Italian I - Lesson 1

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Go to Vivint.com or call 1-855-4-VIVINT. Live intelligently. Listen to this conversation. Scusi, lei capisce l'inglese? No, signore, io non capisco l'inglese. In the next few minutes, you will learn not only to understand this conversation, but to take part in it yourself.

imagine an american man meeting an italian woman in someone's home or on a train he wants to begin a conversation so he says excuse me the italian speaker is going to repeat this word part by part starting from the end you are to repeat each part after him trying to make your pronunciation sound exactly like his be sure you repeat aloud zi zi scu scu scusi how do you say excuse me in italian

now he wants to ask her if she understands english first the word english listen and repeat how do you say english l'inglese now say the same word leaving off the l sound at the beginning now again with the l sound the difference is that when the l sound is off you're saying english and when it's on you're saying the english as in the english language most of the time the l sound will be there in italian even when the word the is not there in our language once again say english

l'inglese. Say, excuse me. Scusi. You should repeat after the speaker gives the correct response. trying to make your pronunciation sound like his scusi say again english now he wants to ask do you understand here's the word understand repeat part by part piszy piszy k kapisci say understand kapisci here's how to say you understand listen and repeat say you understand lei capisce do you remember how to say english And now try to say, you understand English.

any statement can be made into a question in italian simply by changing the intonation and allowing your voice to rise at the end you will find that intonation is an important part of the italian language once again say you understand now try to ask do you understand lei capisce? lei capisce? say excuse me scusi ask me if i understand ask me if i understand english the woman answers no listen and repeat no no no sir listen and repeat no signore Signore. Signore. Signore.

How do you say sir or mister? Say no sir.

no signore how would you ask someone if he understands the man says i understand first the word i alone listen and repeat eel eel eel eel and now the word understand capisco capisco Say, I understand. Try to say, I understand English. I understand English. I understand English. listen to i understand and you understand together io capisco lei capisce io capisco lei capisce You understand. Lei capisce. I understand. Io capisco.

ask do you understand remember to pay attention to your intonation ask the woman Do you understand English? How does she answer? No, sir. No, signore. No, signore. Now she wants to say, I don't understand. Listen and repeat. io non capisco capisco non non non capisco non capisco io io non capisco io non capisco Say, I don't understand. I don't understand. It's the non which makes this sentence negative. Listen again. I don't understand. I don't understand.

say English l'inglese say I don't understand English I don't understand English. Do you understand? ask me if i understand english Answer. No, I don't understand. No, I don't understand.

now here is the name of the italian language listen and repeat italiano italiano say italian meaning the italian language Say, I understand. Io capisco. Try to ask, do you understand Italian? Say, I understand Italian.

listen carefully to that response again and notice how the l sound almost becomes part of the word italiano io capisco l'italiano listen again noticing how the l sound gets tacked on to the following word now you try repeating it after the speaker part by part capisco capisco l'italiano capisco Io capisco l'italiano. Tell me that you understand Italian. Now tell me that you don't understand Italian. I don't understand Italian. Lei capisce l'italiano. Ask me if I understand Italian.

Here is how to say a little. Listen and repeat. Po Po Un po Un po Say, a little. Say, I understand a little. I understand Italian. I capisco l'italiano. Say a little. un po now you want to put these together to tell her that you understand italian a little listen and repeat Io capisco un po' l'italiano. un po' l'italiano io capisco un po' l'italiano Tell me that you understand Italian a little.

io capisco un po l'italiano now the woman wants to ask him are you american listen and repeat the word american americano cano cano amerì Ameri. Americano. Say American. Here is how to say you are. Listen and repeat. ae lei lei lei ae Say, you are. what part of that do you think means are now listen again to You are. Notice how the words run together. When vowel sounds come together, Italian speakers tend to run them together.

some vowels may actually seem to disappear now say you are american And now try to ask, are you American? Ask, do you understand Italian? Do you understand Italian? Are you American? Here's how to say... yes listen and repeat si si yes miss listen and repeat si señorina rina rina ignorina signorina signorina si signorina ask are you american Answer. Yes, miss. Si, signorina. How would she ask you if you understand Italian?

Say yes. Sì. tell her i understand italian a little Now sit back and listen to an Italian conversation, the same one you heard just a few minutes ago.

Listen to it again. Now imagine that you are the person sitting next to the Italian woman. You want to begin a conversation. So what do you say? Scusi. Scusi, signorina. she doesn't answer so try asking her if she understands Ask her if she understands Italian. still no answer now ask her if she understands english Lei capisce l'inglese? No No, signore. Io non capisco l'inglese. Io non capisco l'inglese. Lei capisce l'italiano?

io capisco un po tell her you understand a little italian Io capisco un po' l'italiano. How does she ask you if you are American? tell her yes miss si signorina She'll ask you a question. Try to answer it truthfully. Si, signorina. Io capisco l'inglese. Lei capisce l'italiano? Un po'. Io capisco un po' l'italiano.

And that's true. Now you do understand Italian a little. Don't be concerned if you have not made every response correctly. All that you have learned here will be reviewed in future units. If you have mastered about 80% of the material in this lesson, you are ready to move on to the next. Otherwise, you should invest another 30 minutes in doing this unit again. When you continue with the next unit tomorrow, please begin with track number two.

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