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INTRODUCTION
Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian survival phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You will be surprised at how far a little Italian will go.
Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.
In today’s lesson, we’ll cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourself in various situations.

Lesson focus
In Italian, “It's delicious” is è delizioso.
è delizioso.
Let’s break it down by syllable: è delizioso.
Now let's hear it once again: è delizioso.
The first word, è, means “is."
Let's hear it one more time: è
This is followed by delizioso, which in English is “delicious."
Delizioso
Delizioso
So to recap, in Italian when describing something you use the verb “to be” third person singular è, and then the adjective.
Now let's go over some other adjectives that you can use with the pattern just introduced.
Let's try hot, hot as spicy. In Italian, “It's hot” is è piccante.
è piccante
The word for hot is piccante.
Piccante
Piccante
Instead if you are referring to the temperature “it’s hot” in Italian is è caldo.
è caldo.
The word for “hot” in this case is caldo.
Caldo
caldo
The opposite is è freddo.
è freddo
So the word for “cold” in Italian is freddo.
freddo
Be careful, because in Italian we don’t use the same pattern for temperature and weather.
If you are referring to the weather In Italian, “it’s hot” is fa caldo.
fa caldo.
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: fa caldo.
fa caldo.
Literally, this means “it does hot."
So “it’s cold” in Italian would be fa freddo.
fa freddo
fa freddo
fa freddo
Literally, this means “it does cold”
In Italian, “it’s far” is è lontano.
è lontano.
The word for “far” is lontano.
Let’s break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: lontano
Lontano
The opposite “it’s near” is è vicino.
è vicino.
The word for “near” is vicino.
Vicino
Vicino
If you are talking about a person there are some main adjectives we need to cover like:
“tall” alto
Alto
alto
“short” bass
Bass
bass
“fat” grasso
Grasso
grasso
“thin” magro
Magro
Magro
If you are talking about a girl, “she’s beautiful” in Italian is è bella, while if you are talking about a man, you would say è bello.
Now let's take a look at the negative. In Italian, “It's not hot” is non è piccante.
non è piccante.
Let’s break it down by syllable: non è piccante.
The negation is formed by non plus the pattern we have just seen è piccante.
So all together, we have: non è piccante.

Outro
Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian.
"It's delicious." - È delizioso.
È delizioso.
È delizioso.
"It's hot." - È piccante.
È piccante.
È piccante.
"It's cold." - È freddo.
È freddo.
È freddo.
"It's hot." - Fa caldo.
Fa caldo.
Fa caldo.
"It's cold." - Fa freddo.
Fa freddo.
Fa freddo.
"It's far." - È lontano.
È lontano.
È lontano.
"It's near." - È vicino.
È vicino.
È vicino.
"It's not hot." - Non è piccante.
Non è piccante.
Non è piccante.
That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao!

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