MICHEL THOMAS ITALIAN (BASIC) COURSE, 8 CDs

TRANSCRIPT

This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his mind in the
middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the students. The booklet that
accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so I have written this transcript. I have
found it useful, so maybe other people will, too.

Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript, without buying
the recordings.

Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no mistakes. Tracks
and track times in the recording are shown in brackets.

Version 2, August 7th 2006

Transcribed by JK

CD 1 (69.56)
(1) 4.51
(2) 6.19
(words ending in -ible in English, like "possible", end -ibile in Italian, like possibile)
possible possibile
it is è
it is possible è possibile
it is not non è
it is not possible non è possibile
for me per me
it is for me è per me
it is not for me non è per me
it is not possible for me non è possibile per me
for you per Lei
(per Lei also means "for her")
it is for you è per Lei
it is not for me non è per me
it is possible for you è possibile per Lei
(to ask a question, use inflection)
isn't it possible for you? non è possibile per Lei?
why? perché?
(perché also means "because")
why isn't it possible for you? perché non è possibile per Lei?
like that, in that way così
it is like that è così
it is not like that non è così
it is not possible for me that way non è possibile per me così
I am sorry mi dispiace
(this literally means "it displeases me")
but ma
I am sorry, but it is not possible for me that way mi dispiace, ma non è possibile per me così
(words ending with -able in English end with -abile in Italian)
probable probabile
it is not probable non è probabile
probably probabilmente
possibly possibilmente
(3) 7.06
late tardi
it is late è tardi
very molto
it is very late è molto tardi
more più
later più tardi
I want voglio
("I" is understood in Italian)
to know sapere
I want to know voglio sapere
I don't want non voglio
I don't want to know non voglio sapere
it is possible è possibile
where dove
I want to know where is voglio sapere dove è
(dove è contracts to dov'è)
how much quanto
I want to know how much it is voglio sapere quanto è
to buy comprare
I want to buy voglio comprare
the thing la cosa
I want to buy the thing voglio comprare la cosa
the same thing la stessa cosa
I want to buy the same thing voglio comprare la stessa cosa
I don't want to buy the same thing non voglio comprare la stessa cosa
the same lo stesso
I want to buy the same voglio comprare lo stesso
but I don't want the same thing ma non voglio la stessa cosa
you want vuole
do you want the same thing? vuole la stessa cosa?
what (thing) do you want? che vuole, che cosa vuole, cosa vuole?
what do you want to buy? cosa vuole comprare?
here qui
what you want to buy here? cosa vuole comprare qui?
(4) 5.49
some qualche
something qualche cosa, qualcosa
do you want to buy something here? vuole comprare qualcosa qui?
why don't you want to buy something here? perché non vuole comprare qualcosa qui?
I want to know voglio sapere
it lo
to know it sapere lo
(sapere lo contracts so that the lo is hooked on to the end of the "whole" verb. All Italian
"whole" verbs do this)
I want to know it voglio saperlo
to buy comprare
to buy it comprarlo
I want to buy it voglio comprarlo
I want to know how much it is because I want to buy it voglio sapere quanto è perché voglio
comprarlo
if se
expensive caro
it is very expensive è molto caro
it is not very expensive non è molto caro
I want to buy if it is not very expensive voglio comprarlo se non è molto caro
too, too much troppo
it is not too expensive non è troppo caro
I want to buy if it is not too expensive voglio comprarlo se non è troppo caro
(5) 5.39
to have avere
I want to have it voglio averlo
when quando
how much quanto
when do you want to have it? quando vuole averlo?
you can può
you can have it può averlo
if you want se vuole
if you want to have it se vuole averlo
now ora, adesso
I want to have it now voglio averlo adesso
if it is possible se è possibile
at what time? a che ora?
at what time do you want to have it? a che ora vuole averlo?
you can have it now if you want può averlo adesso se vuole
acceptable accettabile
it is not acceptable for me non è accettabile per me
I am sorry but it is not acceptable for me that way mi dispacie ma non è accettabile per me così
good buono
I want to know why it is not acceptable for you that way because it is very good voglio sapere
perché non è accettabile per Lei così perché è molto buono
(6) 7.37
according to me..., in my opinion... secondo me...
according to you..., in your opinion... secondo Lei...
according to me it is very good that way secondo me è molto buono così
I am sono
ready pronto
I am ready sono pronto
soon presto
soon (a little more soon), right away subito
I am ready right away sono pronto subito
(Roberto and Roberta, subito and subita)
I am ready soon (female) sono pronta subita
it is ready è pronto
it is not ready non è pronto
to stay stare
I stay sto
you stay, he stays, she stays, it stays sta
I stay here sto qui
he is staying here sta qui
how long (how much time) quanto tempo
how long are you staying? quanto tempo sta?
I am staying sto
you are staying sta
how long are you staying? quanto tempo sta?
how long are you staying here? quanto tempo sta qui?
(definition of nouns, verbs and adjectives)
(the English infinitive verb, e.g. "to speak", is expressed in Italian with an ending such as -are)
to speak parlare
to eat mangiare
to leave, to depart partire
to understand capire
to see vedere
(7) 6.53
I want to see voglio vedere
I want to see it voglio vederlo
you, him, her, it la
I want to see you later voglio vederla più tardi
a little un po'
a little later un po' più tardi
I want to see you a little later voglio vederla un po' più tardi
busy occupato
because I am busy now perché sono occupato adesso
to speak parlare
I want to speak Italian voglio parlare italiano
I want to speak Italian with you voglio parlare italiano con Lei
do you want to speak Italian with me? vuole parlare italiano con me?
why don't you want to speak Italian with me? perché non vuole parlare italiano con me?
I can posso
you can, he can, she can, it can può
I am sorry but I cannot speak with you now because I am very busy now mi dispiace ma non
posso parlare con Lei ora perché sono molto occupato ora
but I can see you a little later if you want ma posso vederla un po' più tardi se vuole
to eat mangiare
I want to eat now voglio mangiare adesso
what (thing) do you want to eat now? cosa vuole mangiare adesso?
do you want to eat something now? vuole mangiare qualcosa ora?
why don't you want to eat now? perché non vuole mangiare adesso?
(8) 8.01
I eat mangio
you eat mangia
(these endings apply for all verbs ending -are. There are three types of verbs, but all verbs can
be divided into two "tracks", the -are track and a track for all the others. For the -are track, the
ending for "I" is -o and the ending for "you, he, she, it" is -a. For the other track, the ending for
"I" is still -o, but the ending for the "you, he, she, it" is -e)
to go andare
to come venire
I see vedo
you see vede
to take prendere
I take prendo
you take prende
I am taking it lo prendo
you are taking it lo prende
why don't you take it? perché non lo prende?
(In English, we have three ways to express the present tense: "I take it", "I do take it", "I am
taking it". In Italian, all three are translated in one way: lo prendo "I take it")
I am sono
I am eating mangio
I don't speak non parlo
French francese
yes I speak Italian but I don't speak French sì parlo italiano ma non parlo francese
I don't eat non mangio
I am not busy non sono occupato
I am not eating non mangio
I don't eat non mangio
(9) 6.58
to prepare preparare
I prepare preparo
I prepare it lo preparo
I am preparing it lo preparo
I don't prepare it non lo preparo
I am not preparing it non lo preparo
to have avere
I have ho
you have ha
do you have something for me? ha qualcosa per me?
what do you have for me? cosa ha per me?
I am hungry (I have a little famine) ho fame
are you hungry? ha fame?
do you want to eat something now? are you hungry? vuole mangiare qualcosa adesso? ha
fame?
don't you want to eat? aren't you hungry? non vuole mangiare? non ha fame?
to drink bere
I drink bevo
you drink beve
what are you drinking? cosa beve?
thirst sete
I am thirsty ho sete
I am thirsty and I want to drink now ho sete e voglio bere adesso
is è
and e
do you want to speak Italian with me? vuole parlare italiano con me?
what do you eat? cosa mangia?
what are you eating now? cosa mangia adesso?
to do, to make fare
what do you want to do now? cosa vuole fare adesso?
do you want to do it? vuole farlo?
why don't you want to do it now? perché non vuole farlo adesso?
(10) 4.00
I can posso
you can può
I am very sorry but I cannot do it now because I am very busy mi dispiace molto ma non posso
farlo adesso perché sono molto occupato
I can do it later if I have (the) time posso farlo più tardi se ho tempo
to stay stare
I stay sto
I am busy sono occupato
I am busy (female) sono occupato
tired stanco
I am very tired now sono molto stanco adesso
the house la casa
the thing la cosa
something qualcosa
at home a casa
tonight stasera
I am tired and I am staying home tonight sono stanco e sto a casa stasera
(11) 6.43
tomorrow domani
tomorrow evening domani sera
tomorrow morning domani mattina
tomorrow afternoon domani pomeriggio
(in Italian the present tense is used very much. For example, it is used to express the future, for
example you can say "I see you tomorrow")
I will see you tomorrow, I see you tomorrow la vedo domani
(in English, we have two ways to express the future tense: "I will/shall see you" and "I am going
to see you". In Italian, you cannot use "going" to express the future)
to go andare
(in Italian, "go" is a combination of two Latin verbs)
I go vado
you go va
to call chiamare
I call chiamo
I call you la chiamo
I will call you later la chiamo più tardi
I will call you tomorrow la chiamo domani
(after coming and going, the next verb is preceded by a)
I am going to see it, I am going (in order) to see it vado a vederlo
I am going to buy it now (I am on my way to buy it now) vado a comprarlo adesso
I will buy it tomorrow lo compraro domani

(end of recording)
CD 2 (63.50)
(1) 7.06
to stay stare
I am staying sto
I am staying at home tonight sto a casa stasera
are you staying home tonight? sta a casa stasera?
how long are you staying? quanto tempo sta?
to leave partire
I am leaving tomorrow parto domani
at what time are you leaving tomorrow? a che ora parte domani?
why don't you want to leave with me? perché non vuole partire con mi?
why can't you leave with me? perché non può partire con me?
to come venire
why can't you come with me now? perché non può venire con me adesso?
I am going to... vado a...
I am going to eat vado a mangiare
he is going, she is going to, you are going to eat va a mangiare
why can't you come to see it with me this evening? perché non può venire a vederlo con me
stasera?
I must devo
to have to dovere
you must deve
you must come with me deve venire con me
you must speak Italian with me deve parlare italiano con me
to wait, await aspettare
to wait for me aspettarmi
to understand capire
to understand me capirmi
can you understand me? può capirmi?
why can't you understand me? perché non può capirmi?
(2) 9.23
to say, to tell dire
I cannot say it in Italian non posso dirlo in italiano
can you tell me? può dirmi?
will you, will you please, do you want vuole
will you tell me where it is vuole dirmi dov'è
(In English, "will you..." meaning "will you please..." does not express the future, but makes a
polite request)
will you tell me vuole dirmi
can you tell me? può dirmi?
can you tell me where it is? può dirmi dov'è?
to find trovare
will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it vuole dirmi dov'è perché non posso
trovarlo
I have ho
I have it lo ho, l'ho
I don't have it non l'ho
you have it lo ha, l'ha
why don't you have it for me now? perché non l'ha per me adesso?
I want to have it voglio averlo
I want voglio
I want it lo voglio
I want it now lo voglio adesso
I don't want it now non lo voglio adesso
why don't you want it now? perché non lo vuole adesso?
to have avere
I have ho
you have, he has, she has ha
to know sapere
I know so
I don't know non so
I know it lo so
I don't know it non lo so
you know it lo sa
why don't you know it? perché non lo sa?
do you know where it is? sa dov'è?
can you tell me where it is? può dirmi dov'è?
can you tell me how much it is? può dirmi quant'è?
because I want to buy it perché voglio comprarlo
today oggi
I must have it today if it is possible devo averlo oggi se è possibile
(3) 5.13
I am staying home tonight because I am tired sto a casa stasera perché sono stanco
to prepare preparare
I am preparing it lo preparo
why don't you prepare it for me? perché non lo prepara per me?
the dinner la cena
to dine, to have dinner cenare
will you have dinner with me tonight vuole cenare con me stasera
where do you want to have dinner tonight? dove vuole cenare stasera?
I cannot speak with you now because I am eating non posso parlare con Lei perché mangio
(to say "I am in the process of eating", you say sto mangiando, or sto -endo with verbs from the
other track)
I am eating mangio
I am in the process of eating sto mangiando
what are you preparing? cosa prepara?
what are you in the process of preparing? cosa sta preparando?
(you can also use sto with per followed by any full verb, meaning "I am just about to...")
I am just about to eat, I am getting ready to eat sto per mangiare
I am just about to prepare it sto per prepararlo
(4) 5.36
(whenever "to" implies "in order to", you say in Italian "for to do it" - per farlo)
I don't have the time in order to do it now non ho (il) tempo per farlo
(but if you use a noun which is followed by a verb, then after the noun you mostly throw in di
meaning "of")
I don't have the time to do it non ho (il) tempo di farlo
to leave partire
I will leave tomorrow parto domani
at what time do you leave? a che ora parte?
the week la settimana
next prossima
next week la settimana prossima
at what time do you leave next week? a che ora parte la settimana prossima?
at what time are you leaving next week? a che ora parte la settimana prossima?
(there is, in fact, a future tense in Italian. "I will leave" became "to leave-I have", which
contracted from partire ho to partirò, with the stress on the final syllable)
I will leave partirò
you, he, she will leave partirà
(the endings -rò and -rà are universal for all Italian verbs)
(5) 5.52
to do, to make fare
I will do farò
I will do it lo farò
I won't do it non lo farò
he will do it lo farà
when will you do it? quando lo farà?
to say, to tell dire
to call chiamare
I will call you la chiamerò
I call you tomorrow la chiamo domani
I will call you tomorrow la chiamerò domani
I will call you la chiamerò
I am staying sto
I am staying here sto qui
I am staying home tonight sto a casa stasera
I will stay home tonight starò a casa stasera
how long are you staying in Italy? quanto tempo sta in Italia?
how long will you stay in Italy? quanto tempo starà in Italia?
I don't know non so
still ancora
yet (in a negative sense) ancora
I don't know yet, still I don't know ancora non so
I don't know yet how long I will stay in Italy ancora non so quanto tempo starò in Italia
(6) 7.08
I am ready sono pronto
it is ready è pronto
to be essere
you must be ready soon deve essere pronto subito
it can be ready soon può essere pronto subito
I will be sarò
you will be, he will be, she will be sarà
it will be ready soon sarà pronto subito
I don't know yet at what time it will be ready but I must have it today if it is possible ancora non
so a che ora sarà pronto ma devo averlo oggi se è possibile
to see vedere
to see it, to see him vederlo
to see her, to see you vederla
to see me vedermi
I am going to call you later la chiamo più tardi
(for the future tense, -are verbs have the ending -erò, not -arò)
I will call you later la chiamerò più tardi
to speak parlare
I will speak parlerò
to eat mangiare
I will eat mangierò
he will eat mangierà
(for "we", use the future ending -remo)
we will eat later mangieremo
we will stay home tonight staremo a casa stasera
we will leave tomorrow partiremo domani
(7) 4.36
(in the present tense, for "we" use the ending -iamo)
we speak parliamo
we are staying stiamo
we are leaving partiamo
to go andare
we are going andiamo
(andiamo expresses different meanings, such as "let's go!")
let's go and eat! andiamo a mangiare!
we are eating mangiamo
let's eat! mangiamo!
to start cominciare
I am starting now comincio adesso
at what time are you starting? a che ora comincia?
at what time are you going to start tomorrow? a che ora comincierà domani?
let's start! cominciamo!
I want to know voglio sapere
I want to know at what time it will be ready voglio sapere a che ora sarà pronto
I am going vado
he is going, she is going, it is going, you are going va
where are you going? dove va?
where are you going to be tonight? dove sarà stasera?
(8) 5.10
good buono
it is very good è molto buono
quite proprio
it is quite good è proprio buono
it is quite possible è proprio possibile
(words in English ending -ant and -ent are similar in Italian)
it is very different that way è molto differente così
(così can also translate "so")
it is not so different non è così differente
it is so good è così buono
it is not so different that way non è così differente così
important importante
it is very important that way è molto importante così
I have to know it because it is very important for me devo saperlo perché è molto importante
per me
I would like vorrei
I would like to know it vorrei saperlo
I would like to go with you vorrei andare con Lei
there ci
(this word is also hooked on to the end of the whole verb)
I would like to go there with you vorrei andarci con Lei
I would like to go and see it with you tonight vorrei andare a vederlo con Lei stasera
(9) 6.35
(words that can be hooked on to the end of the verb, can also come way up front)
I want to do it voglio farlo, lo voglio fare
(either way is as good as the other)
I cannot do it now non posso farlo adesso, non lo posso fare adesso
why can't you tell me now? perché non può dirmi adesso, perché non mi può dire adesso
it is not ready yet but it will be ready for you soon ancora non è pronto ma sarà pronto per
Lei subito
to do, to make fare
I do, I make faccio
he does, he makes fa
why don't you do it? perché non lo fa?
I am doing it now lo faccio adesso
I am in the process of doing it lo sto facendo
I'm just about to do it sto per farlo
I say, I tell dico
you say, you tell dice
what are you saying? cosa dice?
why don't you tell me? perché non mi dice?
(10) 7.11
to understand capire
I cannot understand it non posso capirlo
can you understand it? può capirlo?
can you understand me? può capirmi?
why can't you understand me? perché non può capirmi?
I understand capisco
I understand it lo capisco
I don't understand it non lo capisco
you understand capisce
do you understand it? lo capisce?
do you understand me? mi capisce?
don't you understand me? non mi capisce?
why don't you understand me? perché non mi capisce?
I am sorry but I don't understand it very well mi dispiace ma non lo capisco molto bene
what are you saying? cosa dice?
(when you use "what" in the middle of a sentence, you use ciò che)
I don't know what you're saying non so ciò che dice
(you can also say qualche instead of ciò che)
I don't understand very well what you are saying non capisco molto bene ciò che dice
it is not what I am saying non è ciò che dico
I don't understand what you want to say non capisco ciò che vuole dire
("want to say" is the Italian for "mean")
I don't understand what you mean non capisco ciò che vuole dire
what do you mean? cosa vuole dire?
you don't understand what I mean non capisce ciò che voglio dire

(end of recording)
CD 3 (52.42)
(1) 9.16
I want voglio
I want it lo voglio
I don't want it non lo voglio
I want to do it voglio farlo, lo voglio fare
(Italian words do not end in a consonant, as a rule)
what do you want? cosa vuole?
do you want it? lo vuole?
don't you want it? non lo vuole?
why don't you want it? perché non lo vuole?
I want it but not now lo voglio ma non adesso
what are you saying? cosa dice?
why don't you tell me? perché non mi dice?
(for "it to me", the person comes before the thing, and mi lo becomes melo)
why don't you tell it to me? perché non melo dice?
to you Le
I am going to tell you later Le dico più tardi
I am telling you Le dico
I am telling dico
you are telling dice
to tell dire
I will tell you Le dirò
to understand capire
I will understand capirò
to speak parlare
to see vedere
("I will see" is contracted a little)
I will see vedrò
he will see vedrà
we will see vedremo
I will see it lo vedrò
he won't see it non lo vedrà
we will see it lo vedremo
I will see you later la vedrò più tardi
he will not see me non mi vedrà
(2) 6.21
to give dare
I give do
he gives da
he gives me something mi da qualcosa
the book il libro
why don't you give me the book? perché non mi da il libro?
why don't you give it to me now? perché non me lo da adesso?
to bring portare
I am going to see you tonight and I will bring you the book la vedo stasera e Le porterò il libro
to him gli
I will give him the book gli darò il libro
I am going to tell him gli dico
I will tell him gli dirò
I want to tell him voglio dirgli
(3) 4.53
I won't tell him, I will not tell him non gli dirò
I don't want to tell him non voglio dirgli
I don't tell you because I don't want to tell you non Le dico perché non voglio dirle
will you tell me, would you tell me vuole dirmi
can you tell me? può dirmi?
(4) 5.03
to tell dire
he will tell me mi dirà
he won't tell me non mi dirà
he doesn't want to tell me non vuole dirmi
please per favore
will you please tell me per favore, vuole dirmi
will you tell me vuole dirmi
why don't you want to tell me? perché non vuole dirmi?
he won't tell me non mi dirà
I won't tell you non Le dirò
I will tell you later Le dirò più tardi
I won't tell you now non Le dirò adesso
will you tell me vuole dirmi
(5) 5.26
I am sorry but mi dispiace ma
it pleases me, I like mi piace
I like very much mi piace molto
I like very much to do it mi piace molto farlo
but I don't like to do it now ma non mi piace farlo adesso
I will do it later if I have the time lo farò più tardi se ho il tempo
I like mi piace
I like very much to speak Italian mi piace molto parlare italiano
you like Le piace
do you like? Le piace?
I don't like to stay here non mi piace stare qui
I like very much to do it mi piace molto farlo
I want to do it voglio farlo
but I won't do it ma non lo farò
I want to do it voglio farlo
I don't want to do it now non voglio farlo adesso
I won't do it non lo farò
(6) 6.49
I want to do it voglio farlo
I cannot do it now non posso farlo adesso
I cannot tell you where it is because I don't know it non le posso dire dov'è perché non lo so
I want to tell you something voglio dirle qualcosa
I won't tell you non Le dirò
I want to tell you voglio dirle
it pleases me mi piace
you like Le piace
does it displease you? Le dispiace?
doesn't it displease you, if you don't mind non Le dispiace
(7) 6.01
(non le dispiace can be used for "if you don't mind")
won't you mind telling me, will you tell me... non le dispiace dirmi...
what do you want to say? what do you mean? cosa vuole dire?
to explain spiegare
I will explain to you later Le spiegerò più tardi
will you please explain to me vuole spiegarmi
will you explain it to me vuole spiegarmelo
why don't you want to explain it to me? perché non vuole spiegarmelo?
(8) 3.34
I don't know what it means non so ciò que vuole dire
to wait aspettare
will you please wait for me vuole aspettarmi
to do fare
will you do it vuole farlo per favore
can you do it for me? può farlo per me?
will you wait for me vuole aspettarmi
can you wait for me? può aspettarmi?
(9) 5.19
there is c'è
near here qui vicino
I want to know where there is a good restaurant near here voglio sapere dove c'è un buono
ristorante qui vicino
far lontano
it is not far non è lontano
to walk andare a piedi
you can walk può andare a piedi
will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it vuole dirmi dov'è perché non posso
trovarlo
I want to see it voglio vederlo

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CD 4 (60.25)
(1) 5.12
it is not possible that way non è possibile così
I am sorry but it is not acceptable for me that way mi dispiace ma non è accettibale per mi così
it is not very different that way non è molto differente così
but it is very important for me ma è molto importante per mi
it is very urgent è molto urgente
sure sicuro
certain certo
certainly certamente
I am quite sure sono proprio sicuro, sono proprio certo
evident evidente
constant constante
(English words ending -ary end -ario in Italian)
necessary necessario
it is not necessary for me now non è necessario per me adesso
contrary contrario
on the contrary al contrario
on the contrary I do want to buy it al contrario voglio comprarlo
vocabulary vocabulario
(English words ending -ence or -ance end -enza or -anza in Italian)
difference differenza
the difference la differenza
a difference una differenza
what difference, which difference che differenza, quale differenza
importance importanza
(2) 4.37
there is a difference c'è una differenza
(c'è is a contraction of ci e, meaning "there is")
the problem il problema
there is a problem c'è una problema
system sistema
(English words ending -tion end -zione in Italian, and they are all feminine)
condition condizione
the condition la condizione
the position la posizione
the situation la situazione
reservation prenotazione
to book prenotare
I will make a reservation for you farò una prenotazione per Lei
will you please make a reservation for me vuole fare una prenotazione per me
would you please make a reservation for me vuole fare una prenotazione per me
will you please make a reservation for me vuole fare una prenotazione per me
(3) 6.02
confirmation conferma
do you have the confirmation of the reservation for me tonight? ha la conferma de la
prenotazione per me stasera?
what kind of... che tipo di...
what kind of reservation do you have for me for tonight? che tipo di prenotazione ha per me
per stasera?
observation observazione
invitation invitazione
the vacation la vacanza
the vacations le vacanze
to spend time, to pass pasare
to spend the time pasare il tempo
to spend the vacations pasare le vacanze
where are you going to spend the vacation? dove paserà le vacanze?, dove pasa le vacanze?
tonight stasera
evening sera
tomorrow evening domani sera
morning mattina
tomorrow morning domani mattina
afternoon pomeriggio
tomorrow afternoon domani pomeriggio
(4) 5.52
evening sera
evening (the whole evening) serata
I am going to spend the whole evening paserò la serata
I will spend a musical evening paserò una serata musicale
this evening stasera
to spend the whole evening pasare la serata
morning mattina
morning (the whole morning) mattinata
to spend the whole morning aasare la mattinata
day giorno
to spend the whole day pasare la giornata
I like very much to spend the whole day here mi piace molto pasare la giornata qui
(English words ending -ical end -ico in Italian)
political politico
economical economico
logical logico
practical pratico
it is not logical but it is very practical that way non è logico ma è molto pratico così
philosophical filosofico
astronomical astronomico
astrological astrologico
the political situation la situazione politica
the economical situation la situazione economica
what impression do you have of the political and economical situation in Italy now? quale
impressione ha de la situazione politica e economica in Italia adesso?
I don't like the political situation non mi piace la situazione politica
(5) 10.49
(some verbs derived from nouns are similar in both languages, usually they are -are verbs)
preparation preparazione
to prepare preparare
I am very busy now sono molto occupato adesso
I am preparing it now lo preparo adesso
I am in the process of preparing it lo sto preparando, sto preparandolo
I will prepare it lo preparerò
when will you prepare it for me? quando lo preparerà per me?
I will prepare it lo preparerò
he will prepare it for me lo preparerà per me
when will you prepare it for me? quando lo preparerà per me?
when do you prepare it for me? quando lo preparo per me?
I prepare it lo preparo
you are preparing it lo prepara
why don't you prepare it for me? perché non lo prepara per me?
I will prepare it lo preparerò
will you please prepare it for me vuole prepararle per me
will you do it for me vuole farlo per me
(6) 5.50
to do fare
to do it farlo
to tell dire
to tell it, to say it dirlo
to tell me dirmi
to tell it dirlo
to tell me dirmi
to tell it to me dirmelo
can you tell it to me? può dirmelo?
will you tell it to me vuole dirmelo
I will see you tonight and I will tell you la vedrò stasera e Le dirò
perhaps forse
he won't tell me, perhaps he will tell you non mi dirà, forse Le dirà
we will tell you le diremo
he won't tell me but he will tell you non mi dirà ma Le dirà
he won't find it non lo troverà
(7) 5.10
to be able potere
(the whole verb of "can" is "to be able to"; for "must" it is "to have to")
to have avere
to have to dovere
I must devo
you have to deve
you have to do it deve farlo
you have to tell me deve dirmi
I will have avrò
he will have avrà
we will have avremo
to have to dovere
I will have to dovrò
I will have to do it dovrò farlo, lo dovrò fare
he will have to wait for me dovrà aspettarmi
to be able potere
I can do it posso farlo
can you do it? può farlo?
(8) 5.12
we can possiamo
we cannot do it non possiamo farlo
to be able potere
I will be able potrò
I will be able to do it for you potrò farlo per Lei
but I won't be able to do it today because I will be very busy ma non potrò farlo oggi perché
sarò molto occupato
I will be very busy today sarò molto occupato oggi
when will you be able to do it? quando potrà farlo?
we will be able to leave with you tomorrow if you want potremo partire con Lei domani se
vuole
(9) 5.33
to arrive arrivare
to call chiamare
to telephone telefonare
at what time will you arrive tomorrow morning? a che ora arriverà domani mattina?
I won't do it non lo farò
we won't do it non lo faremo
you won't do it non lo farà
I won't do it because I won't be able to do it non lo farò perché non potrò farlo
I want to do it voglio farlo
I want to have it voglio averlo
I want (alternative) dezidero
I want to have it dezidero averlo
what would you like? (at the restaurant) cosa dezidera?
to have avere
to have (food and drinks) prendere
what would you like to have? cosa vuole prendere?
(10) 6.08
I want voglio
I would like vorrei
(the -rei ending means "would" for any verb)
I will buy it lo comprerò
I would buy it lo comprerei
I will do it lo farò
I would do it lo farei
with him con lui
I will speak with him parlerò con lui
I will talk to him gli parlerò
I will speak with him parlerò con lui
I wouldn't speak to him non gli parlerei
I wouldn't speak with him non parlerei con lui

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CD 5 (61.03)
(1) 5.15
(the so-called auxiliary verbs in this course are called "handles", because whatever follows them
is a full verb)
I can do it posso farlo
I can't do it now non posso farlo adesso
to understand capire
I understand capisco
you understand capisce
I understand it lo capisco
I don't understand it non lo capisco
I understand you la capisco
I don't understand you non la capisco
I cannot understand you non la posso capire
to find trovare
to look for, seek cercare
I am looking for it but I don't find it lo cerco ma non lo trovo
I am in the process of looking for it lo sto cercando
but I don't find it ma non lo trovo
I'm looking forward but I don't find it lo sto cercando ma non lo trovo
(2) 4.42
I must look for it devo cercarlo
but I cannot find it ma non posso trovarlo
can you tell me where it is? può dirmi dov'è?
will you please tell me where it is vuole dirmi dov'è
I want to see it voglio vederlo
I would like to see it vorrei vederlo
I will see it lo vedrò
he will see it lo vedrà
we will see it lo vedremo
I will see it lo vedrò
I would see it lo vedrei
but I wouldn't do it ma non lo farei
I will be here sarò qui
I would be here sarei qui
I would like to see it vorrei vederlo
(3) 5.22
("you would like", "he would like", "she would like", "it would like" has a -rebbe ending)
I would like vorrei
you would like, he would like, she would like vorrebbe
would you like to do it? vorrei farlo?
would you like to see it? vorrei vederlo?
there ci
when would you like to go there? quando vorrebbe andarci?
he wouldn't buy it non lo comprerebbe
I would speak with him parlerei con lui
I would talk to him gli parlerei
I will talk to you later gli parlerò più tardi
I wouldn't see it non lo vedrei
he wouldn't see it non lo vedrebbe
it will be very important sarà molto importante
it would be very important sarebbe molto importante
but it wouldn't be possible that way ma non sarebbe possibile così
(4) 8.12
I will be able potrò
I will be able to do it potrò farlo
I won't be able to do it that way non potrò farlo così
he won't be able to do it non potrà farlo
we won't be able to do it non potremo farlo
(the ending meaning "we would" is -remmo)
we would be able to do it potremmo farlo
we wouldn't be able to do it that way non potremmo farlo così
we won't be able to do it that way non potremo farlo così
I will be able to come with you potrò venire con Lei
but I won't be able to come with you today because I will be very busy ma non potrò venire con
Lei oggi perché sarò molto occupato
I wouldn't be able to come with you non potrei venire con Lei
would you be able to tell me when you will be able to do it? potrebbe dirmi quando potrà
farlo?
(in English, instead of saying "would you be able to tell me", you would say "could you tell me".
“could you tell me" implies "would you be able to tell me")
("could" in English expresses two different tenses. "he told me that he couldn't do it" means "he
wouldn't be able to do it", or "he told me he was not able to do it")
(5) 6.15
I could (would be able) potrei
you could (you would be able) potrebbe
I could (was able, past tense) potevo
he could, he was able poteva
(as a guideline, translate "could" with potrei etc, unless "could" clearly refers to the past)
we could (would be able) potremmo
I couldn't find it (past tense) non potevo trovarlo
I couldn't tell you now non potrei dirle adesso
could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?
can you tell me? può dirmi?
could you tell me where it is potrebbe dirmi dov'è?
I don't understand you non la capisco
I cannot understand you non posso capirla
I couldn't understand you (past tense) non potevo capirla
(6) 6.53
(you have a similar situation with "must")
I must devo
you must deve
to wait aspettare
you have to wait for me deve aspettarmi
can you wait for me? può aspettarmi?
could you wait for me? potrebbe aspettarmi?
I am sorry but I cannot wait for you now because I am going to leave soon mi dispiace ma non
posso aspettarla adesso perché partirò subito
I have to leave soon devo partire subito
I will have to leave tomorrow dovrò partire domani
at what time will you have to leave? a che ora dovrà partire?
we will have to leave dovremo partire
we would have to leave dovremmo partire
I will have to leave dovrò partire
I would have to leave dovrei partire
I will be able to leave potrò partire
I would be able to leave potrei partire
I could leave tomorrow potrei partire domani
I will have to leave tomorrow dovrò partire domani
I would have to leave tomorrow dovrei partire domani
he would have to leave dovrebbe partire
(7) 10.03
I would be able to do it potrei farlo
I could do it for you tomorrow potrei farlo per Lei domani
I couldn't do it that way non potrei farlo così
could you do it? potrebbe farlo?
yesterday ieri
I couldn't do it yesterday non potevo farlo ieri
I could do it now potrei farlo adesso
I must devo
you must deve
(in Italian, "I must" can also mean "I am supposed to")
I have to do it devo farlo
I am supposed to leave today but I cannot devo partire oggi ma non posso
(devo can also mean "I owe")
how much do I owe? quanto devo?
I will have to do it dovrò farlo
at what time will you have to leave? a che ora dovrà partire?
I would have to do it dovrei farlo
you would have to do it dovrebbe farlo
we would have to do it dovremmo farlo
we will have to do it dovremo farlo
I would have to buy it dovrei comprarlo
("would have to" is used in the sense of "should" or "ought to")
I should buy it dovrei comprarlo
you should tell me dovrebbe dirmi
you have to tell me deve dirmi
can you tell me? può dirmi?
could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?
will you tell me vuole dirmi
would you tell me vuole dirmi
(8) 4.14
I would like to see it vorrei vederlo
would you like to see it? vorrebbe vederlo?
I like to see it mi piace vederlo
it would please me to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo
I am doing it lo faccio
you are doing it, he is doing it lo fa
he is not doing it non lo fa
he will do it lo farà
he would do it lo farebbe
I like to see it mi piace vederlo
it would please me to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo
I like mi piace
it would please me mi piacerebbe
I would like to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo
(9) 5.39
(English words ending -ty end -tà in Italian)
university università
the university l'università
the opportunity l'opportunità
the opportunity, the occasion l'occasione
(English words ending -al and -el, end -ale and -ele in Italian)
normal normale
normally normalmente
general generale
generally generalmente
special speciale
specially for you specialmente per Lei
the specialty of the house la specialità de la casa
(if a noun is followed by a verb, you throw in di. This also happens after some verbs, such as
verbs of communication)
I don't have the time to do it now non ho (il) tempo di farlo adesso
it is not possible to do it now non è possibile farlo adesso
time (passing of time) tempo
time (sequence of occasions) volta
the next time la prossima volta
I would like to have the opportunity to see it the next time vorrei avere l'occasione di vederlo
la prossima volta
(10) 4.28
once una volta
twice, two times due volte
I can do it posso farlo
I will be able to do it next time potrò farlo la prossima volta
I could do it potrei farlo
but I couldn't do it yesterday ma non potevo farlo ieri
I would like vorrei
you would like vorrebbe
I want to eat voglio mangiare
I do want to eat dezidero mangiare
I want to see it voglio vederlo
I do want to see it dezidero vederlo
I like to see it mi piace vederlo
I would like to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo
I would very much like to see it mi piacerebbe molto vederlo
I would like to see it vorrei vederlo

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CD 6 (55.15)
(1) 4.47
according to me, as far as I am concerned secondo me
according to you secondo Lei
to think pensare
I think penso
I don't think non penso
what do you think? cosa pensa?
we don't think non pensiamo
(pensare is also used for thinking forward or planning)
I plan on leaving, I plan to leave penso di partire
how long do you plan on staying? quanto tempo pensa di stare?
to hope sperare
I hope spero
(sperare also means to expect to do something)
I expect to leave soon spero di partire subito
at what time do you expect to arrive? a che ora spera di arrivare?
I want voglio, dezidero
I want to stay here dezidero stare qui, voglio stare qui
I would like to stay here vorrei stare qui
it would please me to stay here mi piacerebbe stare qui
(2) 5.17
the desire la voglia
I feel like... (lit. I have the wish) ho la voglia…
I don't feel like staying here non ho la voglia di stare qui
the need il bisogno
I need (lit. I have need) ho bisogno
I need to do it ho bisogno di farlo
you have to do it deve farlo
("you don't have to do it" in English does not mean "you must not do it" but "you don't need to do
it")
you don't have to do it non ha bisogno di farlo
you don't have to tell me now because I don't want to know it non ha bisogno di dirmi adesso
perché non voglio saperlo
(3) 5.19
I could (past) potevo
I couldn't find it yesterday non potevo trovarlo ieri
I will have to dovrò
I will have to buy it dovrò comprarlo
I had to dovevo
I was supposed to dovevo
I had to do it yesterday dovevo farlo ieri
he had to wait, he was supposed to wait doveva aspettare
I had to do it dovevo farlo
he had to do it doveva farlo
I wanted to do it volevo farlo
I didn't want to buy it non volevo comprarlo
I didn't want to tell him non volevo dirgli
I didn't want to tell you non volevo dirle
I had avevo
I didn't have the time to do it non avevo (il) tempo di farlo
(4) 5.04
(an exception is "I was")
I was ero
I was here yesterday evening ero qui ieri sera
but it was not ready ma non era pronto
everything tutto
everything was ready for you this morning tutto era pronto per Lei stasera
I am sorry but I couldn't do it yesterday because I was very busy all day mi dispiace ma non
potevo farlo ieri perché ero molto occupato tutta la giornata
I wanted to go there with you yesterday but I couldn't do it because I was very busy volevo
andarci con Lei ieri ma non potevo farlo perché ero molto occupato
she was busy era molto occupata
(5) 5.47
(occupato actually means "occupied", so the verb is occupare)
I have occupied the house ho occupato la casa
(so there are two past tenses in both English and Italian. The -evo ending corresponds to a
straight line in the past, meaning in English "I was doing it". The other tense is a dash, meaning
in English "I did it". There is a clear difference between the two tenses in Italian, more so than
in English)
(in Italian, for "did" and "didn't", you use "have" and "haven't")
(you can "dive" into the Italian past tense, first by standing on the diving board, which is the
verb "have", and then you dive. "I ate" becomes "I have eaten", "I didn't eat" becomes "I haven't
eaten", "did you eat" becomes "have you eaten", "at what time did you call me" becomes "at
what time have you called me", "I called you this morning" becomes "I have called you this
morning", "why didn't you call me" becomes "why haven't you called me")
(to dive, change the -are verb into a word ending -ato, e.g. the verb mangiare becomes
mangiato)
I spoke with him ho parlato con Lei
I bought something for you ho comprato qualcosa per Lei
the car la macchina
I didn't buy the car for you non ho comprato la macchina per Lei
(6) 6.00
(capire becomes capito)
I didn't understand non ho capito
(dire becomes detto, fare becomes fatto)
I did it lo ho fatto
I didn't do it non lo ho fatto
he told me mi ha detto
why didn't you tell me? perché non mi ha detto?
I waited for you la ho aspettato
why didn't you wait for me? perché non mi ha aspettato
(actually there are two diving towers, "have" and "be". After any form of those two verbs, there
is nowhere to go but to dive. After any other kind of verb, the next verb is the whole verb)
(in modern Italian, there are a few verbs that use "be" instead of "have")
I went (lit. I am gone) sono andato
I stayed (lit.I am stayed) sono stato
we are siamo
we arrived (lit. we are arrived) siamo arrivati
we arrived (group containing only females) siamo arrivate
I left (lit. I am departed) sono partito
I left (female) sono partita
(after "to be", the ending will be either -o or -a)
she left è partita
(7) 6.30
to amuse divertire
to amuse oneself, to have fun divertirsi
I am having fun, I amuse myself mi diverto
to me mi
to amuse myself divertirmi
I want to have fun voglio divertirmi
I am having fun mi diverto
I will have fun mi divertirò
I would have fun mi divertirei
it would be very interesting and according to me I would have fun sarebbe molto interesante e
secondo me mi divertirei
yourself, himself, herself, itself si
you would have fun, you would amuse yourself si divertirebbe
us, ourselves ci
we would enjoy ourselves ci divertiremmo
we will have a lot of fun ci divertiremo
according to me we would have a lot of fun secondo me ci divertiremmo
(8) 2.42
I see you la vedo
I don't see you non la vedo
I cannot see you non posso vederla
I couldn't see you tonight non potrei vederla stasera
it will be sarà
it wouldn't be sarebbe
it wouldn't be possible for me tonight non sarebbe possibile per me stasera
(9) 3.11
we see vediamo
we see it lo vediamo
we don't see it non lo vediamo
we cannot see it non possiamo vederlo
we cannot see ourselves here non possiamo vederci qui
we see ourselves like that ci vediamo così
we see vediamo
we see it lo vediamo
we see you la vediamo
we see ourselves ci vediamo
we cannot see it non possiamo vederlo
we cannot see ourselves here non possiamo vederci qui
(10) 10.38
(the reflexive "ourselves" also expresses the reciprocity of "each other")
we see ourselves ci vediamo
we see each other, we meet ci vediamo
at what time shall we meet tomorrow? a che ora ci vediamo domani?
we will meet, we will see each other ci vedremo
at what time will we meet tomorrow? a che ora ci vedremo domani?
at what time we meet tomorrow? (present tense verb) a che ora ci vediamo domani?
(there are many ways to express even the simplest sentence, e.g. "I am going to leave tomorrow",
"I must leave", "I have to leave", "I intend to leave", "I expect to leave", "I am leaving" etc)
it is difficult to me to say it in Italian è dificile per me dirlo in italiano

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CD 7 (58.15)
(1) 6.41
I am thinking penso
I am busy sono occupato
I am tired sono stanco
I am eating mangio
what are you eating? cosa mangia?
why don't you want to eat? perché non vuole mangiare?
(for the "I was eating" tense, use -avo, -ava and also -evo and -ivo etc)
I was eating mangiavo
he was eating mangiava
I will eat mangiarò
I wouldn't eat it non lo mangierei
he wouldn't eat it non lo mangierebbe
he wouldn't do it non lo farebbe
he wouldn't tell me non mi direbbe
I am waiting aspetto
I am waiting for you la aspetto
why don't you wait for me? perché non mi aspetta?
I will wait for you here la aspetterò qui
I am waiting aspetto
I was waiting aspettavo
he was waiting for me mi aspettava
to work lavorare
I am working lavoro
I was working lavoravo
I worked, I have worked ho lavorato
he waited ha aspettato
(2) 5.53
(let's call the "was -ing", "were -ing" the "wing" tense (formally, the imperfect). It expresses
either a continuous line in the past or a broken line in the past: there is no distinction in English
e.g. "I did it, I have done it" and "I did it, I used to do it", but there is in Italian)
(there is another -ing tense e.g. "I have been working here for two hours". "have been -ing"
means "I am still doing it", and in Italian you use the present tense)
I have been working here lavoro qui
I have been waiting for you la aspetto
(3) 4.18
I waited ho aspettato
why didn't you wait? perché non ha aspettato
I am going to buy it, I will buy it lo comprerò
I am going to buy it tomorrow lo compro domani
I am going (in order to) buy it vado a comprarlo
I am going (in order to) see it tonight vado a vederlo stasera
to go andare
I am going vado
you are going, he is going, she is going va
it is going well va bene
it is going very well va molto bene
(4) 5.16
it doesn't work, it doesn't function non funziona
to fix, to repair riparare
can you fix it? può ripararlo?
(In Italian, "to have something done" or "get something done" is "to make somebody do it",
using fare. "to have something done" is "to make it do")
I must have it repaired devo farlo riparare
to change cambiare
I have to get it changed devo farlo cambiare
to wash lavare
I am going to get it washed lo farò lavare
now I can make myself understood in Italian adesso posso farmi capire in italiano
for us per noi
he made a reservation for us ha fatto una prenotazione per noi
(5) 9.01
you didn't tell me non mi ha detto
it is done è fatto
he prepared the dinner ha preparato la cena
everything is prepared for you tutto è preparato per Lei
all, they all (plural) tutti, tutte
I am busy sono occupato
(sono means "I am", but it also means "they are". However, "I am busy" is different from "they
are busy")
I am busy sono occupato
they are busy sono occupati
everyone is busy, all of them are busy tutti sono occupati
I want it lo voglio
I don't want it non lo voglio
you can have it può averlo
if you want se vuole
if you want it se lo vuole
why don't you want it? perché non lo vuole?
will you please tell me vuole dirmi
can you tell me? mi può dire?
why don't you want it? perché non lo vuole?
why don't you want to buy it? perché non vuole comprarlo?
you can have it if you want it può averlo se lo vuole
(6) 5.12
to go out uscire
I go out esco
you go out esce
I don't want to do it non voglio farlo
I feel like doing it ho voglia di farlo
I don't want to stay home tonight, I feel like going out non voglio stare a casa stasera, ho
voglia di uscire
I don't want to do it now non voglio farlo adesso
I don't feel like doing it now non ho voglia di farlo adesso
(7) 6.20
I am (right now) about to do it sto per farlo
I am just about to eat sto per mangiare
I am just about to prepare it sto per prepararlo
I was about to... stavo per...
I was about to do it when you called stavo per prepararlo quando ha chiamato
I plan on leaving penso di partire
when do you plan on leaving? quando pensa di partire?
how long do you plan on staying in Italy? quanto tempo pensa di stare in Italia?
I intend to do it penso di farlo
I intend to do it, I have the intention to do it ho l'intenzione di farlo
I don't intend to do it now non ho l'intenzione di farlo adesso
(8) 5.34
I need to do it ho bisogno di farlo
of it, from it, some of it, any of it ne
(ne has the same position as any other pronoun)
I want it lo voglio
you want it lo vuole
why don't you want it? perché non lo vuole?
I want some of it ne voglio
I want to buy some (of it) voglio comprarne
because I want to have it perché voglio averlo
I want to have some (of it) voglio averne
I am going (in order to) buy some of it now vado a comprarne adesso
because I must have some perché devo averne
I need ho bisogno
I need it, I have need of it ne ho bisogno
I don't need it now, you can have it non ne ho bisogno adesso, può averlo
you can have some if you want può averne se vuole
(9) 3.15
I bought some for you ne ho comprato per Lei
I didn't buy any because I didn't find any non ne ho comprato perché non ne ho trovato
what do you think of it? cosa ne pensa?
I spoke about it with him, I spoke of it with him ne ho parlato con lui
I am going (in order to) buy it vado a comprarlo
I was going in order to buy it andavo a comprarlo
(10) 6.45
(with verbs of coming and going, you use "be" to dive)
I have gone sono andato
I left sono partito
he left è partito
they left sono partiti
they left (all women) sono partite
we left siamo partiti
we left (group of female friends) siamo partite
we went to see it siamo andati a vederlo
we finished abbiamo finito
we finished doing it abbiamo finito di farlo
to study studiare
we finished studying today abbiamo finito di studiare oggi
everything is finished tutto è finito
to learn imparare
according to me we have learned a lot secondo me abbiamo imparato molto

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CD 8 (56.13)
(1) 7.04
I am waiting for you la aspetto
I have been waiting for you la aspetto
I have been doing it lo faccio
I have been doing it for a long time lo faccio da molto tempo
I was doing it lo facevo
I have been here for two days sono qui da due giorni
to arrive arrivare
I arrived sono arrivato
remember ricordare
I remember ricordo
(2) 8.36
to have fun, to enjoy oneself divertirsi
I am having fun, I enjoy myself mi diverto
I will have fun, I will enjoy myself mi divertirò
he is having fun si diverte
we are having fun ci divertiamo
(whenever you have a reflexive verb, in the past tense you always use "be")
I had (a lot of) fun mi sono divertito
we had fun ci siamo divertiti
we see each other, we meet ci vediamo
we will meet tomorrow ci vediamo domani, ci vedremo domani
we would meet ci vedremmo
at what time shall we meet tomorrow? a che ora ci vedremo domani?
(3) 7.05
to meet, to encounter encontrare
we meet, we encounter each other ci encontriamo
we will meet ci encontriamo, ci encontraremo
I prefer preferisco
I prefer doing it that way preferisco farlo così
do you prefer doing it that way? preferisce farlo così
what do you prefer? cosa preferisce?
to know sapere
I know so
I don't know it non lo so
why don't you know it? perché non lo sa?
(there are two Italian words meaning "to know", sapere to know a fact, and conoscere to know
or to be acquainted with a person or place)
I know conosco
I don't know her non la conosco
you know conosce
do you know her? la conosce?
I know her very well la conosco molto bene
to ask domandare, chiedere
will you ask (to) him to wait for me vuole domandargli di aspettarmi
can you tell him to call me later? può dirgli di chiamarmi più tardi?
(4) 5.20
are you having fun?, do you enjoy yourself? si diverte?
(si diverta is the imperative)
have fun! enjoy yourself! si diverta!
do you speak Italian? parla italiano?
to speak parlare
to eat mangiare
what are you eating? cosa mangia?
you are leaving parte
at what time are you leaving? a che ora parte?
what are you eating? cosa mangia?
do you speak Italian? parla italiano?
why don't you speak Italian with me? perché non parla italiano con me?
(5) 6.13
he is telling me mi dice
what are you saying cosa dice?
I say, I tell dico
why don't you tell me? perché non mi dice?
why don't you tell it to me? perché non me lo dice?
I want to know it voglio saperlo
I have to know it devo saperlo
how are you? come sta?
I am fine sto bene
everything is going well tutto va bene
will you have it fixed vuole farlo riparare
will you let me know vuole farmi sapere
to show mostrare
will you show me vuole mostrarmi
something qualcosa
can you show me something? può mostrarmi qualcosa?
can you show me something, can you let/make me see something? può farmi vedere qualcosa
(6) 6.36
other altro
the same thing la stessa cosa
I want the same thing for me voglio la stessa cosa per me
the same lo stesso
it is not the same non è lo stesso
there is c'è
there are ci sono
a message un messaggio
there is a message for you c'è un messaggio per Lei
people la gente (singular)
many people molta gente
there are many people here c'è molta gente qui
how do you say it in Italian (lit. how does one say it) come si dice in italiano
how does one say it (lit. it says itself) come si dice in italiano
to write scrivere
I am writing scrivo
why don't you write to me? perché non mi scrive?
why don't you call me? perché non mi chiama?
how does one say? come si dice?
how do you spell it? how does it write itself? come si scrive?
(7) 3.42
I sell vendo
you are selling vende
why don't you sell it? perché non lo vende?
he is selling it lo vende
he was selling it lo vendeva
he used to sell it lo vendeva
it is being sold si vende?
it takes... ci vuole…
it takes a lot of time ci vuole molto tempo
how long does it take? how much time that it take? quanto tempo ci vuole?
I am in a hurry, I have hurry ho fretta
I want to know how long it takes because I am in a hurry voglio sapere quanto tempo ci vuole
perché ho fretta
I am leaving, I am departing parto
I am leaving, I am going out esco
at what time are you going out? a che ora esce?
(8) 11.37
I am leaving, I am going vado
I am going myself away from it me ne vado
I have to go now devo uscire adesso
I have to go myself away devo andarmene
I'm sorry but I cannot wait because it is taking too long and I am in a hurry mi dispiace ma non
posso aspettare perché ci vuole troppo tempo e ho fretta
I have to go now, I have to go away now devo andarene
to send mandar
will you tell him to send it to me today because I need it vuole dirgli di mandarmelo oggi
perché ne ho bezonio
we have finished studying Italian today abbiamo finiti di studiare italiano oggi

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