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1. Introduction & Goals!: Chatuti, are you
traveling to Italy soon? Would you like to learn
essential phrases and vocabulary to make
the most of your trip? Then you come to
the right place. My name is Laura, and as you can tell from my
accent, I'm from Italy. I majored in
translation studies. I speak five languages fluently, and most importantly,
I love traveling. This course is very practical. I design it specifically
for travelers. It will help you interact
with the locals, order food, check in at the
hotel, ask for directions. I will also include some culture information so that
you can really blend in with the Italians and enjoy the experience
of the fullest. You're ready, let's get started.
2. Project (It's Easy!): The project of this
course is very simple. I would like you to leave
an introduction of yourself in Italian and talk about the foods that
you like the most. I will leave an example
that you can reference. Also, if you did go to Italy, I would love for you to post
any photos from your trip, and perhaps a list of the
places that you visited. This could become helpful for other potential and
future travellers. Let's dive into things.
3. Italian Pronounciation Guide: Before we dive into
phrases and vocabulare, let's talk about pronunciation. Italian pronunciation is usually considered to be easier than English because
it's more phonetic. Once you cross the basic rules, you'll be able to read
most words accurately. However, there are
some key differences that could trip up
English speakers. In general, as I said, the sounds are
similar to English, but with some exceptions. This stress is typically on
the penultimate syllable. This will make more sense as
we look at some examples, and a fun fact is that some consonants don't exist
in the Italian Alphabet. These are J W, K y and x. If you see any words with
these letters in Italian, they probably come from
foreign languages. The Italian Alphabet
only has 21 letters. Let's look at vowels. The first one is,
The second one is A, third one is E, fourth one is, and the last one is, let's go
through them one more time. R, A, E, Now let's look at
some special consonants, special as in the sense that they're pronounced
differently than in English. You might come
across some double consonants in the
middle of a word. These are pronounced as
single longer sounds. For example, listen to
the difference between Pena and Pena or pelo. Versus Cappo. The H is always
silent in Italian. It's not pronounced when it's
at the beginning of a word. Hotel is pronounced as hotel. The Italian R, I guess it's quite famous because
it's a rolling sound. It's error. Radio is pronounced as radio. G is quite special. If it's followed by I
and E, it's a sound. Whereas if it's followed
by the other letters, it's a go sound. Listen to the difference
between gusto and Gusto. What if you want to
get the sound but with letters I and E and A. Then Italians add a
H between the two. These two are
pronounced as G and G. Lakes are G. There's also a special
sound in Italian if you add an n after G. It's similar to the Spanish. For example, spider
is in Italian. I G is followed by an L, this is a typical Italian sound, it's quite common because the purer article
V is one of these. It's pronounce as. V is, and garlic is. The Let's now look at letter C, please bear with me.
This is the last one. Similar to G, if G is
followed by I and E, it's a soft C, it's like. If it's followed by or U, it's a K sound like K. For example, you say,
you don't say Kw, but you do say to say dog. If you want to get the K
sound but with I and E, you are the H h between
the two. K and K. And closed as an example is Q. The last one is if there's
an S before and h. In that case, it's
pronounced and. But again, if it's
followed by or, then that's K sound. So it's a regular one, it's SC. Listen to the difference
between scala and. Let's now go through
some examples. Everything I've gone through
will now make more sense. This is procto Put. These are oke. Remember the GN sound
and the CHI sound. That's ok. Lastly, this is a do you want
to guess what it is? It's bruschetta. Sometimes I hear bruceta from English speakers and
that hurts my ears. It's actually bruschetta. Cool. Now that we learn some basic Italian principles
about pronunciation, you'd be able to read sounds with more confidence. See
you in the next video.
4. Essential Greetings and Introductions: Now, let's do something
more practical and learn essential greetings
and introductions. These are the first phrases you need when you arrive in Italy. If you see someone
for the first time, you say Chow, which means hello, and Chow also means by. You can also say chow
chow to say bye bye. But note that chow
is quite informal. If it's someone that you
don't know that well, you want to say Buongiorno. Bonjour is more formal, is more polite, and it
literally means good day. You can also use it
in the afternoon. In the evening, you
want to say Buona Sa, and to say good
night, you say Bonat. To say goodbye, in
more polite way than chow or chow chow,
it's Arivi derci. Pronounce api. Let's go
through them together. Chow, Buongiorno, Buona
Sa, But Ari derci. Now, how to introduce yourself. If you meet someone
for the first time, you could hear Piacere dicci this can be
abbreviated to just piacere. You often hear people say Piacere Piacere when they meet each other for
the first time. If you want to
impress your person, you could say pa, which means the
pleasure is mine. When you first rib in italy, you might hear people tell you Ben Venuto or Ben Venta,
if you're a girl. It means welcome.
If you hear that, you want to reply Grazie. Notice how you say grazie. I and E are pronounced
very distinctly. I've sometimes heard some
English speakers say Gratz, but it's actually Gracie. Every letter is pronounced
distinctly in Italian. If someone says Graze to you, you want to say Prego or Dent, which literally
means of nothing, and it's similar to the
English, not at all. So more advanced
introductions, Kikimi, if you want to ask
the person's name, and to say my name is, you say Mikiamo, and your name. If you want to ask person
where they're from, you can say Dido ves, If you want to talk
about your nationality, you would say Sono, which means I am plus the nationality,
where they're from. I would recommend that you
look up your nationality, and you translate
that into Italian. For example, Son italiana,
Franchise, Americano, Inglese, Australian Japanese, If you want to talk
about where you live, you would say Abito, and the city, where you live. Lastly, if you want to talk
about things that you like, you say pate plus the
thing that you like. Literally means it pleases me plus the thing that you like. If it's something plural,
you would say Mia. The verb piacere is conjugated based on the
thing that you like. Let's now put all of this in practice and go through
issue presentation. In my case, I would
say Chau Mika Mura, Sun italiana, abita
Parma, A Mia are. Note how, it means
what about?teral, it's U, and it's very useful. It can really be used to direct the same question
to the other person. Lastly, just some
quick culture notes. If you're meeting someone
for the first time, it's quite common to give a handshake to the other person. If it's someone that you already know or friends and family, in Italia, you would
kiss on the cheek. Usually it's two kisses, and I would first go to the
right and then to the left, but sometimes this changes
based on the region. Perhaps it's best
to wait and see what the person in front
of you does first. See in the next lesson.
5. Counting in Italian: Italian numbers are somewhat
similar to English numbers. They're pretty easy
to remember and they follow a simple and
predictable pattern. You just need to memorize
them and combine them. Repeat that Due Quatro Cinque say Sete Auto Nove D. Di, Doi, T, Qa Qi, S, date Dicot Dave Venti. Ventun. As you can
see from Ventun, we are now combining
Vent with V Ventun. The same applies to all
numbers from here onwards. You can combine, for
example, trenta, with another number like
that becomes, that's three. These are the ones that
you need to remember. We have trenta.
Quanta, Canta, cesta, canta, tanta,
Novanta, and Cento. Lastly Mile. As I said, if you want to
build more complex numbers, you just need to combine them. Here we have some examples. Entra, Tun, Cinquanta sete, C Santve, Otana Cuatro. Lastly, there's a famous proverb in Italian that can help you remember some
of these numbers. Non Chu et c. Literally, it means there's no
two without three, and it's equivalent to the English assertion
that good or bad things, they always come in threes. You've already mastered
Italian phrases and numbers. In our next lesson, we'll dive into the
delicious world of Italian food and learn how to
order your favorite dishes.
6. Food, Glorious Food: Now onto my favorite topic and one of Italy's
greatest treasures, food, which in Italian is Chibo. When you walk into a restaurant, you might want to say
untabo Perdue persone, which means a table
for two people. Remember the lesson
about numbers. You might need to replace due with the number of
people in your party, such as untabol Petre Persone, or even just untabolo Petre. Persone could even be omitted. The owner of the
restaurant might ask you, did you make a reservation
Apata Perna or Aper notato? You might want to answer
per notato or nonpernato, depending on where you made
or didn't make a reservation. When it comes to ordering
food and drinks, I would recommend that
you ask the owner or the water at the restaurant
for their recommendation. In this case, you would say
Cosa Concia or Cuarono, les peta de Lacaza. If you're vegetarian or vegan, you might want to specify
sovegariano or vegano. Once you decide it, you can you can say perm, and then add the dish that you want and conclude
by saying perfav. For example, perm cafe, or you could just
say Perma or caf. You can omit either
perm or perfav. Some other examples are perm Ueda or unable
diviners perfao. When it comes to paying, if you want to ask for the bill, you would say care. If you want to say that you're
going to pay with cash, you would say Pago conti
to pay with a credit card, you would say Pago Ccarta
decreto or even just Carter. Now let's look at
the Italian menu. It's typically made
of these sections. Antipasti, Preipit,
sec dipt torne, Dulce Bevan dee Vini. Now, let's expand your food
and your food vocabulary. The most popular
Italian dishes have also made it into the
the English vocabulary, such as pizza, pasta,
gelato, and risotto. I'm not even going
to include those. But you might want to learn
carne, which is meat. Pech fish, verdure vegetables, ira, beer, cafe, coffee. Vino Bianco or vinorso, for white wine and red wine, and Aqua naturale
or Aqua frizan. The first one is seawater. The second one is
sparkling water, which is very popular in Italy. Lastly, some cur notes to make the most of your
dining experience in Italy. It's quite common to share dishes in Italy,
especially anti pasta. When you eat pasta, you only use a fork. You don't typically use a
knife or a spoon, just a fork. When you eat pizza,
normally Italians, they would use a
knife to slice it, and then they will use
their hands to eat it. Lastly, to say Buona Petito, it's a nice gesture to
say, enjoy your meal. In the next lesson, we'll learn
how to ask for directions and navigate your way
around Italy. Stay tuned.
7. Navigating Your Way: Welcome back to the
Italian adventure. Now we're going to focus on essential phrases to help you navigate your way around Italy. Asking for directions. The easiest way to ask for
directions is to say squozv, and then you add the place
that you're looking for. It literally means, excuse me, where is this place located. You might also want to ask
vicino or lontano to ask, is it nearby or is it far? The answer is C or not. If all else fails and you don't understand what the person is trying to tell you, you could also say Pargles, which means do you
speak English? The person that is going
to give you directions, they might use these words. They might say L or a, which means there or over there, Q or Qi, here or over here. These are pretty similar. They might also use the v, which means go in combination
with these directions. Avanti forward, I
Detra, backwards, dirito, straight ahead, Astra, to the right, Ae to the left. Here are some public
transportation examples which are quite
popular in Italy. The first one is Il
Drano, the train, Latbus, the bus, La Metro
subway, taxi taxi. This is an English term
because it has the letter x. Then stazione. This could be L atasun de
Trane or Latsun de autobus, for train station
or bus station. Lo Porto, the airport. For all of these, you could use umbeto Pere if you want to buy a ticket to a
certain location. You might also want
to specify Dat torno for round ticket or so
Data for one way ticket. Fantastic job, you're
well on your way to becoming an Italian
navigation expert.
8. Checking in at the Hotel: Let's now look at
some phrases for when it's time to
check in at the hotel. Most people, these days, would reserve rooms online. When you walk into a
hotel, you would say, Bjorn perma, it means
I reserved a room. To say that you would
like to check in, you would say fare check in. As you can see, check in is a foreign word because
the letter K is in it. Obviously it comes from English. If it's not time for
the check in yet, you could ask Alek, what time is the check in. Another useful term to know
when check in in the hotel is acama sing or acama dopa, which means a single
or double bedroom. Here are some other useful
questions for the hotel stuff. You could ask if
breakfast is included. Lacata. In fact, this A clusa is a pretty handy
phrase to know in general, if you want to ask
for other things, whether they're included or not. A. What time is breakfast. Again, Aqua A is a pretty
handy phrase which can be combined with
other sentences to ask what time they are. Qual password, the Wi Fi. What's the Wi Fi password. Again, we can see that
password and Wi Fi, they come from English
because W is in them, but they're pronounced
in an Italian way. Password and Wi Fi. Lastly, Q check out.
What time is check out. Since we're talking
about checking out. Here are some phrases for when you're checking
out of the hotel. Va, you'll check out.
I like to check out. V is also pretty
handy as it can be combined with other verbs
depending what you want to do. If you want to be polite and
compliment the hotel staff, you could also add to say
everything was great. You might want to
ask whether you can leave the suitcase there. Post Chaqui La valigia. If you would like to ask
for help to call a taxi, you can ask M Taxi
and maybe add Perf. Great. Now you can check in
and check out of a hotel. You're ready for your trip.
9. That's a wrap!: So, that's the end of
our Italian adventure. I hope you found this
course practical and useful for your
upcoming trip to Italy. I will download the content
of this presentation and attach it to
the course notes if you would like to print
it out and review it. I'm also open to adding
more bonus videos. If there's a
particular topic that you're interested in,
please let me know. If you have any comments or feedback about anything
that I covered, please feel free to
also leave a comment. Lastly, I'm on Super peer. So if you would like
one oh one lessons or tutoring in Italian, feel free to contact me there. I send sit in Jet to
Italy and Bon vacio.
Laura Pezza, Italian Teacher & Pet Portrait Artist
