Grazie mille, Ofelia :smile:

Hi everyone,

@Rain, the gender of "questo" and "quello" depends on the grammar gender of the thing/person you are referring to. For example, if you want to say "that (bag)", it will be "quella (borsa)", if you want to say "that (box)", it will be "quello scatolo" and so on.

@Lassi, Grazie mille! "Keep up the good work" in Italian is "Continua così!"

Grazie a tutti e a presto!

Ofelia

Team ItalianPod101.com

Buon giorno!

Mi chiamo Lassi, piacere. (My name is Lassi, nice to meet you)

Grazie per questa lezione. (Thank you for this lesson)

Avevo 15 anni quando sono stato l'ultima volta in Italia. (I was 15 years old when I was last time in italy)

Mantenere il buon lavoro. :thumbsup: (Keep up the good work)

Grazie mille :smile:

Ciao Ofelia. Thank you for your explanation but i am still confused. Never mind. I will try to read more to understand it. I have one more question. "Questo per favore" and "Quello per favore". I know the meaning of these two phrases. "Questo" and " Quello" are masculine singular. I am a woman. So shall i say "Questa per favore" and "Quella per favore" ? Looking forward to your reply.

Grazie mille ☺

Ciao Rain,

The gender of a word is almost never related to the gender of the speaker. Of course if the word refers to the speaker, than it depends on the gender of the speaker.

In other words, no matter who is speaking, a word has gender related to the thing/person/animal it refers to.

For example "borsa", "bag" is a feminine noun but you can use it either you are a man or woman.

For inanimate objects, you have to learn by heart the gender, even though there is some rule: for example most of the nouns that end in -a are feminine.

I hope this helps!

Grazie,

Ofelia

Team ItalianPod101.com

Ciao... I am absolute beginner of learning Italian. I have bought a book for learning Italian.. Some words are masculine and some are feminine... meaning that the word can only be used by guy if it is masculine word?

Hi Mary Jean,

Are you buying a ticket at the station? Then you'd say:

Vorrei un biglietto andata e ritorno in gironata da Firenze a Siena.

If you have more questions, feel free to leave a message here.

Buono studio!

Chiara

Team ItalianPod101.com

Vorrei andare e ritourno del la treno da Firenze /Siena un giorno se possible?

Hello Amy,

I've heard Tuscany and its capital Florence is a popular tourist destinations with gorgeous landscapes. Hope you have a great time there!

If you have any questions, please do let us know :)

Cheers,

Neha/ItalianPod101.com

I'm leaving for Tuscany a week from today!