Learn how to form the passato remoto tense for second conjugation Italian verbs
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Consuelo: Ciao a tutti. Buongiorno. |
| Marco: Marco here. Upper intermediate, season 1, lesson #3. What’s That Name You Used to Call Me in Italian? |
| Consuelo: Hi, my name is Consuelo and I am joined here by Marco. |
| Marco: Hello everyone and welcome back to italianpod101.com |
| Consuelo: What are we learning today? |
| Marco: In today’s class, we will focus on the passato remoto tense of second conjugation regular verbs. |
| Consuelo: This conversation takes place on the phone. |
| Marco: And it’s between Claudia and Irene. |
| Consuelo: They will be speaking informal Italian. |
| Marco: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Irene: Pronto? |
| Claudia: Pronto, Ire sono io. |
| Irene: Oh ciao sorellona! Da dove chiami? |
| Claudia: Da Nairobi. Com'è andato l'esame? |
| Irene: Ah, bene bene. |
| Claudia: Un altro trenta? |
| Irene: Sì... |
| Claudia: Che secchiona! |
| Irene: Ma no... |
| Claudia: Invece sì! Lo sei sempre stata, dalle elementari... Quando ricevesti quel premio per la piccola scienziata dell'anno. |
| Irene: Vuoi dire il premio di miglior esperimento dell'anno. |
| Claudia: Sì, sì, quello! Comunque volevo dirti che ci vediamo sabato a pranzo dal babbo. |
| Irene: Ah, bene. Ciao a sabato allora! |
| Marco: Let’s here it slowly now. |
| Irene: Pronto? |
| Claudia: Pronto, Ire sono io. |
| Irene: Oh ciao sorellona! Da dove chiami? |
| Claudia: Da Nairobi. Com'è andato l'esame? |
| Irene: Ah, bene bene. |
| Claudia: Un altro trenta? |
| Irene: Sì... |
| Claudia: Che secchiona! |
| Irene: Ma no... |
| Claudia: Invece sì! Lo sei sempre stata, dalle elementari... Quando ricevesti quel premio per la piccola scienziata dell'anno. |
| Irene: Vuoi dire il premio di miglior esperimento dell'anno. |
| Claudia: Sì, sì, quello! Comunque volevo dirti che ci vediamo sabato a pranzo dal babbo. |
| Irene: Ah, bene. Ciao a sabato allora! |
| Marco: And now, with the translation. |
| Irene: Pronto? |
| Irene: Hello? |
| Claudia: Pronto, Ire sono io. |
| Claudia: Hello, Ire, it's me. |
| Irene: Oh ciao sorellona! Da dove chiami? |
| Irene: Oh, hi, sister! Where are you calling from? |
| Claudia: Da Nairobi. Com'è andato l'esame? |
| Claudia: From Nairobi. How did the test go? |
| Irene: Ah, bene bene. |
| Irene: Ah, well, very well. |
| Claudia: Un altro trenta? |
| Claudia: Another thirty? |
| Irene: Sì... |
| Irene: Yes... |
| Claudia: Che secchiona! |
| Claudia: What a swot! |
| Irene: Ma no... |
| Irene: No way... |
| Claudia: Invece sì! Lo sei sempre stata, dalle elementari... Quando ricevesti quel premio per la piccola scienziata dell'anno. |
| Claudia: It is so! You have always been since primary school... When you received that prize for little scientist of the year. |
| Irene: Vuoi dire il premio di miglior esperimento dell'anno. |
| Irene: You mean the prize for best experiment of the year. |
| Claudia: Sì, sì, quello! Comunque volevo dirti che ci vediamo sabato a pranzo dal babbo. |
| Claudia: Yeah, that one! By the way, I wanted to tell you that we'll meet on Saturday at Dad's for lunch. |
| Irene: Ah, bene. Ciao a sabato allora! |
| Irene: Ah, okay. Bye, see you on Saturday then! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Consuelo: La scuola elementare. |
| Marco: That is primary school right? |
| Consuelo: Yep. Now tell me Marco, as a student, what period did you like the most? |
| Marco: I really enjoyed scuole medie. |
| Consuelo: What? Junior high school, no way. |
| Marco: Why? |
| Consuelo: The best school years of my life were le scuole superiori. |
| Marco: Ah high school. |
| Consuelo: Sure. When you make those school trips abroad all around Europe. |
| Marco: Oh you are right. Those are definitely amusing. Where did you go with your class? |
| Consuelo: Oh umm..we went to many places. England, Austria, but the most impressive was Prague, in the Czech Republic. |
| Marco: I see. That’s a really charming city. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Marco: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is |
| Consuelo: Chiamare. |
| Marco: To call, to phone. |
| Consuelo: Chiamare. Chiamare. |
| Marco: Next we have |
| Consuelo: Secchione. |
| Marco: Swot, grind, dweeb. |
| Consuelo: Secchione. Secchione. |
| Marco: And next we have |
| Consuelo: Elementare. |
| Marco: Elementary. |
| Consuelo: Elementare. Elementare. |
| Marco: Next word is |
| Consuelo: Ricevere. |
| Marco: To receive, to get. |
| Consuelo: Ricevere. Ricevere. |
| Marco: And next we have scientist. |
| Consuelo: Scienziato. Scienziata. Scienziato. Scienziata. |
| Marco: And the next word is |
| Consuelo: Esperimento. |
| Marco: Experiment. |
| Consuelo: Esperimento. Esperimento |
| Marco: And next we have |
| Consuelo: Sabato. |
| Marco: Saturday. |
| Consuelo: Sabato. Sabato |
| Marco: And today’s last word is |
| Consuelo: Babbo. |
| Marco: Dad, father. |
| Consuelo: Babbo. Babbo. |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Marco: Consuelo, what word are we studying today? |
| Consuelo: The Italian word “secchione”. |
| Marco: Secchione is masculine and the feminine is |
| Consuelo: That one we heard in the dialogue, secchiona. |
| Marco: It means swat, grind or dweeb. |
| Consuelo: In brief, someone who is really good in studies, but in Italian this word is not that offensive and has the meaning of bookish or bookworm. |
| Marco: Well it can become so depending on the tone used and the context. |
| Consuelo: Yes and no. We have another nice expression for that which is topo di biblioteca. |
| Marco: Haha! The library mouse, it’s very fun though. |
| Consuelo: However, sei un secchione Marco? |
| Marco: Sinceramente no. Honestly I don’t think so. |
| Consuelo: Aaha so you are a somaro. |
| Marco: A donkey? What’s that? |
| Consuelo: Those guys who are a bit blockheaded are called somaro in Italy. |
| Marco: Hey, I am not a dunce! |
| Consuelo: No, no I was just joking. Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point. |
Lesson focus |
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| Marco: In today’s lesson, we focus on the passato remoto tense of second conjugation regular verbs. |
| Consuelo: We will start by giving you the endings for each person. |
| Marco: Remember to drop the infinitive suffix and add the appropriate endings. For io use |
| Consuelo: -ei |
| Marco: Tu |
| Consuelo: -esti |
| Marco: Lui/lei |
| Consuelo: -è |
| Marco: Noi |
| Consuelo: -emmo |
| Marco: Loro |
| Consuelo: -erono |
| Marco: However, the first and the third singular and the third pleural persons have an alternative ending that can replace the ones we just said. For io you can also use |
| Consuelo: -etti |
| Marco: For lui/lei |
| Consuelo: -ette |
| Marco: And for loro |
| Consuelo: -ettero. |
| Marco: As a result, several regular verbs have a double form. |
| Consuelo: As happens with a regular verb ricevere, meaning to receive. |
| Marco: Let’s now listen to the conjugation for this verb. |
| Consuelo: Io ricevei or ricevetti. |
| Marco: I received. |
| Consuelo: Tu ricevesti. |
| Marco: You received. |
| Consuelo: Lui/lei ricevè or ricevette. |
| Marco: He/she/it received. |
| Consuelo: Noi ricevemmo. |
| Marco: We received. |
| Consuelo: Voi riceveste. |
| Marco: You received. |
| Consuelo: Loro riceverono or ricevettero. |
| Marco: They received. |
| Consuelo: And now let’s listen to some examples with regular -ere verbs at the passato remoto tense. |
| Marco: In the two possible variations. |
| Consuelo: The verb credere |
| Marco: To believe. |
| Consuelo: Crederono per anni a un culto magico. |
| Marco: Or |
| Consuelo: Credettero per anni a un culto magico. |
| Marco: They believed for years in magic worship. |
| Consuelo: The verb vendere |
| Marco: To sell. |
| Consuelo: Mi ricordo che vendei la mia macchina molti anni fa. |
| Marco: Or |
| Consuelo: Mi ricordo che vendetti la mia macchina molti anni fa. |
| Marco: I remember I sold my car many years ago. |
Outro |
| Marco: That just about does it for today. |
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| Marco: A presto. |
| Consuelo: Ciao a tutti. |
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