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INTRODUCTION
Cinzia: Buongiorno.
Marco: Marco here. Lower intermediate series, season 1, Lesson 22. This Italian Pasta will be Ready in 5 Minutes.
Cinzia: Hello everyone. I am Cinzia and welcome to italianpod101.
Marco: With us, you will learn to speak Italian with fun and effective lessons.
Cinzia: We also provide you cultural insights
Marco: And tips you won’t find in a textbook.
Cinzia: In this lesson, you will learn about using the A+ infinitive to realize hypothetical clauses.
Marco: This conversation takes place at Manuel’s apartment.
Cinzia: And it’s between Manuel, Marcella and Giulia.
Marco: The speakers are friends. Therefore they will be speaking informal Italian.
Cinzia: Ciao. Hello, I am Cinzia and welcome to the lower intermediate series at italianpod101.com
Marco: This lesson is one part of the lower intermediate series.
Cinzia: You can find the rest of the lessons at
Marco: Italianpod101.com. Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Manuel: La pasta dovrebbe essere pronta in cinque minuti.
Giulia: Il sugo è pronto. Ad avere un po’ di cipolla, avrei preparato il “sugo Giulia”.
Marcella: È perfetto anche così.
Manuel: Vi piace Claudio Baglioni? Ascolto sempre le sue canzoni per le mangiate di mezzanotte.
Giulia: Non dire nulla, ingrasso solo a pensarci!
Marco: Let’s hear it slowly now.
Manuel: La pasta dovrebbe essere pronta in cinque minuti.
Giulia: Il sugo è pronto. Ad avere un po’ di cipolla, avrei preparato il “sugo Giulia”.
Marcella: È perfetto anche così.
Manuel: Vi piace Claudio Baglioni? Ascolto sempre le sue canzoni per le mangiate di mezzanotte.
Giulia: Non dire nulla, ingrasso solo a pensarci!
Marco: And now, with the translation.
Manuel: La pasta dovrebbe essere pronta in cinque minuti.
Manuel: The pasta should be ready in five minutes.
Giulia: Il sugo è pronto. Ad avere un po’ di cipolla, avrei preparato il “sugo Giulia”.
Giulia: The sauce is ready. If I had some onion, I'd have prepared "Giulia's special."
Marcella: È perfetto anche così.
Marcella: It's perfect also this way.
Manuel: Vi piace Claudio Baglioni? Ascolto sempre le sue canzoni per le mangiate di mezzanotte.
Manuel: Do you like Claudio Baglioni? I always listen to his songs for midnight square meals.
Giulia: Non dire nulla, ingrasso solo a pensarci!
Giulia: Don't say a word; I put on weight just thinking about it!
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Marco: Since you seem so good at cooking, do you have any Cinzia special?
Cinzia: Well sure I do but it’s a secret.
Marco: Alright. I am sure all great chefs have a secret recipe or ingredient.
Cinzia: Sure they do.
Marco: And you are not going to tell us yours.
Cinzia: Nope.
Marco: Come on, nobody is listening. I have just stopped the recording.
Cinzia: Are you trying to trick me? The recording is still on.
Marco: You got me this time.
Cinzia: On we go with the vocabulary then.
VOCAB LIST
Marco: Okay. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word is
Cinzia: Pronto.
Marco: Ready, hello, when picking up the phone.
Cinzia: Pronto. Pronto.
Marco: The next word is
Cinzia: Cipolla.
Marco: Onion.
Cinzia: Cipolla. Cipolla.
Marco: Next word is
Cinzia: Perfetto.
Marco: Perfect.
Cinzia: Perfetto. Perfetto.
Marco: And the next word is Cinzia?
Cinzia: Così.
Marco: So, this way.
Cinzia: Così. Così.
Marco: And the next word is
Cinzia: Mangiata.
Marco: Square meal.
Cinzia: Mangiata. Mangiata.
Marco: And today’s final word is
Cinzia: Ingrassare.
Marco: To gain weight. Get fat.
Cinzia: Ingrassare. Ingrassare.
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Marco: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson.
Cinzia: The first word we will look at is pronto.
Marco: And the sample sentence is
Cinzia: Siamo pronti per uscire?
Marco: Are we ready to leave?
Cinzia: The next word we will look at is cipolla.
Marco: And the sample sentence is
Cinzia: La cipolla ha molte proprietà terapeutiche.
Marco: Onion has many therapeutic properties.
Cinzia: The next word is perfetto.
Marco: And the sample sentence is
Cinzia: è perfetto.
Marco: It’s perfect.
Cinzia: The next word we will look at is così.
Marco: And the sample is
Cinzia: Tutti lo chiamano così.
Marco: Everybody calls him this way.
Cinzia: The next word we will look at is [*]
Marco: And the sample is
Cinzia: Ieri ho fatto una mangiata memorabile.
Marco: Yesterday I had an unforgettable square meal.
Cinzia: And today’s last word is ingrassare.
Marco: And the sample sentence is
Cinzia: Antonio ha sempre paura di ingrassare.
Marco: Antonio is always afraid of putting on weight.

Lesson focus

Marco: Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point. In all three times of Italian if clauses, the subordinate clause may be realized using the A plus infinitive structure.
Cinzia: Let us not forget that it may be AD when the following infinitive starts with a vowel.
Marco: Excellent reminder. Now this informal way is normally used in a spoken language. So it should be avoided in formal speech and writings.
Cinzia: As for the gerund we studied in previous classes, the subject of both phrases must be the same.
Marco: So don’t forget it. Furthermore since the structure A plus infinitive is impersonal, the subject of the sentence is explicitly stated only in the main clause. For example
Cinzia: Se avessi tempo, andrei al cinema.
Marco: If I had time, I’d go to the cinema.
Cinzia: Ad avere tempo, andrei al cinema.
Marco: If I had time, I’d go to the cinema.
Cinzia: Se fossi stato disonesto, avrei guadagnato molti soldi.
Marco: If I had been dishonest, I’d have made a lot of money.
Cinzia: Ad essere disonesto, avrei guadagnato molti soldi.
Marco: If I had been dishonest, I’d have made a lot of money. The structure A or AD plus infinitive is usually used to emphasize a subordinate clause over the main one.
Cinzia: This way it is stressing the condition over the result.

Outro

Marco: That just about does it for today. Cinzia, I would like to share a study tip our listener shared with us.
Cinzia: Ah you are talking about the student who uses just the conversation tracks to review the lessons.
Marco: Cinzia, you read my mind. Yes, a listener of ours listens to each lesson several times.
Cinzia: Then afterward, get the conversation only track from our site.
Marco: She then listens to them on shuffle again and again. She created her own immersion program using italianpod101.com
Cinzia: This is a great idea. Please give it a try and let us know what you think.
Marco: Okay. Arrivederci.
Cinzia: Ciao a tutti.

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