
| Marco: In this lesson we will learn about the verb portare and some of its most common meanings. |
| Cinzia: This conversation takes place in an office |
| Marco: And it is between the real Cinzia and Marco |
| Cinzia: They are friends, therefore they will be speaking informal Italian |
| Marco: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Cinzia: Marco sai che giorno è oggi? |
| Marco: Il sei gennaio, perché? |
| Cinzia: Oggi è il giorno dell’Epifania, che tutte le feste si porta via. |
| Marco: Hai ragione! Quindi la Befana ha portato delle caramelle. |
| Cinzia: Per te ha portato solo carbone! Guarda! |
| Marco: Ma è carbone dolce! Buono! |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Cinzia: Marco sai che giorno è oggi? |
| Marco: Il sei gennaio, perché? |
| Cinzia: Oggi è il giorno dell’Epifania, che tutte le feste si porta via. |
| Marco: Hai ragione! Quindi la Befana ha portato delle caramelle. |
| Cinzia: Per te ha portato solo carbone! Guarda! |
| Marco: Ma è carbone dolce! Buono! |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Cinzia: Marco sai che giorno è oggi? |
| Marco: Marco, do you know what day it is today? |
| Marco: Il sei gennaio, perché? |
| Marco: January sixth, why? |
| Cinzia: Oggi è il giorno dell’Epifania, che tutte le feste si porta via. |
| Marco: Today is the day of the Epiphany, which concludes all the holidays. |
| Marco: Hai ragione! Quindi la Befana ha portato delle caramelle. |
| Marco: You are right! So the Befana has brought some candies. |
| Cinzia: Per te ha portato solo carbone! Guarda! |
| Marco: She brought only coal for you! Look! |
| Marco: Ma è carbone dolce! Buono! |
| Marco: But it’s sweet coal! Good! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Cinzia: Let’s explain to our listeners what happens on this day. |
| Marco: Well first of all we need to hang some socks in the living room the day before the Epifania. |
| Cinzia: Then we just go to sleep and wait for the Befana to fill the socks with candies. |
| Marco: That is why children are usually the first to wake up on the 6th January. |
| Cinzia: And in the socks you can find all sorts of candies, but if you have been a bad girl |
| Marco: Or boy, you get… |
| Cinzia: Carbone! |
| Marco: Coal! |
| Cinzia: Luckily it is not the real carbone, but carbone dolce. |
| Marco: Sweet coal. It doesn’t taste bad, but it is rather hard to eat. |
| Cinzia: So you really got a lot of carbone. |
| Marco: No comment! |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Marco: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Cinzia: gennaio [natural native speed] |
| Marco: January |
| Cinzia: gennaio [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Cinzia: gennaio [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Cinzia: Epifania [natural native speed] |
| Marco: Epiphany |
| Cinzia: Epifania [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Cinzia: Epifania [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Cinzia: festa [natural native speed] |
| Marco: feast, holiday, party |
| Cinzia: festa [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Cinzia: festa [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Cinzia: quindi [natural native speed] |
| Marco: so, therefore |
| Cinzia: quindi [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Cinzia: quindi [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Cinzia: giorno [natural native speed] |
| Marco: day |
| Cinzia: giorno [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Cinzia: giorno [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Cinzia: carbone [natural native speed] |
| Marco: coal, charcoal, carbon |
| Cinzia: carbone [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Cinzia: carbone [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Marco: Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Cinzia: gennaio |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: A gennaio vado in Sicilia. |
| Marco: I am going to Sicily in January. |
| Cinzia: Epifania |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Domani è l’Epifania. |
| Marco: Tomorrow it’s the Epiphany. |
| Cinzia: festa |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Facciamo una festa? |
| Marco: Shall we have a party? |
| Cinzia: quindi |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Quindi non usciamo? |
| Marco: So we are not going out? |
| Cinzia: giorno |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Mangio lo yogurt ogni giorno. |
| Marco: I eat yogurt every day. |
| Cinzia: carbone |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Quella è una minera di carbone. |
| Marco: That is a coal mine. |
Lesson focus |
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| Cinzia: The Italian verb portare is used in many different circumstances and its meaning varies according to both the context it is inserted into and the direct object that follows it. |
| Marco: As we have seen in the dialogue above Cinzia says |
| Cinzia: "... Epifania, che tutte le feste si porta via". |
| Marco: The expression portare via means both "to take away" and "to end, to conclude". |
| Cinzia: In this case only the context provides the precise meaning of the verb portare plus the noun via. |
| Marco: Later in the dialogue, the verb portare is used in its basic meaning of "to bring". |
| Cinzia: There are other additional basic meanings of the verb |
| Marco: 1) to carry |
| Cinzia: Sto portando il mio portatile. |
| Marco: I'm carrying my laptop. |
| 2) to take someone/something to somewhere |
| Cinzia: Mi porteresti all'aereoporto? |
| Marco: Would you take me to the airport? |
| There are additional commonly used expressions made with the verb portare |
| Cinzia: portare sfortuna |
| Marco: to bring bad luck |
| Cinzia: Si dice che vedere un gatto nero porti sfortuna. |
| Marco: It is a common belief that seeing a black cat brings bad luck. |
| Cinzia: portare aiuto/soccorso a qualcuno |
| Marco: to help someone |
| Cinzia: I medici hanno portato rapido soccorso ai rifugiati. |
| Marco: The medics arrived promptly to help the refugees. |
| Cinzia: portare a compimento |
| Marco: to complete |
| Cinzia: Il progetto è stato portato a compimento. |
| Marco: The project was completed. |
| Cinzia: portare al settimo cielo |
| Marco: to make (somebody) very happy |
| Cinzia: Stare con te mi porta la settimo cielo. |
| Marco: Being with you makes me very happy. |
| There are a few more meanings explained in the PDF, so don't forget to read it. |
Outro |
| Marco: That just about does it for today. |
| Marco: Before we go, we want to tell you about a way to drastically improve your pronunciation. |
| Cinzia: The voice recording tool... |
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| Marco: and then play it back just as easily. |
| Cinzia: So you record your voice, and then listen to it. |
| Marco: Compare it to the native speakers... |
| Cinzia: And adjust your pronunciation! |
| Marco: This will help you improve your pronunciation fast! |
| Marco: Ciao! |
| Cinzia: Ciao a tutti! |
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