Learn common adverbs of frequency used for daily habits
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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 the most common adverbs of frequency to talk about daily habits |
| in Italian. |
| Let's start with vocabulary. |
| When describing a habit, you often need words like every day, sometimes or often. |
| These are known as adverbs of frequency. |
| Here is a list of the most common Italian adverbs of frequency from the highest frequency |
| to the lowest. |
| The first is sempre, always, sempre, sempre or tutti i giorni, every day, tutti i giorni, |
| tutti i giorni, spesso, often, spesso, spesso. |
| Di solito, usually, di solito, di solito, a volte, sometimes, a volte, a volte. |
| Di rado, seldom, di rado, di rado or raramente, seldom, raramente, raramente. |
| And the last, non mai, never, non mai, non mai. |
| Okay, let's go over the adverbs of frequency one more time. |
| Sempre, always, spesso, often, di solito, usually, a volte, sometimes, di rado or raramente, |
| seldom, non mai, never. |
| Let's now look at the dialogue. |
| Two friends are talking about their daily habits. |
| Pay attention to the adverb and where it is used. |
| Are you ready? |
| Cucini di solito? |
| Cucino sempre. |
| Okay, one more time, slowly. |
| Cucini di solito? |
| Cucino sempre. |
| Did you get the meaning? |
| The two friends are talking about cooking habits. |
| The question, Cucini di solito? |
| Do you usually cook? |
| And the answer, Cucino sempre. |
| I always cook. |
| Good. |
| Now let's look at some other examples. |
| Lavoro tutti i giorni. |
| I work every day. |
| Faccio spesso sport. |
| I often play sports. |
| Faccio di solito colazione. |
| I usually eat breakfast. |
| Vado di rado al cinema. |
| I seldom go to the movies. |
| Non leggo mai. |
| I never read. |
| As you may have noticed, excluding the adverb di solito, usually, and a volte, sometimes, |
| The Italian frequency adverb is usually placed after the verb. |
| The pattern is io, verb, frequency. |
| In the case of mai, never, we have to use non before the verb. |
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