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INTRODUCTION
Cinzia: Buon giorno! Mi chiamo Cinzia.
Marco: Marco here. Newbie Series, season 1, lesson 11 - But I Just Paid My Credit Card Bill!
Cinzia: Buon giorno a tutti! My name is Cinzia. And I’m joined here by Marco. Ciao, Marco. Come Va?
Marco: Va tutto bene! Hello and welcome to the Newbie Series of ItalianPod101.com, which focuses on the basics for anyone starting to learn the Italian language.
Cinzia: So please join us with this lesson at ItalianPod101.com.
Marco: The focus of this lesson is asking the price of goods, and the conjugation of -are verbs in the presente indicative tense.
Cinzia: This conversation takes place in an Italian clothes shop.
Marco: And it is between John and a Salesclerk.
Cinzia: The speakers will be speaking formal Italian.
DIALOGUE
John: Mi scusi, quanto costa questa maglietta?
Commessa: Costa quindici euro.
John: E quanto costano questi pantaloni?
Commesso: I pantaloni costano venti euro.
John: La ringrazio, li compro entrambi.
Marco: Let’s hear it slowly now.
John: Mi scusi, quanto costa questa maglietta?
Commessa: Costa quindici euro.
John: E quanto costano questi pantaloni?
Commesso: I pantaloni costano venti euro.
John: La ringrazio, li compro entrambi.
Marco: And now, with the translation.
John: Mi scusi, quanto costa questa maglietta?
Marco: Excuse me, how much does this t-shirt cost?
Commessa: Costa quindici euro.
Cinzia: It costs fifteen euros.
John: E quanto costano questi pantaloni?
Marco: And how much do these pants cost?
Commesso: I pantaloni costano venti euro.
Cinzia: The pants cost twenty euros.
John: La ringrazio, li compro entrambi.
Marco: Thank you, madam. I'll purchase them both.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Cinzia: So Marco, do you go often shopping?
Marco: Yes, I like shopping, especially when there's big discounts in Italy.
Cinzia: What do you like buying?
Marco: Well... pants... not bad, t-shirts, boring, shoes... fun!
Cinzia: Shoes... yeah!
Marco: You like shoes?
Cinzia: Yes, I love shoes, and I love bags!
Marco: But Cinzia, can you actually afford our Italian high-class brands?
Cinzia: You mean for example Prada, Dolce e Gabbana, Valentino...
Marco: Yeah, things like those...
Cinzia: Of course not, Marco! I really prefer local markets, and with them you're always sure your style is unique!
Marco: Very true, we have so many small markets in Italy.
VOCAB LIST
Marco: Let's take a look at today’s vocabulary.
Marco: First
Cinzia: quanto [natural native speed]
Marco: how much
Cinzia: quanto [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: quanto [natural native speed]
Marco: Next, we have a verb.
Cinzia: costare [natural native speed]
Marco: to cost
Cinzia: costare [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: costare [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word.
Cinzia: questa [natural native speed]
Marco: this (feminine singular)
Cinzia: questa [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: questa [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word.
Cinzia: maglietta [natural native speed]
Marco: t-shirt
Cinzia: maglietta [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: maglietta [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word.
Cinzia: pantaloni [natural native speed]
Marco: pants (British English, pair of trousers)
Cinzia: pantaloni [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: pantaloni [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word.
Cinzia: comprare [natural native speed]
Marco: to buy, to get
Cinzia: comprare [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: comprare [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word.
Cinzia: acquistare [natural native speed]
Marco: to buy, to purchase
Cinzia: acquistare [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: acquistare [natural native speed]
Marco: Next word.
Cinzia: entrambi [natural native speed]
Marco: both (masculine plural)
Cinzia: entrambi [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Cinzia: entrambi [natural native speed]
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Cinzia: Let’s have a look at the usage for some of the words. The first word we will look at is quanto.
Marco: Cinzia, can you give us an example sentence please?
Cinzia: Quanto costa una mela?
Marco: “How much does an apple cost?”
Cinzia: OK. The next vocabulary we will see is the verb costare.
Marco: Let’s have an example
Cinzia: La giacca costa cento euro.
Marco: “The jacket costs one hundred Euros.”
Cinzia: Next word is questa.
Marco: One example please.
Cinzia: Questa casa è grande
Marco: “This house is big.”
Cinzia: The next word we will see is a verb comprare.
Marco: And the example is?
Cinzia: Compro tre mele.
Marco: “I buy three apples.”
Cinzia: Next we have a verb acquistare.
Marco: One example, please.
Cinzia: Voi acquistate bei vestiti.
Marco: “You purchase nice clothing.”
Cinzia: The last word for today is entrambi. Siete entrambi carini.
Marco: “You are both good-looking.”
Cinzia: Ok then, this wraps it up for the vocabulary usage.

Lesson focus

Marco: The verb costare, “to cost”, works in Italian exactly like its English equivalent
Cinzia: It is conjugated according to the gender and number of the noun it refers to.
Marco: John asks the clerk about the cost of a maglietta (“t-shirt”, feminine singular noun), using costa, the third singular person of the verb costare in the presente indicative tense
Cinzia: When he refers to pantaloni (“pants”, masculine plural noun), he uses costano, the third person plural of the verb costare.
Marco: The presente indicativo conjugation is realized by taking the verb’s stem (that is what we are left with when we take out the ending -are of the infinitive) and adding the an appropriate ending.
Cinzia: The following is the conjugation of -are verbs in the presente indicative tense. For example, comprare.
Io compr-o “I buy”
Tu compr-i “You buy”
Egli/lei compr-a “He/she/it buys”
Noi compr-iamo “We buy”
Voi compr-ate “You buy”
Loro compr-ano “They buy”

Outro

Cinzia: That just about does it for today's lesson.
Marco: Make sure you check out the Grammar Point in this lesson's PDF, which you can pick up at Italianpod101.com.
Cinzia: There's a wealth of student resources there, just waiting for you.
Marco: So have a nice day!
Cinzia: Buona giornata!

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