Learn how to ask and answer the question "How tall are you?"
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| A: Top 25 Italian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 14: How tall are you in Italian? In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""How tall are you?"" In Italian this is |
| B: Quanto sei alto? |
| The first word in the question is |
| B: Quanto |
| A: ""meaning how much"" in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) Quanto |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: Quanto |
| {Pause} |
| A: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the English translation, breaking it down by syllable, and then giving it once more at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| B: sei |
| A: meaning are. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) sei |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: sei |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: Quanto sei |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| B: alto |
| A: meaning tall. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) alto |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: alto |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: Quanto sei alto |
| {pause} |
| A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How tall are you?? |
| B: Sono alto 180 cm. |
| A: ""I'm 180 cm tall.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) Sono alto 180 cm. |
| {pause} |
| A: But let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: Sono |
| A: meaning I am. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) Sono |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: Sono |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: alto |
| meaning tall. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) alto |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: alto |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: 180 |
| meaning 180. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) 180 |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: 180 |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| B: cm |
| meaning cm. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) cm |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: cm |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, I'm 180 cm tall., and then repeat. |
| B: Sono alto 180 cm. |
| {pause} |
| A: To make another phrase, replace 180 with one meter and sixty. |
| B: un metro e sessanta |
| A: one meter and sixty |
| B: (slow) un metro e sessanta (regular) un metro e sessanta |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with one meter and sixty |
| B: Sono alto un metro e sessanta cm. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 180. Say I'm one meter and sixty cm tall. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono alto un metro e sessanta cm. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace one meter and sixty with two meters. |
| B: due metri |
| A: two meters |
| B: (slow) due metri (regular) due metri |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with two meters |
| B: Sono alto due metri cm. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for one meter and sixty. Say I'm two meters cm tall. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono alto due metri cm. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace two meters with one meter and seventy. |
| B: un metro e settanta |
| A: one meter and seventy |
| B: (slow) un metro e settanta (regular) un metro e settanta |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with one meter and seventy |
| B: Sono alto un metro e settanta cm. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for two meters. Say I'm one meter and seventy cm tall. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono alto un metro e settanta cm. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Italy and someone asks you how tall you are. You are 180. Respond to the question. |
| B: Quanto sei alto? (five seconds) Sono alto 180 cm. |
| A: Imagine you are one meter and sixty Respond to the question. |
| B: Quanto sei alto? (five seconds) Sono alto un metro e sessanta cm. |
| A: Now imagine you are two meters. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Quanto sei alto? (five seconds) Sono alto due metri cm. |
| A: Imagine you're one meter and seventy. Respond to the question. |
| B: Quanto sei alto? (five seconds) Sono alto un metro e settanta cm. |
| A: Now you want to ask that person how tall they are is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: Quanto sei alto? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 14 |
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