Today I want to talk about some Italian words that change meaning with the change of one single letter! Sometimes this is due to the doubling up of a consonant or sometimes a change in a vowel creates a whole new different word.

Keep in mind that there are a LOT of these words! I’m going to list a few of them so that you can begin to remember them and use them correctly.

I will start off with the ones that change with the doubling up of a consonant sound… I will list the most common ones… you will see the word on the screen and you will also see the translation. If you wish to you can stop the video each time you hear me say the word so that you can practice saying it with me!

Ok… if you are ready let’s begin with the words:

1. ROSA (pink) - ROSSA (red)
2. POLO (polo t-shirt) - POLLO (chicken)
3. NOTE (music notes) - NOTTE (night)
4. SERA (evening) - SERRA (greenhouse)
5. NONO (ninth number) - NONNO (grandpa)
6. CANE (dog) - CANNE (canes)
7. CASA (house) - CASSA...

In this new YouTube video lesson you will learn how to describe a person in Italian. You will learn lots of Italian adjectives that are very useful when describing a person's looks.

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Descrivere una persona (aspetto fisico) - Describing a person (physical appearance)

The first thing that you need to remember when you are describing a person is that you need to use the verbs ESSERE (to be) and the verb AVERE (to have)

let’s review them quickly:

Essere (to be)

• Io sono
• tu sei
• lui lei è
• noi siamo
• voi siete
• loro sono

Avere (to have)

• Io ho
• tu hai
• lui lei ha
• noi abbiamo
• voi avete
• loro hanno

Remember that for the negative sentences you need to ad NON … look at these sample sentences…

• Io non sono alto…...

In this video you will learn the nice way to express your feeling of anger or frustration... in Italian... I'm sure you all know very well the famous swear words in Italian... but do you know the soft versions?

Here below you can find the all written out...and if you want to know their meaning and usage please check out the video on my YouTube channel!

1. Eh che cavolo! 
2. Porca Vacca or Porca puzzola! 
3. Vai a quel paese! 
4. Caspiterina! 
5. Smettila di fare lo stupidino! 
6. Accidenti a te! 
7. Minzi! 
8. Caspita! 
9. Santa polenta! 
10. Che due bolle! 

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Are you ready to learn some new vocabulary today with me? I hope so… because today’s video talks about body parts.

How will this work… I will show you images of the different body parts and I will pronunce them for you… stop the video if you need to and pronounce them correctly with me!

Take note that I will not add the articles before the nouns… but if you want to you can… and in this way you can add a little extra practice with articles and gender of nouns…

You can also find some useful videos on articles and gender here:

• Click here for a video on Italian Articles
• Click here for a video on Gender of Nouns in Italian
• Click here for a video on Plural Singular in Italian

As always you can download a flashcard with all this information and you can practice with a little exercise at the end… the answers with the articles are in the box below the video!

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