Learn to use di
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| Hi everyone, I'm Felice. |
| Ciao a tutti, sono Felice, |
| welcome to the Italian Whiteboard Lessons. |
| In this lesson you'll learn how to use the preposition DI as a modifier. |
| Let's get started! |
| Il suo numero di telefono, per favore. |
| First we have the possessive adjective IL SUO, meaning your, formal Italian. |
| Then we have a noun NUMERO, meaning number. |
| Then we have the preposition DI, meaning of. |
| Then we have another noun TELEFONO, meaning phone. |
| At the end we have these expressions |
| PER FAVORE, meaning please. |
| Il suo numero di telefono, per favore. |
| Literally, your number of phone, please. |
| But the meaning is your phone number, please. |
| The preposition DI here is used to modify the noun right before it. |
| In this sentence it shows that it's not just a generic number, |
| it's a phone number, in Italian. |
| Numero di telefono. |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. |
| This pattern will be the structure that all of our dialogue will follow. |
| Noun di noun. |
| Numero di telefono. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, |
| I want you to pay attention to the modifier DI. |
| Find it and see how it's used in the dialogue. |
| Informal Italian. |
| Il suo numero di telefono, per favore. |
| Your phone number, please. |
| Il mio numero di telefono è 098-7654-321. |
| My phone number is 098-7654-321. |
| Now let's look at some speaking examples in Formal Italian. |
| Il suo numero di telefono, per favore. |
| Your phone number, please. |
| Il mio numero di telefono è 1234567890. |
| My phone number is 1234567890. |
| Noun di noun. |
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