| Here is a list of topic words. |
| First is, |
| macchina, [slowly] macchina, macchina, |
| motorino, [slowly] motorino, motorino, |
| bicicletta, [slowly] bicicletta, bicicletta, |
| metropolitana, [slowly] metropolitana, metropolitana, |
| autobus, [slowly] autobus, autobus, |
| Do you know what macchina means? |
| "car." |
| How about motorino? |
| "scooter." |
| And bicicletta? |
| "bicycle." |
| And what about metropolitana? |
| "metro." |
| And autobus? |
| "bus." |
| Let's do some multiple choice. |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| What does macchina mean? |
| "car." |
| "metro" is metropolitana. |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| What does bicicletta mean? |
| "bicycle." |
| "scooter" is motorino. |
| One more. Circle the correct answer. |
| What does barca mean? |
| "boat." |
| "bus" is autobus. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. |
| Ready? What are they saying? |
| Vado a scuola in (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Vado a scuola in (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| bicicletta |
| bicicletta |
| Vado a scuola in bicicletta. |
| Vado a scuola in bicicletta. |
| "I go to school by bicycle." |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? What are they saying? |
| Mio padre va al lavoro in (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| Mio padre va al lavoro in (pause with a tap of the finger). |
| macchina |
| macchina |
| Mio padre va al lavoro in macchina. |
| Mio padre va al lavoro in macchina. |
| "My father goes to work by car." |
| Let's do some true or false questions now. |
| True or false — |
| Barca means "boat." |
| True |
| Barca means "boat." |
| One more. |
| True or false — |
| Bicicletta means "scooter." |
| False |
| Bicicletta means "bicycle." |
| Bicicletta. |
| "Scooter" is motorino. |
| motorino |
| Let's do some listening practice. |
| Listen to me as I speak. Which word am I saying? |
| Mio marito va in palestra a piedi. |
| Did you hear the right preposition? Let's listen one more time. |
| Mio marito va in palestra a piedi. |
| [slowly] a piedi |
| a piedi |
| A piedi is "on foot," and it is preceded by the preposition a instead of in. |
| Mio marito va in palestra a piedi. |
| "My husband goes to the gym on foot." |
| Listen to me as I speak. What am I saying? |
| Vado all'isola in barca. |
| Did you hear the right preposition? Let's listen one more time. |
| Vado all'isola in barca. |
| [slowly] in barca |
| in barca |
| In barca is "by boat," and it is preceded by the preposition in instead of a. Remember, the preposition a is only used with piedi in the set phrase a piedi, meaning "on foot." |
| Vado all'isola in barca. |
| "I go to the island by boat." |
| Listen as I speak. What means of transport is each person using? |
| Vado a scuola in bicicletta. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Vado a scuola in bicicletta. |
| Did you hear, bicicletta? Bicicletta means "bicycle." |
| Vado a scuola in bicicletta. |
| "I go to school by bicycle." |
| How about...? |
| Vado al lavoro in metropolitana. |
| Let's listen one more time. |
| Vado al lavoro in metropolitana. |
| Did you hear, metropolitana? Metropolitana means "metro." |
| Vado al lavoro in metropolitana. |
| "I go to work by metro." |
| Next... |
| Vado a Milano in macchina. |
| One more time. |
| Vado a Milano in macchina. |
| Did you hear, macchina? Macchina means "car." |
| Vado a Milano in macchina. |
| "I go to Milan by car." |
| Next... |
| Vado al supermercato in autobus. |
| One more time. |
| Vado al supermercato in autobus. |
| Did you hear, autobus? Autobus means "bus." |
| Vado al supermercato in autobus. |
| "I go to the supermarket by bus." |
| And... |
| Vado in spiaggia in motorino. |
| One more time. |
| Vado in spiaggia in motorino. |
| Did you hear, motorino? Motorino means "scooter." |
| Vado in spiaggia in motorino. |
| "I go to the beach by scooter." |
| Now you know how to talk about transportation in Italian. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on ItalianPod101.com. |
| A presto! |
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