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| Hi, everyone! I’m Felice Angelini. |
| Ciao a tutti, sono Felice Angelini. |
| Welcome to the Italian Whiteboard Lessons! |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say where you are from, and basic vocabulary related to the Italian geography. |
| Ok! Let’s look at the Italian cities. |
| The first is Aosta. |
| Aosta, Aosta. |
| Next. |
| Turin. Turin? Wait, wait, no… In Italian, we say Torino. |
| Torino. Torino. |
| So please pay attention to this different pronunciation, sometimes, we have for city. |
| Next. Milan? Milano. |
| Milano, Milano. |
| Genova. |
| Genova, Genova. |
| Trento. |
| Trento, Trento. |
| Trieste. |
| Trieste, Trieste. |
| Venice? Venezia. |
| Venezia, Venezia. |
| Bologna? Bologna. |
| Bologna, Bologna. |
| Ok, this is the North. Then, the Center. |
| Florence? Firenze. |
| Firenze, Firenze. |
| Ancona. |
| Ancona, Ancona. |
| Perugia? Perugia. |
| Perugia, Perugia. |
| Rome? Roma. |
| Roma, Roma. |
| Then, the South. |
| L'Aquila. |
| L'Aquila, L'Aquila. |
| Naples? Napoli. |
| Napoli, Napoli. |
| Bari. |
| Bari, Bari. |
| Potenza. |
| Potenza, Potenza. |
| Catanzaro. |
| Catanzaro, Catanzaro. |
| And then, the islands. |
| Palermo, Palermo. |
| Palermo, Palermo. |
| Cagliari? Cagliari! |
| Cagliari, Cagliari. |
| Wow! Completed! |
| Well! Bene! Now, I imagine a dialogue between two friends. Sure, informal Italian. One question and one answer. Listen. |
| Di dove sei? “Where are you from?” |
| Sono di Roma. “I’m from Rome.” |
| Ok, Roma. |
| I want to try another city. Maybe… Milan, Florence, and Empoli. You know Empoli? It’s near Florence. |
| Milan, Florence, and Empoli. Ok, listen, this time, only the answer. |
| Sono di Milano. |
| Sono di Firenze. |
| Sono di Empoli. |
| Did you notice? we always use the same pattern. Let’s check. |
| Sono di [CITY NAME]. |
| So you can put another different city name and try with a different example. But pay attention, one advice. In this case, when I use this answer, we have three words - Sono, di, city name. Ok, please don’t put a stop between these three words. You know, try to say these three words in a canzone, like a canzone - Sono di... |
| You remember? |
| Sono di Bari. |
| Sono di Bari. |
| Ok, that’s right. |
| Italy has a long shape like a boot, that’s why it’s usually divided in three main sections: Nord “North,” “Center” Centro, and “South” Sud. |
| And Nord from above Firenze and South from below L'Aquila, not Rome, L'Aquila. |
| And the island, you know, Sicilia, Sardegna, not Corsica. |
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