Learn how to form the present tense of first conjugation Italian verbs
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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 |
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| 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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