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Welcome to Can-Do Italian by ItalianPod101.com.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to give your e-mail address in Italian.
For example, "My e-mail address is emily@innolang.com." is
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
Emily Erba is at city hall registering her address.
A civil servant is asking for her email address.
Before you hear their conversation, let’s preview some of its key components.
indirizzo e-mail
"E-mail address"
indirizzo e-mail
indirizzo e-mail
Listen to the conversation, and focus on the response.
Note: the civil servant in this conversation uses formal Italian.
Ready?
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
Once more with the English translation.
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
"Your e-mail address, please."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is emily@innolang.com."
Let's break down the conversation.
Do you remember how the civil servant says,
"Your e-mail address, please."
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Let’s start with the phrase, indirizzo e-mail, meaning "e-mail address." Indirizzo e-mail.
This starts with indirizzo. "Address." Indirizzo. Indirizzo.
In Italian, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Indirizzo is masculine and singular — a fact that determines the form of other words in the sentence.
Next is e-mail. "E-mail." e-mail. e-mail.
Together, it’s indirizzo e-mail. This literally means "address e-mail," but it translates as "e-mail address." Indirizzo e-mail.
Before this is il suo, meaning "your” in this formal context. Il suo.
Note suo fundamentally means “his,” “hers,” or “its,” but it’s also a formal way to say “your” when speaking to someone directly using formal Italian. Suo. Suo.
Now, you might be more familiar with tuo, an informal word for "your," as in il tuo indirizzo e-mail, an informal way to say “your e-mail address.” As this is a city office setting, the formal form, suo, is more appropriate.
Because indirizzo is masculine singular, suo is masculine singular to agree with it.
Before suo is the article il. Think of it like "the" in English. Il. Il.
Il is also masculine and singular to agree with indirizzo.
Note: in this sentence, the article, il, does not have a corresponding English translation.
In Italian, possessive adjectives, like mio, "my," tuo, "your," suo, the formal word for "your," and so forth, often pair with an article, like the il in il suo.
Together, it’s il suo, a formal phrase for "your." Il suo.
All together, il suo indirizzo e-mail. "Your e-mail address." Il suo indirizzo e-mail.
Last is per favore, meaning "please." Per favore. Per favore.
All together, it’s Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore. "Your e-mail address, please."
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Remember this request. You’ll hear it again later.
Let’s take a closer look at the response.
Do you remember how Emily says,
"My e-mail address is emily@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
Do you remember how to say "e-mail address?"
Indirizzo e-mail. "e-mail address." Indirizzo e-mail.
Before this is the phrase il mio, "my." Il mio.
Mio means "my." Mio. Mio.
In this sentence, mio is masculine singular to agree with indirizzo.
Before this is the article, il. Think of it like "the" in English. Il.
Il is also masculine and singular to agree with indirizzo.
In this sentence, the article il does not have a corresponding English translation.
Together, it’s il mio. "My." Il mio.
All together it’s Il mio indirizzo e-mail. "My e-mail address." Il mio indirizzo e-mail.
Next is è, "is," as in "my e-mail address is." È. È.
È is from the verb essere, meaning "to be." Essere.
Together, it’s Il mio indirizzo e-mail è… "My e-mail address is.…" Il mio indirizzo e-mail è…
Next is Emily’s e-mail address: emily@innolang.com.
emily@innolang.com.
Note how Emily says her e-mail address.
First is Emily’s name spelled out. e emme i elle ipsilon.
Next is the “at sign,” which is chiocciola in Italian. Chiocciola. Chiocciola.
After this is the domain name, innolang, pronounced in Italian. Innolang.
And last is punto com. "Dot com." Punto com. Punto com.
All together, it’s Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is emily@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
The pattern is
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è E-MAIL ADDRESS.
"My e-mail address is E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è E-MAIL ADDRESS.
To use this pattern, simply replace the E-MAIL ADDRESS placeholder with your e-mail address.
Imagine your e-mail address is carla@innolang.com.
Ci, a, erre, elle, a, chiocciola, innolang, punto com.
Ci, a, erre, elle, a, chiocciola, innolang, punto com.
Say,
"My e-mail address is carla@innolang.com."
Ready?
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è carla@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is carla@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è carla@innolang.com.
When giving your e-mail address in Italian, if the domain name is well-known, you don’t need to spell it out. For example, if your e-mail address has the domain, “gmail,” as in “gmail.com,” you can just say, gmail.
Outside of well-known domain names, however, it will usually be necessary to spell it out.
Again, the pattern is
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è E-MAIL ADDRESS.
"My e-mail address is E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è E-MAIL ADDRESS.
Let’s look at some more examples of people giving their e-mail address.
Listen and repeat, or speak along with the native speakers.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is emily@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è carla@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is carla@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è carla@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è adam@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is adam@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è adam@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è rosa@innolang.com.
"My e-mail address is rosa@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è rosa@innolang.com.
fa@innolang.com.
"fa@innolang.com."
fa@innolang.com.
Did you notice how Il mio indirizzo e-mail è was omitted?
fa@innolang.com.
fa@innolang.com
When directly responding to a request, it’s often possible to omit part of the response.
Here by simply giving your e-mail address, there’s no need to say Il mio indirizzo e-mail è, "My e-mail address is."
The pattern is
{E-MAIL ADDRESS}.
You should be aware of this shortcut, but for this lesson, we’ll use the pattern
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è {E-MAIL ADDRESS}.
"My e-mail address is {E-MAIL ADDRESS}.
Let's review.
Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after me, focusing on pronunciation.
Ready?
Do you remember how to say "com?"
com
com
And how to say "dot com?"
punto com
punto com
Do you remember how to say “innolang.com?”
innolang.com
innolang.com
And how to say the at sign?
chiocciola
chiocciola
Do you remember how to spell “Emily?”
E-m-i-l-y.
E-m-i-l-y.
And how to say "e-mail address?"
indirizzo e-mail
indirizzo e-mail
Do you remember how to say "my e-mail address?"
il mio indirizzo e-mail
il mio indirizzo e-mail
Do you remember how Emily says,
"My e-mail address is emily@innolang.com."
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è emily@innolang.com.
Do you remember the formal way to say
"your e-mail address."
il suo indirizzo e-mail
il suo indirizzo e-mail
And how to say "please?"
per favore
per favore
Do you remember how the clerk says,
"Your e-mail address, please?"
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Let's practice.
Imagine you’re Riccardo Russo , and your e-mail address is riccardo@innolang.com, erre i ci ci a erre di o chiocciola innolang punto com.
Respond to the civil servant’s request.
Ready?
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è riccardo@innolang.com.
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è riccardo@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è riccardo@innolang.com.
Let’s try another.
Imagine you're Isabella: i esse a bi e elle elle a.
Ready?
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è isabella@innolang.com.
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è isabella@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è isabella@innolang.com.
Let’s try one more.
Imagine you're Marco: emme, a, erre, ci, o.
Ready?
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è marco@innolang.com.
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è marco@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è marco@innolang.com.
In this lesson, you learned how to give your email address in Italian. This plays an essential role in the larger skill of sharing your contact information. Let’s review.
Do you remember how to say "phone number?"
numero di telefono
numero di telefono
And how to say "my phone number?"
Il mio numero di telefono
Il mio numero di telefono
Do you remember how to say
"My phone number is.…"
Il mio numero di telefono è.
Il mio numero di telefono è.
Do you remember how Emily says,
"My phone number is 020-22-44-22."
Il mio numero di telefono è 020-22-44-22.
Il mio numero di telefono è 020-22-44-22.
Do you remember how the civil servant says,
"Your phone number, please."
Il suo numero di telefono, per favore.
Il suo numero di telefono, per favore.
Imagine you're Riccardo Russo , and your telephone number is 999-23-54-176, and your email address is riccardo@innolang.com.
Do you remember how to read the number "999-23-54-176 " in Italian?
nove nove nove, due tre, cinque quattro, uno sette sei
nove nove nove, due tre, cinque quattro, uno sette sei
Respond to the civil servant's request to share the phone number.
Ready?
Il suo numero di telefono, per favore.
Il mio numero di telefono è 999-23-54-176.
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio numero di telefono è 999-23-54-176.
Il mio numero di telefono è 999-23-54-176.
Now, she asks for your email address.
Il suo indirizzo e-mail, per favore.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è riccardo@innolang.com.
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è riccardo@innolang.com.
Il mio indirizzo e-mail è riccardo@innolang.com.
Well done! This is the end of the lesson and the Can Give Contact Information unit of this course.
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