Learn how to study Italian simple prepositions, delving into di
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Marco: Hello, and welcome to the Newbie Series S2 at ItalianPOD101.com, where we study modern Italian in a fun, educational format! |
| Consuelo: So, brush up on the Italian that you started learning long ago, or start learning today. |
| Marco: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson. Consuelo, what are we looking at in this lesson. |
| Marco: In this lesson you will learn how to study Italian simple prepositions, delving into di. This conversation takes place on the phone. |
| Consuelo: The conversation is between John and Laura. The speakers are friends, and therefore they will be speaking informally. |
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| Marco: Let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| John: Io voglio vedere un film d’azione. |
| Laura: D’azione? No, io voglio vedere un film d’amore. |
| John: I film d’amore sono così noiosi! |
| Laura: Cosa ne dici dell’ultimo film di Clint Eastwood? |
| John: Vuoi dire il film intitolato “Gran Torino”? |
| Laura: Sì quello. |
| John: Okay, va bene. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| John: Io voglio vedere un film d’azione. |
| Laura: D’azione? No, io voglio vedere un film d’amore. |
| John: I film d’amore sono così noiosi! |
| Laura: Cosa ne dici dell’ultimo film di Clint Eastwood? |
| John: Vuoi dire il film intitolato “Gran Torino”? |
| Laura: Sì quello. |
| John: Okay, va bene. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| John: Io voglio vedere un film d’azione. |
| Marco: I want to see an action movie. |
| Laura: D’azione? No, io voglio vedere un film d’amore. |
| Marco: Action? No. I want to see a romance movie. |
| John: I film d’amore sono così noiosi! |
| Marco: Romance movies are so boring! |
| Laura: Cosa ne dici dell’ultimo film di Clint Eastwood? |
| Marco: What about Clint Eastwood’s latest movie? |
| John: Vuoi dire il film intitolato “Gran Torino”? |
| Marco: You mean the movie entitled “Gran Torino?” |
| Laura: Sì quello. |
| Marco: Yes, that one. |
| John: Okay, va bene. |
| Marco: Okay, it’s fine. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Consuelo: Have you seen the movie “Gran Torino?” |
| Marco: Yes, I have. |
| Consuelo: Does it talk about the famous Italian city? |
| Marco: Not at all. It’s the name of a car Ford produced during the 1970s. |
| Consuelo: So it has no connections to the city of Torino. |
| Marco: Actually, it might have a connection. |
| Consuelo: Really? |
| Marco: Well. Torino is considered the Detroit of Italy because it has been the center of the Italian automotive industry. |
| Consuelo: Ah, I see. Do you recommend the movie? |
| Marco: It was interesting for me as it showed aspects of American life and culture outside of the big cities. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Marco: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| : The first word we shall see is: |
| Consuelo: di [natural native speed] |
| Marco: of, some, by, from, about |
| Consuelo: di [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Consuelo: di [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Consuelo: azione [natural native speed] |
| Marco: action |
| Consuelo: azione [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Consuelo: azione [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Consuelo: amore [natural native speed] |
| Marco: love |
| Consuelo: amore [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Consuelo: amore [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Consuelo: noioso [natural native speed] |
| Marco: boring, tiresome, dull |
| Consuelo: noioso [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Consuelo: noioso [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Consuelo: intitolare [natural native speed] |
| Marco: entitle, title, dedicate |
| Consuelo: intitolare [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Consuelo: intitolare [natural native speed] |
| : Next: |
| Consuelo: quello [natural native speed] |
| Marco: that |
| Consuelo: quello [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Consuelo: quello [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Marco: Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Marco: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases we learned in this lesson. The phrase we’ll look at is… |
| Consuelo: film di… |
| Marco: In Italian, we use this grammatical form for several movie genres. |
| Consuelo: Yes, Marco. For example, film d’amore, film d’avventura, film d’orrore, film di guerra. |
| Marco: ""Romance movie, adventure movie, horror movie, war movie."" |
| Consuelo: Yes, I hope this will help our listeners to express their taste in cinema! |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| Consuelo: Let’s take a look at today’s lesson. |
| Marco: Today we are going to continue studying something we hope is less scary, the… |
| Consuelo: preposizioni semplici |
| Marco: simple prepositions |
| They are... |
| Consuelo: di; a; da; in; con; su; per; tra; fra |
| Marco: Since there are quite a few ways to use the preposition di, we shall divide this topic into two lessons. |
| Consuelo: For now, let’s see a few of the ways. |
| Marco: We can use di to express topics of conversations or writings. |
| For example... |
| Consuelo: Ad Anna piace sempre parlare di moda. |
| Marco: ""Anna always likes talking about fashion."" |
| Consuelo: Questo libro tratta di chimica. |
| Marco: ""This book deals with Chemistry."" |
| Consuelo: Abbiamo discusso di politica per alcune ore. |
| Marco: ""We talked about politics for a couple of hours."" |
| Marco: We can also express di to express one’s birthplace. |
| For instance... |
| Consuelo: Marco è di Venezia. |
| Marco: ""Marco is from Venice."" |
| Consuelo: Paola è di Verona. |
| Marco: ""Paola is from Verona."" |
| Consuelo: Mario e Lucia sono di Napoli. |
| Marco: ""Mario and Lucia are from Naples."" |
| Marco: We can also use di to express possession or ownership of something when using nouns. |
| For instance… |
| Consuelo: Questa casa è di mia sorella. |
| Marco: ""This is my sister’s house."" |
| Consuelo: La penna è di Federico. |
| Marco: ""This is Federico’s pen."" |
| Consuelo: L’orologio è di Dario. |
| Marco: ""This is Dario’s watch."" |
| Consuelo: But please note that this rule does not apply to pronouns. |
| Marco: So we say… |
| Consuelo: Quella macchina è mia. |
| Marco: ""That car is mine."" |
Outro |
| Marco: That just about does it for today. |
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| Consuelo: by listening to lines of the conversation again and again. |
| Marco: Listen until every word and syllable becomes clear. Basically, we breakdown the dialog into comprehensible, bite-size sentences. |
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| Marco: [ transition phrase ] |
| Marco: A presto! |
| Consuelo: Ciao" |
17 Comments
HideCiao Heather Lee,
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Levente
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Ciao Jack,
thanks for your question.
In the sentence "Questa casa è di mia sorella", "mia" is not a pronoun, it's a possessive adjective, so you should still use "di" to indicate possession.
Compare with this sentence: "Questa casa è mia."
Here, "mia" is a pronoun, and you can't use "di" for possession.
The difference is that when "mia" is followed by a noun (such as "sorella"), it's an adjective. (The same is true for "tuo, suo," etc).
Hope this makes more sense now!
Sincerely,
Valentina
Team ItalianPod101.com
Ciao! It is noted that "di" is used to express ownership of something except when using pronouns. However, the first example given uses a pronoun, "Questa casa è di mia sorella". Wouldn't that read, "Questa casa è mia sorella"?
Grazie mille!
Prego!😄
Ofelia
Team ItalianPod101.com
Grazie!
Hi Antonette,
"Spero di farcela" means something like "I hope I can make it" or "I hope I can sort it out."
Ofelia
Team ItalianPod101.com
Is "Speriamo di farcela" translated as"Let's hope we make it"
vs.
Spero di farcela? meaning "I hope..."
Hi Jeanette Cook,
Thank you for posting! Grazie per il commento!
Keep up the good work and you'll be soon able to speak very well :sunglasses::thumbsup:
A presto!
Ofelia
Team ItalianPod101.com
Ciao!
Questi lezioni di italiano grande. Grazie mille! Voglio raggiungere bene. Imparo il verso di verso e trovaro ottimo.
Hi!
These Italian lessons are great. Thanks alot! I want to achieve well. I follow the line by line and find it good.
Jeanette
(I have some challenges with the grammar, but hope to soon get a real hold of it)! :smile: