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Hi everyone, I'm Felice Angelini!
Ciao a tutti! Sono Felice Angelini
Welcome to another Italian whiteboard lesson!
In this lesson, you'll learn how to give simple directions in Italian.
Let's get started!
Let's look at the dialogue.
A student is asking for directions to get to the library.
While listening to the dialogue, I want you to focus on the response and how the directions are given.
Ready?
Dove è la biblioteca?
La biblioteca è lì!
Ok one more time, a bit slower.
Dov'è la biblioteca?
La biblioteca è lì.
Good.
Now let's go over the dialogue line by line.
The question: Dov'è la biblioteca?
Dov'è means where is, then the place.
In Italian the library is a feminine singular noun, so we use LA, la biblioteca.
It is a question so the intonation is increasing.
Dov'è la biblioteca?
Where is the library?
And the answer.
La biblioteca, the library, è, is.
Did you notice this position is switch noun and verb.
Finished?
The location.
Lì, lì, there.
La biblioteca è lì.
It's very simple.
La biblioteca è lì.
It's very simple.
Now let's look at some similar examples.
Il parco è dietro la biblioteca.
The park is behind the library.
Il parco è dietro la biblioteca.
La banca è davanti alla scuola.
The bank is in front of the school.
La banca è davanti alla scuola.
Il bar è dentro la biblioteca.
The coffee shop is inside the library.
Il bar è dentro la biblioteca.
The last one is Il teatro è qui.
The theater is here.
Il teatro è qui.
Did you notice we always use the same pattern?
Place.
La banca, il parco, il bar, il teatro.
è, "is." Location.
Davanti alla scuola.
Dietro alla biblioteca.
Dentro la biblioteca.
Qui.
Place è location.
OK.
Let's look at the vocabulary.
First, we have the place.
And second, we have the location.
The place, remember this combination.
Noun and the definite article.
La biblioteca, the library.
Il parco, the park.
La banca, the bank.
Il bar, the coffee shop.
Il teatro, the theater.
And the last one, la scuola.
The school.
Then the location.
Did you notice we have two words?
Because in the right side, we have the opposite one.
So lì, lì.
Or qui, qui.
Lì, there.
Qui, here.
Dietro, davanti a, dietro, behind.
Davanti a, in front of.
And the last one.
Dentro, fuori da.
Dentro, inside.
Fuori da, outside of.
A combination between place and location.

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