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Learn informal adjectives
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INTRODUCTION |
John: Common Informal Adjectives |
John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to ItalianPod101.com. I'm John. |
Ofelia: And I'm Ofelia! |
John: This is Must-Know Italian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 17. In this lesson, you'll learn common informal adjectives. |
John: Use these adjectives to describe things or people in a casual way. |
SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
Ofelia: gasato |
Ofelia: tarocco |
Ofelia: cotto |
Ofelia: esa |
John: Ofelia, what's our first expression? |
Ofelia: gasato |
John: literally meaning "carbonated." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "excited." |
Ofelia: [SLOW] gasato [NORMAL] gasato |
John: Listeners, please repeat. |
Ofelia: gasato |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
John: Use this slang expression when you want to say someone is all excited and fired up. |
John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Sei tutto gasato, cos'è successo? [SLOW] Sei tutto gasato, cos'è successo? |
John: "You're all excited, what happened?" |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Sei tutto gasato, cos'è successo? |
John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
Ofelia: tarocco |
John: literally meaning "tarot." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "fake, knock-off." |
Ofelia: [SLOW] tarocco [NORMAL] tarocco |
John: Listeners, please repeat. |
Ofelia: tarocco |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
John: Use this slang expression when talking about counterfeit goods, especially imitations of branded items. |
John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Queste scarpe costano troppo poco, devono essere tarocche. [SLOW] Queste scarpe costano troppo poco, devono essere tarocche. |
John: "These shoes are too cheap, they must be fake." |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Queste scarpe costano troppo poco, devono essere tarocche. |
John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
Ofelia: cotto |
John: literally meaning "cooked." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "exhausted." |
Ofelia: [SLOW] cotto [NORMAL] cotto |
John: Listeners, please repeat. |
Ofelia: cotto |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
John: Use this slang expression when you want to say that you have no energy left, that you feel drained. |
John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Oggi ho studiato per cinque ore, sono cotto! [SLOW] Oggi ho studiato per cinque ore, sono cotto! |
John: "Today I've studied for five hours, I'm exhausted." |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Oggi ho studiato per cinque ore, sono cotto! |
John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
Ofelia: esa |
John: This is an abbreviation of the word esagerato, literally meaning "exaggerated." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "drained." |
Ofelia: [SLOW] esa [NORMAL] esa |
John: Listeners, please repeat. |
Ofelia: esa |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
John: Use this slang expression when talking about someone who is stressed out. |
John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Mio padre è esa. [SLOW] Mio padre è esa. |
John: "My father is stressed out." |
Ofelia: [NORMAL] Mio padre è esa. |
QUIZ |
John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
John: The logo on your T-shirt doesn’t seem to be original. |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Ofelia: tarocco |
John: "fake, knock-off" |
John: Your friend is looking forward to the concert. |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Ofelia: gasato |
John: "excited" |
John: Too much work can stress you out. |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Ofelia: esa |
John: "drained" |
John: After running a marathon, you say... |
[pause - 5 sec.] |
Ofelia: cotto |
John: "exhausted" |
Outro |
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John: There you have it; you have mastered four Italian Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at ItalianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
Ofelia: A presto. |
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