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INTRODUCTION
Consuelo: Ciao a tutti e ben tornati.
Marco: Marco here. Upper intermediate, season 1, Lesson #2. Will Your Italian Professor Give You the Highest Score? Hello and welcome to 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: In today’s class, we will focus on the passato remoto tense of first conjugation irregular verbs.
Marco: This conversation takes place at the University of Pisa, in a class.
Consuelo: And it’s between Irene and the professor.
Marco: They will be speaking formal Italian. Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Professore: Bene signorina Francini. L'esame è andato bene, devo dire che era molto preparata.
Irene: Sì, poi il corso è stato interessantissimo.
Professore: Direi che ha elencato in modo più che esauriente le basi che Morgagni diede all'anatomia patologica.
Irene: Sinceramente mi sono impegnata molto per questo esame.
Professore: Per questo ho deciso di darle...trenta!
Irene: Addirittura!? Grazie mille professore!
Professore: Se lo merita, arrivederci.
Marco: Let’s here it slowly now.
Professore: Bene signorina Francini. L'esame è andato bene, devo dire che era molto preparata.
Irene: Sì, poi il corso è stato interessantissimo.
Professore: Direi che ha elencato in modo più che esauriente le basi che Morgagni diede all'anatomia patologica.
Irene: Sinceramente mi sono impegnata molto per questo esame.
Professore: Per questo ho deciso di darle...trenta!
Irene: Addirittura!? Grazie mille professore!
Professore: Se lo merita, arrivederci.
Marco: And now, with the translation.
Professore: Bene signorina Francini. L'esame è andato bene, devo dire che era molto preparata.
Professor: Well, Miss Francini. I have to say that the examination went very well. You were well prepared.
Irene: Sì, poi il corso è stato interessantissimo.
Irene: Yes, and the course has been very interesting.
Professore: Direi che ha elencato in modo più che esauriente le basi che Morgagni diede all'anatomia patologica.
Professor: I'd say that you enumerated the basis that Morgagni gave to pathological anatomy in a more than exhaustive way.
Irene: Sinceramente mi sono impegnata molto per questo esame.
Irene: Honestly, I committed myself a lot to this exam.
Professore: Per questo ho deciso di darle...trenta!
Professor: For this reason, I decided to give you...thirty!
Irene: Addirittura!? Grazie mille professore!
Irene: Really? Thank you very much professor!
Professore: Se lo merita, arrivederci.
Professor: You deserve it; good-bye.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Consuelo: Ah university, what memories!
Marco: Oh yes, you can say that again.
Consuelo: The girl is studying medicine.
Marco: I think so. We will know afterward what field of medicine.
Consuelo: But she is very good. She got 30.
Marco: Yes 30 is the maximum, right?
Consuelo: Not exactly. The maximum is 30 with the lode, 30 e lode. With lode literally meaning praise.
Marco: Oh first class.
Consuelo: Yep. The minimum is 18 though.
Marco: Consuelo, how many 30s did you get at university?
Consuelo: Mmm,a lot.
Marco: Davvero? Really? Brava.
VOCAB LIST
Marco: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is
Consuelo: Signorina.
Marco: Young lady, girl, ms.
Consuelo: Signorina. Signorina.
Marco: And next we have.
Consuelo: Corso.
Marco: Course.
Consuelo: Corso. Corso.
Marco: And the next word is
Consuelo: Elencare.
Marco: To enumerate, list, catalog.
Consuelo: Elencare. Elencare.
Marco: And next we have
Consuelo: Esauriente.
Marco: Exhaustive, thorough, comprehensive
Consuelo: Esauriente. Esauriente.
Marco: And the next word is
Consuelo: Anatomia.
Marco: Anatomy.
Consuelo: Anatomia. Anatomia.
Marco: And the next word is
Consuelo: Impegnarsi.
Marco: To commit oneself, to apply oneself.
Consuelo: Impegnarsi. Impegnarsi.
Marco: And next we have
Consuelo: Addirittura.
Marco: Really.
Consuelo: Addirittura. Addirittura.
Marco: And today’s last word is
Consuelo: Meritare.
Marco: To deserve, merit.
Consuelo: Meritare. Meritare.
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Marco: Consuelo, what expression are we studying today?
Consuelo: The Italian expression “addirittura”.
Marco: Addirittura, in this case, is an exclamation meaning really.
Consuelo: It is. We should use it when we are very surprised.
Marco: This means Irene didn’t expect such a high mark.
Consuelo: Probably yes.
Marco: Let’s make another example.
Consuelo: Okay. Potrei fare altri mille esempi, I could do other 1000 examples.
Marco: Addirittura!
Consuelo: You see, a perfect usage for today’s word Marco.
Marco: Ma grazie.

Lesson focus

Consuelo: Prego. Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point.
Marco: In today’s lesson, we focus on the passato remoto tense of first conjugation irregular verbs.
Consuelo: We will give you a couple of examples of verbs in -are that are irregular at the passato remoto tense.
Marco: These two verbs don’t follow the pattern we gave you in the last lesson but they are both very frequent.
Consuelo: Let’s start with the one we saw in the dialogue. Diede.
Marco: Diede. comes from the verb dare, meaning to give. Let’s see all the conjugation.
Consuelo: Io diedi.
Marco: I gave.
Consuelo: Tu desti.
Marco: You gave.
Consuelo: Lui/lei diede.
Marco: He/she/it gave.
Consuelo: Noi demmo.
Marco: We gave.
Consuelo: Voi deste.
Marco: You gave.
Consuelo: Loro diedero.
Marco: They gave.
Consuelo: Now we are going to give the conjugation of another irregular verb, stare.
Marco: To stay. Go ahead Consuelo.
Consuelo: Io stetti.
Marco: I stayed.
Consuelo: Tu stesti.
Marco: You stayed.
Consuelo: Lui/lei stette.
Marco: He/she/it stayed.
Consuelo: Noi stemmo.
Marco: We stayed.
Consuelo: Voi steste.
Marco: You stayed.
Consuelo: Loro stettero.
Marco: They stayed.

Outro

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Marco: That just about does it for today.
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Marco: Ciao.
Consuelo: Ciao, a presto.

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