Italian for Beginners: Lesson 5 - Comunicare, viaggiare e mangiare!

Hello again, Amici. I hope you have been enjoying in our show so far. As you will probably remember from last time, Connor has found a very special building he would like to turn into his office. Coincidentally, the building is an old movie theater, a gorgeous building, and currently for sale. Even it's some restoration, sure, but it would be just perfect. Connor has been meeting with the building's current owner, Mr. Mark, who wants to sell the property and go sailing around the world. Well, that's a nice plan. I can blame him. So, did you study our new grammar lesson? Today, we'll be focusing on two key topics, regular verbs in the first conjugation and Italian definite articles. Have you memorized all the words on the flashcard? I'm sure you know all about the expression Sylvia and Connor are exploring today. Absolutely see? Okay, let's dive in then. Enjoy at 5. Buongiorno, Connor. Buongiorno, Sylvia. Sei un po'in ritardo oggi. I'm sorry, Sylvia. This morning, o tanto sonno, I actually had to run to get here. Were you up late last night? Well, I had my second di una nuova adventure. He wants to go sailing around the world. This is why afritta di sell the cinema. I see. I imagine that lui ha bisogno di soldi, or ragione. A ragione. Now, io ho bisogno di investors. E ci sono questi persone, right? Well, si, e no. Loro sono in Italia. They like the idea, but they are far away. Huartei, chi sono. A couple of members of the familia. I still haven't met in person. You mean familia in Italia? Si. Are you planning to go to Italia soon? Presto? Si, molto presto. Hai already the billetto to travel to Italia? Si. Cello. Hai the dates? Si. Celleo. When are you leaving? I'm going there in due months. Due mesi. Allora, abbiamo bisogno di parlare in italiano più spesso. Hai ragione, Silvia. Io sono worried. Preocupato? Si. I want to go there and be able to speak Italian. Ok, let me set up a few rules. You studied the lezione di grammatica e filling the quizzes before come in here. Also, I would like you to read carefully the lezione on the expression idiomatica. When we meet up, we can talk about anything we want on una condizione. Each week, I will expect you to focus on the topic explored in the lezione di grammatica, and I would like the same to happen during our conversation involving the expression idiomatica. Well then, I'd say we have a deal. I'm glad, sono contenta. You like my idea? Silvia, I am hungry. I forgot how to say that in Italian. Oh, Farme. Did you eat this morning? No, this is why oh, Farme. Right, right. You had to rush out and. Oh, also, Sete. I like fresh pressed orange juice. Oh, Sete? Ankyo. So do I? I too love a fresh pressed orange juice. Oh, tanta voglia, to go to Italy. And when I think about all the amazing food there, oh, also, tanta fame. Mi azia è una fantastica cuocca, in amazing cook. Come non na carmela. Where? Dovesono, your relatives. The ones who will invest in your idea. Somewhere in the south, non sono sicuro. Well, wherever they are, you need to be able to parlare with them. I totally agree. To parlare, we need to study the rules of some verbi italiani. Are you ready? Sei pronto? Sono pronto, Silvia. The verbo parlare è un esempio perfetto di verbo belonging to the prima coniugazione. What is the prima coniugazione mean? Iverbi della prima coniugazione come parlare sono verbi ending in "are". Before we learn how to coniugare the present indicative form, indicative present, I would like to ask you something. Ci sono, some verbi italiani, that you happen to remember from our conversazioni? Verbi ending in "are". I think I can name a few. Sognare, viaggiare e studiare. Molto bene, Conor. Do you know what "manjare" means? Si non nakarmela always tells me "manja, Conor, manja" when I'm having lunch at her place. I guess what she really means is eat everything that's on your plate. You're not leaving the table until you're, until you finish your meal. Verifani, Conor. Well, "manjare" normally just means "to eat". Benissimo! Abbiamo, already, cinque verbi, we can use to make up some examples. But before we do so, we'll have to studiare a few basic rules, regole. First off, regular verbs are composed of two elements, two elementi, the radice, che è, the part of the verbo that stays the same, and the sufiso che è, the part finale of the verbo, the one that will give you a hint as to whether a verb belongs to the prima, seconda, o terza con jugazione. Wow, okay, I'm sure that learning the con jugazioni of the verbi will help me parlare better, so let's keep going. See, learning the verbi è molto importante. Let's take a look at the verbo viaggiare. E let's see quali sono i sufissi that we must add to the radice in order to conjugate this verb in the present indicative. Io viaggio, tu viaggi, lui, lei, lei, viaggia, noi viaggiamo, voi viaggiate, loro viaggiano. Wonderful, let me try io viaggio in Italia, the clienti viaggiano in Italia, the family viaggi in America. Quale famiglia? My family, the family from the south, they're coming soon. You'll have to be able to communicate with them once they get here. Let's try to conjugare the verbo parlare. A little Italian. What language do you speak? The family. Nogno Giovanni e Nonna Carmela parlano italiano e inglese e "the family" Loro non parlano inglese noi adesso studiamo italiano so you'll be able to speak with them si e loro, ah, how do you say they are studying? you can say loro studiano so if I said loro studiano inglese, would it mean that they are studying English now? si, additionally the present indicative can be used to describe a certain action that will take place in the near future for example tu viaggi in Italia, tomorrow? si, viaggio in Italia, domani ok tu sogni l'Italia? io sogno l'Italia all the time e la famiglia from the south? loro sognano l'America well, adesso now studiamo la seconda parte of the Lezione di Grammatica italiana si, studiamo adesso studiamo "the definite articles", gli articoli determinativi quanti sono gli articoli determinativi? well, considering their English equivalent is the invariable form "the" I'm guessing they may seem like many "tanti" to you are you saying all your articoli determinativi can be translated into English as "va"? esattamente, in italiano, gli articoli determinativi take on different forms depending on the gender, number and first letter of the noun or adjective they are introducing such as "la lezione il regista i parenti italiani" c'è una regola? of course, in italiano ci sono sei articoli determinativi trè forme singolari il lo la e trè forme plurali i i le l'articolo maschile ha due forme singolari il lo e due forme per il pluralale i i depending on the initial letter of the noun that follows il cinema è la pasta italiana i treni e le ruote la acqua lo inglese l'a e lo droppere il vowel when the following noun begins with the vowel in those cases, il letter "elle" è followed by an apostrophe so l'acqua è l'inglese correct, let's practice some more la famiglia italiana is coming soon loro studiano l'inglese tu viaggiare tu america loro parlano l'italiano now tell me something using le forme plurali i i and le yesterday i went to see il cinema of mr. mark i sol di is asking for it sono molti but i understand why il building è molto ballo le chairs how do you say that sedia singolare sedie plurale si so le sedie sono balle le sedie sono antica are you planning to keep tutte le sedie? c'è enough room to create two offices liofici, I want to decorate liofici with le belle sedie c'è uno screen uno schermo? sì, lo schermo will be my germ I will be showing i film italiani e le comedia anni 50 il progetto è molto ballo connor i clienti will be amazed e la famiglia from the south? I have a plan, as soon as they get here we'll go see il cinema and then I'm sure nonna carmella volme la pasta fatta in casa mangiare la pasta di nonna carmella è un treat Sylvia, I know the names of some dishes that are part of nonna carmella's repertoire il pasticcio di carne, i peperoni ripieni, la focaccia con il rosmarino, lo spezzatino con le patate e, my favorite, il budino alla vaniglia il cibo meraviglioso of nonna carmella l'Italia è il cibo meraviglioso well dear connor, we have covered some key grammar topics so far you do remember our deal about next lezione, right? sì, io studio la lezione di grammatica italiana before coming here e noi parliamo italiano bravo connor [Musica] now connor, I would like to introduce you to un espressione italiana that has been enjoying increasing popularity in recent years è una nuova espressione? assolutamente assolutamente, è l'espressione assolutamente, sì? what does it mean? well, first of all, it means absolutely we use the same parola in English, absolutely yes, you may well use la stessa parola however, assolutamente plays a double semantic role in the italian language when used in affirmative sentences assolutamente, will emphasize the positive value of "C" whereas within a negative context you will stress the "no" connotation of the sentence which means that in this case assolutamente is a simple intensifier let's try, proviamo are you going to find "i soldi per il cinema?" well, I would say I don't know I would say "assolutamente, sì" assolutamente, sì so, what are your parents saying about "il progetto of l'agenzia di viaggi?" sono entusiasti? assolutamente "no" why is that? perché? because they think to think pensare in italiano loro pensano non è una buona idea hanno ragione? the way I see it assolutamente "no" l'idea è bellissima insolita e molto speciale assolutamente sì, Silvia I agree with you but, loro pensano that nowadays you can buy your viaggio online organizzare your viaggi requires una genzia with un ufficio to welcome your clienti e tu hai bisogno di parlare l'italiano molto bene conosce A assolutamente sì, sono molto contento da che c'è la visione silvia. "I do, tu pensi, vete, Mr. Mark is eager to sell, vendere il cinema." Alolutamente sì, "he wants to viajare around the world" e sognà a sailing boat. Abbiamo due sogni diversi, ma molto sinili, a the same time. Cosa pensi? Assolutamente connor. Tutti abbiamo, "will all have the sogn in el casetto", "some secret wishes", "sometimes" è difficile realizzarli, "to make them come true". Assolutamente no, silvia, "I don't agree", you know? Explained to me why? Perché? If you really want something, you'll do everything that's in your power to make your sognia come true. Then it's no longer "un sognio", e la realtà. Molto filosofico connor, "I would say, assolutamente sì". Bene! Molto bene! Well, it's time to say goodbye, a rivederci connor. And don't forget, non dimenticare di studiare "next lezione" before coming here. Assolutamente no. Bravissimo, ciao connor. Ciao, silvia. And that's it for now. Let's keep our fingers crossed for connor. I really hope you'll be able to secure the building of these dreams. As for you, my friends, don't forget to keep studying your verbs and new expressions, practice your pronunciation, but most importantly, seize every opportunity to learn new words and practice them in conversation as often as you can. See you soon for Act 6.