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Learn common ways of saying please in Italian. 

1. Per Favore and it’s a synonym of 2. per piacere and 3. er Cortesia

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You will use these to say please in formal or informal situations. It literally translates to “as a favor” or for pleasure… so you it’s a pleasure for you to help somebody..… so you know you will be asking for something in a nice way

Examples: 

• Mi passi il sale per favore Could you pass me the salt please?
• Mi puoi dare un passaggio a casa per piacere? Can you give me a ride home please?
• Mi dai una mano con i compiti per piacere? Can you help me with my homework please?

Examples: 

• Ci può portare il conto per cortesia? Could you please bring us the bill please? 
• Mi può portare una forchetta pulita per cortesia?Could you please bring me a clean fork?

4. Cortesemente is a super formal way of saying please. I would say that you can translate it with...

Già has different meanings. It’s a very simple quick but highly used little word in Italian everyday language.

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Già with a little accent at the end can be used to give a reply, an answer in informal conversations. You can use it to comment that you agree to what the person is saying. In this case it can have the meaning of right, yup, indeed.

It can be a positive or negative answer depending on your tone of voice.

It can be a cheerful già in a sentence like this:

• Domani parti per le Maldive? (Are you leaving for the Maldives tomorrow?)
• Già! (yes! yeaah)

or a sad depressed one… 

•  le vacanze sono finite (holidays are over..)
•  Già! – (indeed! :( )

You can also use it to say “yeah I know”…. I’m aware. So like with an obvious question…

• Dovresti mangiare meno cioccolato se vuoi dimagrire....già… (You should eat less chocolate if you...

In this lesson you will learn how to ask about the weather, how to answer about the weather!

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The most used expressions to ask for information about weather in Italian are:

• Com’è il tempo?
  • How’s the weather?
• Che tempo fa?
  • What’s the weather like?
• Che tempo fa fuori?
  • What is it like outside?
• Come sono le previsioni per oggi / domani / questa settimana?
  • What’s the weather forecast for today / tomorrow / this week?

As you have probably noticed in the second and third questions we will use the verb FARE a little difference with English where you would use the verb to be.

How can you reply to that? You can use different sentences:

The first formula is with Fare + adjective 

• Stamattina fa davvero caldo!
  • This morning it’s really hot!
• Ieri ha fatto freddo.
  • Yesterday it was very cold.
• Ieri sera faceva più fresco.
  • It was cooler yesterday. 
• Questa settimana...

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I think this is probably on of the most favorite words that my Italian students learn and use immediately. It’s a very versatile word and it can be used in many way and many context. In this video I will take you down a list of possible options that will make you fall in love with this little word…trust me you will start using it immediately!

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The first most common translation is with the English word so. Just like the English word SO has so many possible uses also does the word ALLORA.

• Allora, com’è stato il viaggio? (So, how was the trip?)
• Allora, cosa vuoi? (So, what do you want?)

Please note that you do not have a fixed position of this word inside of a sentence, because it can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end or it can even be used alone to form a sentence!

I would say that just like the English word so you need to understand and study the context n which you are using this...

Let’s learn the days of the week and the months in Italian. We will try to use them in everyday language to get you to say your first Italian sentences correctly!

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I giorni della settimana: the days of the week:

• lunedì (Monday)
• martedì (Tuesday)
• mercoledì (Wednesday)
• giovedì (Thursday)
• venerdì (Friday)
• sabato (Saturday)
• domenica (Sunday)

You will notice immediately two things! 

1. lunedì all the way to venerdì all end with a I that has a little accent on it. Please remember to say that accent and put a stress on that last syllable.
2. the other difference is that unlike in the English language you will NOT need to use a capital letter when you write the names of the week. 

In English if you need to talk about a recurring event that happens every Monday you will simply say on Monday, so you will make Monday plural....

The most common meaning of the word ecco is HERE IS and HERE ARE.

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• Ecco il treno! Here is the train
• Ecco la mia macchina - Here is my car
• Ecco i miei amici - Here are my friends
• Ecco i biscotti - Here are the cookies.

Ecco is often used in together with the pronouns mi, ti, lo, la, ci, vi, li, le, 

In this case the pronoun will merge with ECCO and it will go directly at the end of the word.

 This is very interesting and is used a lot! I will list the meanings with each pronoun. 

• Eccomi – here I am

For example if you are in a classroom and the teacher is doing roll call if she / he says your name you can lift your hand up and say “eccomi!”

• Eccoti – here you are
• Eccolo – here it is or here he is 
• Eccola – here she is
• Eccoci – here we are
• Eccovi – here you are 
• Eccoli – here they are (boys)
• Eccole – here they are (girls)

You can add QUI to emphasize that you or...

MAGARI is a tiny but powerful words in Italian. Italians love to use it and you will hear it all the time!

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It’s not easily understood by learners because it has many meanings and there isn’t a specific English translation to it. It sometimes means, if only, sometimes it means I wish, and in other contexts it means maybe. In this lesson I will give you the different meanings of this word and I will show you how to use it!

The first meaning od MAGARI and the most common one is when it translates to MAYBE. In this case you are expressing a probability.

For example:

• Magari passo dalla nonna dopo la scuola. 
• Maybe I will go to grandma’s house after school.

This sentence can also easily use the word FORSE instead of magari and the meaning would stay the same:

• Forse passo dalla nonna dopo la scuola. 
• Maybe I will go to grandma’s house after school.

You can also use magari to mean I WISH.

So in this case you...

This video is a great way to improve your conversational ability in Italian, and to learn some important vocabulary that you'll use when chatting with Italians. With a bit of practice, you'll be able to say "agree" and "disagree" like a pro!

It’s actually quite easy… you have to follow this chart (download it here):

This little chart show the basic answers to express that you agree or disagree with what I say but you can also learn some extra sentences like 

Use these expressions to say that you agree:

• sì (yes)
• certo (sure)
• d’accordo (I agree!) 
• hai ragione (You are right!)
• è vero (it’s true)
• proprio così (exactly, that's it) 
• certamente (surely) 
• sono pienamente d’accordo (I completely agree)

Use these expressions to say that you do not agree:

• no, non è vero (= it’s not true)
• no, non è così (no, it's not like that)
• non sono d’accordo (I don’t agree)
• sono...