| INTRODUCTION | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Ciao a tutti! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Marco here. Newbie Series, season 1, lesson#38 - Next Year I Will Give Up Italian Cakes and Desserts. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Hello everyone! I'm Cinzia, and welcome to ItalianPod101. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: With us, you'll learn to speak Italian with fun and effective lessons. | 
                                                                
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                                                                            | Marco: and tips you won't find in a textbook. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: In this lesson you will learn about the futuro semplice of first conjugation verbs. That is verbs ending in -are. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: This conversation takes place on the streets of Italy. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: And it's between Laura and John. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: The speakers are friends, so they will be speaking informal Italian. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Now, before we listen to the conversation... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: We want to ask... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Do you read the lesson notes, while you listen? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: We received an e-mail about this study tip. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: So we were wondering if you've tried it, and if so, | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: what do you think of it. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You can leave us feedback in the comment section of this lesson. Let's listen to the conversation. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | DIALOGUE | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Quali sono i tuoi buoni propositi per il 2009? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: L’anno prossimo rinuncerò ai dolci. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Nuoterò tre volte alla settimana. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Pagherò solo in contanti. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Poi darò soldi in beneficenza. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Poi basta! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Let’s hear it slowly now. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Quali sono i tuoi buoni propositi per il 2009? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: L’anno prossimo rinuncerò ai dolci. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Nuoterò tre volte alla settimana. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Pagherò solo in contanti. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Poi darò soldi in beneficenza. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Poi basta! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And now, with the translation. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Quali sono i tuoi buoni propositi per il 2009? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: What are your New Year's Resolutions for 2009? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: L’anno prossimo rinuncerò ai dolci. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Next year I will give up cakes and desserts. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And then? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Nuoterò tre volte alla settimana. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I will swim three times a week. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And then? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Pagherò solo in contanti. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I will pay only in cash. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And then? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Poi darò soldi in beneficenza. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Then I will give money to charity. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | John: Poi? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And then? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Laura: Poi basta! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: That's it! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | POST CONVERSATION BANTER | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: L'anno nuovo è ancora distante! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Yes the New Year is still far away! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Comunque che buoni propositi hai? In any case, what are your New Year's Resolutions. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I soliti. The usual ones. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: and they are? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: to take a look at the vocabulary! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Oh my god, we just can't talk with this guy! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | VOCAB LIST | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Today’s first word is | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: proposito [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: resolution | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: proposito [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: proposito [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Next | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: rinunciare [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: to give up, renounce | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: rinunciare [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: rinunciare [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Next | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: dolci [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: cakes and desserts (any sweet kind of food) | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: dolci [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: dolci [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Next | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: nuotare [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: to swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: nuotare [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: nuotare [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Next | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: contanti [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: cash | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: contanti [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: contanti [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And next word | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: beneficienza [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: charity | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: beneficienza [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: beneficienza [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Next word | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: poi [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: then | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: poi [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: poi [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And finally | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: poi basta [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: that’s it, that's enough | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: poi basta [slowly - broken down by syllable] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: poi basta [natural native speed] | 
                                                                
                                                                            | 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 proposito. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Non ho cambiato i miei propositi in merito. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I didn’t change my resolutions on the matter. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: The next word we will look at is rinunciare. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Hai rinunciato a trovare casa? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Have you given up looking for a house? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: The next word is dolci. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Sara non apprezza i dolci. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Sara doesn’t like desserts and cakes. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: The next word is nuotare. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Ieri ho nuotato per tre ore. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Yesterday I swam for three hours. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: The next word is contanti. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Non ho contanti. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I don’t have cash. Cinzia, do you think Italian use more cash than credit card? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: I think that credit cards are very expensive, so an average Italian doesn't really use it so often, so they prefer using cash. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Yes, I think italian still like to live day by day. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: And put their money under the bed. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Yeah, Italian bed stuffed with money. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Instead of a bank. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Not true. But recently the credit card business have been very very important in Italy, especially the prepaid credit cards. Do you know about prepaid credit cards, Cinzia? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: You mean carte prepagate? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Yes, these carte prepagate, the most famous is Postepay, of Italian post office. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Ah, yes! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: The yellow one. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got one. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Many of us Italians like to use this card when shopping online, or for example, if you're a teenager and your mother wants to give you a sort of monthly allowance for you, she can put it on his credit card. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Yeah. Well, should we take a look at the next work? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Certainly, and it is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Beneficenza. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Lei ha organizzato un ballo di beneficenza. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: She organized a charity ball. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: And the next word is poi. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Ho guardato la tv e poi sono uscito. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I watched TV and then I went out. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: And lastly, we have an expression poi basta. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: And the last sample sentence is? | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Hai speso mille euro, e poi? Poi basta! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You spent a thousand euros, and then? That’s it! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Lesson focus | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: The Futuro Semplice tense of all three conjugations verbs is realized by dropping the ending vowel from the infinitive and adding the appropriate endings. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: just the ending vowel, not the whole last syllable as it would normally be the case. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Please note that only the first conjugation verbs change the last syllable vowel from -a to -e. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Here are the necessary steps to inflect first conjugation verbs, first, take the infinitive of the verb | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: for example, guidare “to drive, infinitive” | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: second, drop the final vowel | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: guidar | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: third, change the last syllable vowel to -e-, keeping the rest as it is | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: guider | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: fourth, add the appropriate endings. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: that are | 
                                                                
                                                                            | -ò | 
                                                                
                                                                            | -ai | 
                                                                
                                                                            | -à | 
                                                                
                                                                            | -emo | 
                                                                
                                                                            | -ete | 
                                                                
                                                                            | -anno | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: let us now take a look at the Futuro semplice of the verb nuotare | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: “to swim” | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Io nuoter-ò | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I will swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Tu nuoter -ai | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You will swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Lui/lei nuoter-à | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: He/she/it will swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Noi nuoter-emo | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: We will swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Voi nuoter-ete | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You will swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Loro nuoter-anno | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: They will swim | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Due to the change of last syllable vowel, first conjugation verbs whose root ends with the letters C or G add the letter H between the root and stem, in order to keep the /k/ or /g/ sound. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: For example, pagare | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: “to pay” | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Io pagher -ò | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I will pay | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Tu pagher -ai | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You will pay | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Lui/lei pagher -à | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: He/she/it will pay | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Noi pagher -emo | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: We will pay | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Voi pagher -ete | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You will pay | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Loro pagher -anno | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: They will pay | 
                                                                
                                                                            | marco: Finally first conjugation verbs whose root ends with the vowel -i-, drop it before adding the endings | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Let us see how this happens with the verb rinunciare | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: “to renounce; to give up” | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Io rinuncer -ò | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: I will give up | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Tu rinuncer -ai | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You will give up | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Lui/lei rinuncer -à | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: He/she/it will give up | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Noi rinuncer -emo | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: We will give up | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Voi rinuncer -ete | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: You will give up | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Loro rinuncer -anno | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: They will give up | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Outro | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: That just about does it for today. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Before we go, we want to tell you about a way to drastically improve your pronunciation. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: The voice recording tool... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Yes, the voice recording tool in the premium learning center... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Record your voice with a click of a button, | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: and then play it back just as easily. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: So you record your voice, and then listen to it. | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: Compare it to the native speakers like Cinzia... | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: And adjust your pronunciation! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: This will help you improve your pronunciation fast! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Marco: A presto! | 
                                                                
                                                                            | Cinzia: Ciao a tutti e grazie! | 
                                                        
                     
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