Learn to use stare
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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 verb STARE. |
| Let's get started! |
| Sto bene! |
| First, we have the verb STARE |
| conjugated in the first person singular, |
| sto. |
| Next is an adverb, here it's bene. |
| Literally, I stay fine, |
| meaning |
| I'm fine. |
| Sto |
| adverb. |
| Now, let's look at the different forms of the verb STARE. |
| In the present, remember that in Italian |
| we usually omit the personal pronouns. |
| We only use them to express emphasis or opposition. |
| The first person singular is sto. |
| The second person singular is stai. |
| The third person singular is sta. |
| The first person plural is stiamo. |
| The second person plural is state. |
| And the third person plural is stanno. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, I want you to pay attention to the verb STARE. |
| Find it and see how it's used in the dialogue. |
| The dialogue uses informal Italian. |
| Come Stai? |
| How are you? |
| Sto Bene, Grazie! |
| I'm Fine, Thank you |
| Now, let's look at another example. |
| This time, the dialogue uses formal Italian. |
| Come sta? |
| How are you? |
| Sto abbastanza bene, grazie. |
| I'm pretty well, thank you. |
| STARE and essere are often confused, |
| but they are not interchangeable. |
| Here, STARE is used to talk about well-being. |
| In Italian, the formal UR, lei sta, |
| is conveyed using the third person singular, sta. |
| The lei in the formal lei sta is always capitalized when written. |
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