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but ma

I am sorry, but it is not possible for me that way mi dispiace, ma non è possibile per me

così

(words ending with -able in English end with -abile in Italian)

probable probabile

it is not probable non è probabile probably probabilmente

possibly possibilmente

(3) 7.06late tardi

it is late è tardi

very molto

it is very late è molto tardi

more più

later più tardi

I want voglio

("I" is understood in Italian)to know sapere

I want to know voglio sapere

I don't want non voglio

I don't want to know non voglio sapere

it is possible è possibile

where dove

I want to know where is voglio sapere dove è

(dove è contracts to dov'è)

how much quanto

I want to know how much it is voglio sapere quanto è

to buy comprare

I want to buy voglio comprare

the thing la cosa

I want to buy the thing voglio comprare la cosa

the same thing la stessa cosa

I want to buy the same thing voglio comprare la stessa cosa

I don't want to buy the same thing non voglio comprare la stessa cosa

the same lo stesso

I want to buy the same voglio comprare lo stesso

but I don't want the same thing ma non voglio la stessa cosa

you want vuole

do you want the same thing? vuole la stessa cosa?

what (thing) do you want? che vuole, che cosa vuole, cosa vuole?

what do you want to buy? cosa vuole comprare?

here qui

what you want to buy here? cosa vuole comprare qui?

(4) 5.49

some qualche

something qualche cosa, qualcosa



do you want to buy something here? vuole comprare qualcosa qui?

why don't you want to buy something here? perché non vuole comprare qualcosa qui?


it lo

to know it sapere lo

( sapere lo contracts so that the lo is hooked on to the end of the "whole" verb. All Italian"whole" verbs do this)

I want to know it voglio saperlo

to buy comprare

to buy it comprarlo

I want to buy it voglio comprarlo

I want to know how much it is because I want to buy it voglio sapere quanto è perché

voglio comprarlo

if se

expensive caro

it is very expensive è molto caro

it is not very expensive non è molto caroI want to buy if it is not very expensive voglio comprarlo se non è molto caro

too, too much troppo

it is not too expensive non è troppo caro

I want to buy if it is not too expensive voglio comprarlo se non è troppo caro

(5) 5.39

to have avere

I want to have it voglio averlo

when quando

how much quanto

when do you want to have it? quando vuole averlo?

you can può

you can have it può averlo

if you want se vuole

if you want to have it se vuole averlo

now ora, adesso

I want to have it now voglio averlo adesso

if it is possible se è possibile

at what time? a che ora?

at what time do you want to have it? a che ora vuole averlo?

you can have it now if you want può averlo adesso se vuole

acceptable accettabile

it is not acceptable for me non è accettabile per me

I am sorry but it is not acceptable for me that way mi dispacie ma non è accettabile per

me così

good buono

I want to know why it is not acceptable for you that way because it is very good voglio

sapere perché non è accettabile per Lei così perché è molto buono

(6) 7.37

according to me..., in my opinion... secondo me...



according to you..., in your opinion... secondo Lei...

according to me it is very good that way secondo me è molto buono così

I am sono

ready pronto

I am ready sono pronto

soon prestosoon (a little more soon), right away subito

I am ready right away sono pronto subito

(Roberto and Roberta, subito and subita )

I am ready soon (female) sono pronta subita

it is ready è pronto

it is not ready non è pronto

to stay stare

I stay sto

you stay, he stays, she stays, it stays sta

I stay here sto qui

he is staying here sta quihow long (how much time) quanto tempo

how long are you staying? quanto tempo sta?

I am staying sto

you are staying sta

how long are you staying? quanto tempo sta?

how long are you staying here? quanto tempo sta qui?

(definition of nouns, verbs and adjectives)(the English infinitive verb, e.g. "to speak", is expressed in Italian with an ending such as

-are )

to speak parlare

to eat mangiare

to leave, to depart partire

to understand capire

to see vedere

(7) 6.53I want to see voglio vedere

I want to see it voglio vederlo

you, him, her, it la

I want to see you later voglio vederla più tardi

a little un po'

a little later un po' più tardi

I want to see you a little later voglio vederla un po' più tardi

busy occupato

because I am busy now perché sono occupato adesso

to speak parlare

I want to speak Italian voglio parlare italiano

I want to speak Italian with you voglio parlare italiano con Lei

do you want to speak Italian with me? vuole parlare italiano con me?

why don't you want to speak Italian with me? perché non vuole parlare italiano con



me?

I can posso

you can, he can, she can, it can può

I am sorry but I cannot speak with you now because I am very busy now mi dispiace ma

non posso parlare con Lei ora perché sono molto occupato ora

but I can see you a little later if you want ma posso vederla un po' più tardi se vuoleto eat mangiare

I want to eat now voglio mangiare adesso

what (thing) do you want to eat now? cosa vuole mangiare adesso?

do you want to eat something now? vuole mangiare qualcosa ora?

why don't you want to eat now? perché non vuole mangiare adesso?

(8) 8.01

I eat mangio

you eat mangia

(these endings apply for all verbs ending -are. There are three types of verbs, but all verbs can be divided into two "tracks", the -are track and a track for all the others. For

the -are track, the ending for "I" is -o and the ending for "you, he, she, it" is -a. For theother track, the ending for "I" is still -o , but the ending for the "you, he, she, it" is -e )

to go andare

to come venire

I see vedo

you see vede

to take prendere

I take prendo

you take prende

I am taking it lo prendo

you are taking it lo prende

why don't you take it? perché non lo prende?

(In English, we have three ways to express the present tense: "I take it", "I do take it", "I

am taking it". In Italian, all three are translated in one way: lo prendo "I take it")

I am sono

I am eating mangio

I don't speak non parlo

French francese

yes I speak Italian but I don't speak French sì parlo italiano ma non parlo francese

I don't eat non mangio

I am not busy non sono occupato

I am not eating non mangio

I don't eat non mangio

(9) 6.58

to prepare preparare

I prepare preparo

I prepare it lo preparo

I am preparing it lo preparo

I don't prepare it non lo preparo

I am not preparing it non lo preparo



to have avere

I have ho

you have ha

do you have something for me? ha qualcosa per me?

what do you have for me? cosa ha per me?

I am hungry (I have a little famine) ho fameare you hungry? ha fame?

do you want to eat something now? are you hungry? vuole mangiare qualcosa adesso?

ha fame?

don't you want to eat? aren't you hungry? non vuole mangiare? non ha fame?

to drink bere

I drink bevo

you drink beve

what are you drinking? cosa beve?

thirst sete

I am thirsty ho sete

I am thirsty and I want to drink now ho sete e voglio bere adessois è

and e

do you want to speak Italian with me? vuole parlare italiano con me?

what do you eat? cosa mangia?

what are you eating now? cosa mangia adesso?

to do, to make fare

what do you want to do now? cosa vuole fare adesso?

do you want to do it? vuole farlo?

why don't you want to do it now? perché non vuole farlo adesso?

(10) 4.00

I can posso

you can può

I am very sorry but I cannot do it now because I am very busy mi dispiace molto ma

non posso farlo adesso perché sono molto occupato

I can do it later if I have (the) time posso farlo più tardi se ho tempo

to stay stare

I stay sto

I am busy sono occupato

I am busy (female) sono occupato

tired stanco

I am very tired now sono molto stanco adesso

the house la casa

the thing la cosa

something qualcosa

at home a casa

tonight stasera

I am tired and I am staying home tonight sono stanco e sto a casa stasera

(11) 6.43

tomorrow domani



tomorrow evening domani sera

tomorrow morning domani mattina

tomorrow afternoon domani pomeriggio

(in Italian the present tense is used very much. For example, it is used to express the

future, for example you can say "I see you tomorrow")

I will see you tomorrow, I see you tomorrow la vedo domani(in English, we have two ways to express the future tense: "I will/shall see you" and "I

am going to see you". In Italian, you cannot use "going" to express the future)

to go andare

(in Italian, "go" is a combination of two Latin verbs)

I go vado

you go va

to call chiamare

I call chiamo

I call you la chiamo

I will call you later la chiamo più tardi

I will call you tomorrow la chiamo domani(after coming and going, the next verb is preceded by a )

I am going to see it, I am going (in order) to see it vado a vederlo

I am going to buy it now (I am on my way to buy it now) vado a comprarlo adesso

I will buy it tomorrow lo compraro domani

(end of recording)



CD 2 (63.50)

(1) 7.06

to stay stare

I am staying sto

I am staying at home tonight sto a casa stasera

are you staying home tonight? sta a casa stasera?how long are you staying? quanto tempo sta?

to leave partire

I am leaving tomorrow parto domani

at what time are you leaving tomorrow? a che ora parte domani?

why don't you want to leave with me? perché non vuole partire con mi?

why can't you leave with me? perché non può partire con me?

to come venire

why can't you come with me now? perché non può venire con me adesso?

I am going to... vado a...

I am going to eat vado a mangiare

he is going, she is going to, you are going to eat va a mangiarewhy can't you come to see it with me this evening? perché non può venire a vederlo

con me stasera?

I must devo

to have to dovere

you must deve

you must come with me deve venire con me

you must speak Italian with me deve parlare italiano con me

to wait, await aspettare

to wait for me aspettarmi


to understand me capirmi

can you understand me? può capirmi?

why can't you understand me? perché non può capirmi?

(2) 9.23

to say, to tell dire

I cannot say it in Italian non posso dirlo in italiano

can you tell me? può dirmi?

will you, will you please, do you want vuole

will you tell me where it is vuole dirmi dov'è

(In English, "will you..." meaning "will you please..." does not express the future, but

makes a polite request)

will you tell me vuole dirmi


can you tell me where it is? può dirmi dov'è?

to find trovare

will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it vuole dirmi dov'è perché non posso

trovarlo

I have ho

I have it lo ho, l'ho



I don't have it non l'ho

you have it lo ha, l'ha

why don't you have it for me now? perché non l'ha per me adesso?


I want voglio

I want it lo voglioI want it now lo voglio adesso

I don't want it now non lo voglio adesso

why don't you want it now? perché non lo vuole adesso?

to have avere

I have ho

you have, he has, she has ha

to know sapere

I know so

I don't know non so

I know it lo so

I don't know it non lo soyou know it lo sa

why don't you know it? perché non lo sa?

do you know where it is? sa dov'è?


can you tell me how much it is? può dirmi quant'è?

because I want to buy it perché voglio comprarlo

today oggi

I must have it today if it is possible devo averlo oggi se è possibile

(3) 5.13I am staying home tonight because I am tired sto a casa stasera perché sono stanco

to prepare preparare

I am preparing it lo preparo

why don't you prepare it for me? perché non lo prepara per me?

the dinner la cena

to dine, to have dinner cenare

will you have dinner with me tonight vuole cenare con me stasera

where do you want to have dinner tonight? dove vuole cenare stasera?

I cannot speak with you now because I am eating non posso parlare con Lei perché

mangio

(to say "I am in the process of eating", you say sto mangiando , or sto -endo with verbs

from the other track)

I am eating mangio

I am in the process of eating sto mangiando

what are you preparing? cosa prepara?

what are you in the process of preparing? cosa sta preparando?

(you can also use sto with per followed by any full verb, meaning "I am just about to...")

I am just about to eat, I am getting ready to eat sto per mangiare

I am just about to prepare it sto per prepararlo

(4) 5.36



(whenever "to" implies "in order to", you say in Italian "for to do it" - per farlo )

I don't have the time in order to do it now non ho (il) tempo per farlo

(but if you use a noun which is followed by a verb, then after the noun you mostly throw

in di meaning "of")

I don't have the time to do it non ho (il) tempo di farlo

to leave partireI will leave tomorrow parto domani

at what time do you leave? a che ora parte?

the week la settimana

next prossima

next week la settimana prossima

at what time do you leave next week? a che ora parte la settimana prossima?

at what time are you leaving next week? a che ora parte la settimana prossima?

(there is, in fact, a future tense in Italian. "I will leave" became "to leave-I have", which

contracted from partire ho to partirò , with the stress on the final syllable)

I will leave partirò

you, he, she will leave partirà(the endings -rò and -rà are universal for all Italian verbs)

(5) 5.52to do, to make fare

I will do farò

I will do it lo farò

I won't do it non lo farò

he will do it lo farà

when will you do it? quando lo farà?

to say, to tell dire

to call chiamare

I will call you la chiamerò

I call you tomorrow la chiamo domani

I will call you tomorrow la chiamerò domani

I will call you la chiamerò

I am staying sto

I am staying here sto qui

I am staying home tonight sto a casa stasera

I will stay home tonight starò a casa stasera

how long are you staying in Italy? quanto tempo sta in Italia?

how long will you stay in Italy? quanto tempo starà in Italia?

I don't know non so

still ancora

yet (in a negative sense) ancora

I don't know yet, still I don't know ancora non so

I don't know yet how long I will stay in Italy ancora non so quanto tempo starò in

Italia

(6) 7.08

I am ready sono pronto

it is ready è pronto



to be essere

you must be ready soon deve essere pronto subito

it can be ready soon può essere pronto subito

I will be sarò

you will be, he will be, she will be sarà

it will be ready soon sarà pronto subito I don't know yet at what time it will be ready but I must have it today if it is possible

ancora non so a che ora sarà pronto ma devo averlo oggi se è possibile

to see vedere

to see it, to see him vederlo

to see her, to see you vederla

to see me vedermi

I am going to call you later la chiamo più tardi

(for the future tense, -are verbs have the ending -erò , not -arò )

I will call you later la chiamerò più tardi

to speak parlare

I will speak parleròto eat mangiare

I will eat mangierò

he will eat mangierà

(for "we", use the future ending -remo )

we will eat later mangieremo

we will stay home tonight staremo a casa stasera

we will leave tomorrow partiremo domani

(7) 4.36(in the present tense, for "we" use the ending -iamo )

we speak parliamo

we are staying stiamo

we are leaving partiamo

to go andare

we are going andiamo

( andiamo expresses different meanings, such as "let's go!")

let's go and eat! andiamo a mangiare!

we are eating mangiamo

let's eat! mangiamo!

to start cominciare

I am starting now comincio adesso

at what time are you starting? a che ora comincia?

at what time are you going to start tomorrow? a che ora comincierà domani?

let's start! cominciamo!


I want to know at what time it will be ready voglio sapere a che ora sarà pronto

I am going vado

he is going, she is going, it is going, you are going va

where are you going? dove va?

where are you going to be tonight? dove sarà stasera?



(8) 5.10

good buono

it is very good è molto buono

quite proprio

it is quite good è proprio buono

it is quite possible è proprio possibile(words in English ending -ant and -ent are similar in Italian)

it is very different that way è molto differente così

( così can also translate "so")

it is not so different non è così differente

it is so good è così buono

it is not so different that way non è così differente così

important importante

it is very important that way è molto importante così

I have to know it because it is very important for me devo saperlo perché è molto

importante per me

I would like vorreiI would like to know it vorrei saperlo

I would like to go with you vorrei andare con Lei

there ci

(this word is also hooked on to the end of the whole verb)

I would like to go there with you vorrei andarci con Lei

I would like to go and see it with you tonight vorrei andare a vederlo con Lei stasera

(9) 6.35(words that can be hooked on to the end of the verb, can also come way up front)

I want to do it voglio farlo, lo voglio fare

(either way is as good as the other)

I cannot do it now non posso farlo adesso, non lo posso fare adesso

why can't you tell me now? perché non può dirmi adesso, perché non mi può dire

adesso

it is not ready yet but it will be ready for you soon ancora non è pronto ma sarà pronto

per Lei subito

to do, to make fare

I do, I make faccio

he does, he makes fa

why don't you do it? perché non lo fa?

I am doing it now lo faccio adesso

I am in the process of doing it lo sto facendo

I'm just about to do it sto per farlo

I say, I tell dico

you say, you tell dice

what are you saying? cosa dice?

why don't you tell me? perché non mi dice?

(10) 7.11


I cannot understand it non posso capirlo



can you understand it? può capirlo?

can you understand me? può capirmi?

why can't you understand me? perché non può capirmi?

I understand capisco

I understand it lo capisco

I don't understand it non lo capiscoyou understand capisce

do you understand it? lo capisce?

do you understand me? mi capisce?

don't you understand me? non mi capisce?

why don't you understand me? perché non mi capisce?

I am sorry but I don't understand it very well mi dispiace ma non lo capisco molto bene


(when you use "what" in the middle of a sentence, you use ciò che )

I don't know what you're saying non so ciò che dice

(you can also say qualche instead of ciò che )

I don't understand very well what you are saying non capisco molto bene ciò che diceit is not what I am saying non è ciò che dico

I don't understand what you want to say non capisco ciò che vuole dire

("want to say" is the Italian for "mean")

I don't understand what you mean non capisco ciò che vuole dire

what do you mean? cosa vuole dire?

you don't understand what I mean non capisce ciò che voglio dire

(end of recording)



CD 3 (52.42)

(1) 9.16

I want voglio

I want it lo voglio

I don't want it non lo voglio

I want to do it voglio farlo, lo voglio fare(Italian words do not end in a consonant, as a rule)

what do you want? cosa vuole?

do you want it? lo vuole?

don't you want it? non lo vuole?

why don't you want it? perché non lo vuole?

I want it but not now lo voglio ma non adesso



(for "it to me", the person comes before the thing, and mi lo becomes melo )

why don't you tell it to me? perché non melo dice?

to you LeI am going to tell you later Le dico più tardi

I am telling you Le dico

I am telling dico

you are telling dice

to tell dire

I will tell you Le dirò


I will understand capirò

to speak parlare

to see vedere

("I will see" is contracted a little)

I will see vedrò

he will see vedrà

we will see vedremo

I will see it lo vedrò

he won't see it non lo vedrà

we will see it lo vedremo

I will see you later la vedrò più tardi

he will not see me non mi vedrà

(2) 6.21

to give dare

I give do

he gives da

he gives me something mi da qualcosa

the book il libro

why don't you give me the book? perché non mi da il libro?

why don't you give it to me now? perché non me lo da adesso?

to bring portare

I am going to see you tonight and I will bring you the book la vedo stasera e Le porterò





I cannot do it now non posso farlo adesso

I cannot tell you where it is because I don't know it non le posso dire dov'è perché non

lo so

I want to tell you something voglio dirle qualcosa

I won't tell you non Le dirò

I want to tell you voglio dirleit pleases me mi piace

you like Le piace

does it displease you? Le dispiace?

doesn't it displease you, if you don't mind non Le dispiace

(7) 6.01( non le dispiace can be used for "if you don't mind")

won't you mind telling me, will you tell me... non le dispiace dirmi...

what do you want to say? what do you mean? cosa vuole dire?

to explain spiegare

I will explain to you later Le spiegerò più tardi

will you please explain to me vuole spiegarmiwill you explain it to me vuole spiegarmelo

why don't you want to explain it to me? perché non vuole spiegarmelo?

(8) 3.34

I don't know what it means non so ciò que vuole dire

to wait aspettare

will you please wait for me vuole aspettarmi

to do fare

will you do it vuole farlo per favore

can you do it for me? può farlo per me?

will you wait for me vuole aspettarmi

can you wait for me? può aspettarmi?

(9) 5.19there is c'è

near here qui vicino

I want to know where there is a good restaurant near here voglio sapere dove c'è un

buono ristorante qui vicino

far lontano

it is not far non è lontano

to walk andare a piedi

you can walk può andare a piedi

will you tell me where it is because I cannot find it vuole dirmi dov'è perché non posso

trovarlo


(end of recording)



CD 4 (60.25)

(1) 5.12

it is not possible that way non è possibile così

I am sorry but it is not acceptable for me that way mi dispiace ma non è accettibale per

mi così

it is not very different that way non è molto differente così but it is very important for me ma è molto importante per mi

it is very urgent è molto urgente

sure sicuro

certain certo

certainly certamente

I am quite sure sono proprio sicuro, sono proprio certo

evident evidente

constant constante

(English words ending -ary end -ario in Italian)

necessary necessario

it is not necessary for me now non è necessario per me adessocontrary contrario

on the contrary al contrario

on the contrary I do want to buy it al contrario voglio comprarlo

vocabulary vocabulario

(English words ending -ence or -ance end -enza or -anza in Italian)

difference differenza

the difference la differenza

a difference una differenza

what difference, which difference che differenza, quale differenza

importance importanza

(2) 4.37

there is a difference c'è una differenza

( c'è is a contraction of ci e , meaning "there is")

the problem il problema

there is a problem c'è una problema

system sistema

(English words ending -tion end - zione in Italian, and they are all feminine)

condition condizione

the condition la condizione

the position la posizione

the situation la situazione

reservation prenotazione

to book prenotare

I will make a reservation for you farò una prenotazione per Lei

will you please make a reservation for me vuole fare una prenotazione per me

would you please make a reservation for me vuole fare una prenotazione per me

will you please make a reservation for me vuole fare una prenotazione per me

(3) 6.02

confirmation conferma



do you have the confirmation of the reservation for me tonight? ha la conferma de la

prenotazione per me stasera?

what kind of... che tipo di...

what kind of reservation do you have for me for tonight? che tipo di prenotazione ha

per me per stasera?

observation observazioneinvitation invitazione

the vacation la vacanza

the vacations le vacanze

to spend time, to pass pasare

to spend the time pasare il tempo

to spend the vacations pasare le vacanze

where are you going to spend the vacation? dove paserà le vacanze?, dove pasa le

vacanze?

tonight stasera

evening sera

tomorrow evening domani seramorning mattina

tomorrow morning domani mattina

afternoon pomeriggio

tomorrow afternoon domani pomeriggio

(4) 5.52

evening sera

evening (the whole evening) serata

I am going to spend the whole evening paserò la serata

I will spend a musical evening paserò una serata musicale

this evening stasera

to spend the whole evening pasare la serata

morning mattina

morning (the whole morning) mattinata

to spend the whole morning aasare la mattinata

day giorno

to spend the whole day pasare la giornata

I like very much to spend the whole day here mi piace molto pasare la giornata qui

(English words ending -ical end -ico in Italian)

political politico

economical economico

logical logico

practical pratico

it is not logical but it is very practical that way non è logico ma è molto pratico così

philosophical filosofico

astronomical astronomico

astrological astrologico

the political situation la situazione politica

the economical situation la situazione economica

what impression do you have of the political and economical situation in Italy now?



quale impressione ha de la situazione politica e economica in Italia adesso?

I don't like the political situation non mi piace la situazione politica

(5) 10.49(some verbs derived from nouns are similar in both languages, usually they are -are

verbs)

preparation preparazioneto prepare preparare

I am very busy now sono molto occupato adesso

I am preparing it now lo preparo adesso

I am in the process of preparing it lo sto preparando, sto preparandolo

I will prepare it lo preparerò

when will you prepare it for me? quando lo preparerà per me?


he will prepare it for me lo preparerà per me

when will you prepare it for me? quando lo preparerà per me?

when do you prepare it for me? quando lo preparo per me?

I prepare it lo preparoyou are preparing it lo prepara

why don't you prepare it for me? perché non lo prepara per me?


will you please prepare it for me vuole prepararle per me

will you do it for me vuole farlo per me

(6) 5.50to do fare

to do it farlo

to tell dire

to tell it, to say it dirlo

to tell me dirmi

to tell it dirlo

to tell me dirmi

to tell it to me dirmelo

can you tell it to me? può dirmelo?

will you tell it to me vuole dirmelo

I will see you tonight and I will tell you la vedrò stasera e Le dirò

perhaps forse

he won't tell me, perhaps he will tell you non mi dirà, forse Le dirà

we will tell you le diremo

he won't tell me but he will tell you non mi dirà ma Le dirà

he won't find it non lo troverà

(7) 5.10

to be able potere

(the whole verb of "can" is "to be able to"; for "must" it is "to have to")

to have avere

to have to dovere

I must devo

you have to deve



you have to do it deve farlo

you have to tell me deve dirmi

I will have avrò

he will have avrà

we will have avremo

to have to dovereI will have to dovrò

I will have to do it dovrò farlo, lo dovrò fare

he will have to wait for me dovrà aspettarmi

to be able potere

I can do it posso farlo

can you do it? può farlo?

(8) 5.12we can possiamo

we cannot do it non possiamo farlo

to be able potere

I will be able potròI will be able to do it for you potrò farlo per Lei

but I won't be able to do it today because I will be very busy ma non potrò farlo oggi

perché sarò molto occupato

I will be very busy today sarò molto occupato oggi

when will you be able to do it? quando potrà farlo?

we will be able to leave with you tomorrow if you want potremo partire con Lei

domani se vuole

(9) 5.33

to arrive arrivare

to call chiamare

to telephone telefonare

at what time will you arrive tomorrow morning? a che ora arriverà domani mattina?

I won't do it non lo farò

we won't do it non lo faremo

you won't do it non lo farà

I won't do it because I won't be able to do it non lo farò perché non potrò farlo

I want to do it voglio farlo


I want (alternative) dezidero

I want to have it dezidero averlo

what would you like? (at the restaurant) cosa dezidera?

to have avere

to have (food and drinks) prendere

what would you like to have? cosa vuole prendere?

(10) 6.08I want voglio

I would like vorrei

(the -rei ending means "would" for any verb)

I will buy it lo comprerò



I would buy it lo comprerei

I will do it lo farò

I would do it lo farei

with him con lui

I will speak with him parlerò con lui

I will talk to him gli parleròI will speak with him parlerò con lui

I wouldn't speak to him non gli parlerei

I wouldn't speak with him non parlerei con lui

(end of recording)



CD 5 (61.03)

(1) 5.15(the so-called auxiliary verbs in this course are called "handles", because whatever

follows them is a full verb)


I can't do it now non posso farlo adessoto understand capire

I understand capisco

you understand capisce

I understand it lo capisco

I don't understand it non lo capisco

I understand you la capisco

I don't understand you non la capisco

I cannot understand you non la posso capire

to find trovare

to look for, seek cercare

I am looking for it but I don't find it lo cerco ma non lo trovoI am in the process of looking for it lo sto cercando

but I don't find it ma non lo trovo

I'm looking forward but I don't find it lo sto cercando ma non lo trovo

(2) 4.42

I must look for it devo cercarlo

but I cannot find it ma non posso trovarlo


will you please tell me where it is vuole dirmi dov'è


I would like to see it vorrei vederlo


he will see it lo vedrà

we will see it lo vedremo


I would see it lo vedrei

but I wouldn't do it ma non lo farei

I will be here sarò qui

I would be here sarei qui


(3) 5.22

("you would like", "he would like", "she would like", "it would like" has a -rebbe ending)

I would like vorrei

you would like, he would like, she would like vorrebbe

would you like to do it? vorrei farlo?

would you like to see it? vorrei vederlo?

there ci

when would you like to go there? quando vorrebbe andarci?

he wouldn't buy it non lo comprerebbe

I would speak with him parlerei con lui



I would talk to him gli parlerei

I will talk to you later gli parlerò più tardi

I wouldn't see it non lo vedrei

he wouldn't see it non lo vedrebbe

it will be very important sarà molto importante

it would be very important sarebbe molto importante but it wouldn't be possible that way ma non sarebbe possibile così

(4) 8.12

I will be able potrò

I will be able to do it potrò farlo

I won't be able to do it that way non potrò farlo così

he won't be able to do it non potrà farlo

we won't be able to do it non potremo farlo

(the ending meaning "we would" is -remmo )

we would be able to do it potremmo farlo

we wouldn't be able to do it that way non potremmo farlo così

we won't be able to do it that way non potremo farlo cosìI will be able to come with you potrò venire con Lei

but I won't be able to come with you today because I will be very busy ma non potrò

venire con Lei oggi perché sarò molto occupato

I wouldn't be able to come with you non potrei venire con Lei

would you be able to tell me when you will be able to do it? potrebbe dirmi quando

potrà farlo?

(in English, instead of saying "would you be able to tell me", you would say "could youtell me". “could you tell me" implies "would you be able to tell me")

("could" in English expresses two different tenses. "he told me that he couldn't do it"

means "he wouldn't be able to do it", or "he told me he was not able to do it")

(5) 6.15

I could (would be able) potrei

you could (you would be able) potrebbe

I could (was able, past tense) potevo

he could, he was able poteva

(as a guideline, translate "could" with potrei etc, unless "could" clearly refers to the

past)

we could (would be able) potremmo

I couldn't find it (past tense) non potevo trovarlo

I couldn't tell you now non potrei dirle adesso

could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?


could you tell me where it is potrebbe dirmi dov'è?

I don't understand you non la capisco

I cannot understand you non posso capirla

I couldn't understand you (past tense) non potevo capirla

(6) 6.53(you have a similar situation with "must")

I must devo






could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?

will you tell me vuole dirmi

would you tell me vuole dirmi

(8) 4.14

I would like to see it vorrei vederlowould you like to see it? vorrebbe vederlo?

I like to see it mi piace vederlo

it would please me to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo

I am doing it lo faccio

you are doing it, he is doing it lo fa

he is not doing it non lo fa

he will do it lo farà

he would do it lo farebbe


it would please me to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo

I like mi piaceit would please me mi piacerebbe

I would like to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo

(9) 5.39

(English words ending -ty end -tà in Italian)

university università

the university l'università

the opportunity l'opportunità

the opportunity, the occasion l'occasione

(English words ending -al and -el , end -ale and -ele in Italian)

normal normale

normally normalmente

general generale

generally generalmente

special speciale

specially for you specialmente per Lei

the specialty of the house la specialità de la casa

(if a noun is followed by a verb, you throw in di . This also happens after some verbs, such as verbs of communication)

I don't have the time to do it now non ho (il) tempo di farlo adesso

it is not possible to do it now non è possibile farlo adesso

time (passing of time) tempo

time (sequence of occasions) volta

the next time la prossima volta

I would like to have the opportunity to see it the next time vorrei avere l'occasione di

vederlo la prossima volta

(10) 4.28

once una volta

twice, two times due volte




I will be able to do it next time potrò farlo la prossima volta

I could do it potrei farlo

but I couldn't do it yesterday ma non potevo farlo ieri

I would like vorrei

you would like vorrebbe

I want to eat voglio mangiareI do want to eat dezidero mangiare


I do want to see it dezidero vederlo


I would like to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo

I would very much like to see it mi piacerebbe molto vederlo


(end of recording)



CD 6 (55.15)

(1) 4.47

according to me, as far as I am concerned secondo me

according to you secondo Lei

to think pensare

I think pensoI don't think non penso

what do you think? cosa pensa?

we don't think non pensiamo

( pensare is also used for thinking forward or planning)

I plan on leaving, I plan to leave penso di partire

how long do you plan on staying? quanto tempo pensa di stare?

to hope sperare

I hope spero

( sperare also means to expect to do something)

I expect to leave soon spero di partire subito

at what time do you expect to arrive? a che ora spera di arrivare?I want voglio, dezidero

I want to stay here dezidero stare qui, voglio stare qui

I would like to stay here vorrei stare qui

it would please me to stay here mi piacerebbe stare qui

(2) 5.17

the desire la voglia

I feel like... (lit. I have the wish) ho la voglia…

I don't feel like staying here non ho la voglia di stare qui

the need il bisogno

I need (lit. I have need) ho bisogno

I need to do it ho bisogno di farlo

you have to do it deve farlo

("you don't have to do it" in English does not mean "you must not do it" but "you don't

need to do it")

you don't have to do it non ha bisogno di farlo

you don't have to tell me now because I don't want to know it non ha bisogno di dirmi

adesso perché non voglio saperlo

(3) 5.19

I could (past) potevo

I couldn't find it yesterday non potevo trovarlo ieri

I will have to dovrò

I will have to buy it dovrò comprarlo

I had to dovevo

I was supposed to dovevo

I had to do it yesterday dovevo farlo ieri

he had to wait, he was supposed to wait doveva aspettare

I had to do it dovevo farlo

he had to do it doveva farlo

I wanted to do it volevo farlo



I didn't want to buy it non volevo comprarlo

I didn't want to tell him non volevo dirgli

I didn't want to tell you non volevo dirle

I had avevo

I didn't have the time to do it non avevo (il) tempo di farlo

(4) 5.04(an exception is "I was")

I was ero

I was here yesterday evening ero qui ieri sera

but it was not ready ma non era pronto

everything tutto

everything was ready for you this morning tutto era pronto per Lei stasera

I am sorry but I couldn't do it yesterday because I was very busy all day mi dispiace ma

non potevo farlo ieri perché ero molto occupato tutta la giornata

I wanted to go there with you yesterday but I couldn't do it because I was very busy

volevo andarci con Lei ieri ma non potevo farlo perché ero molto occupato

she was busy era molto occupata(5) 5.47( occupato actually means "occupied", so the verb is occupare )

I have occupied the house ho occupato la casa

(so there are two past tenses in both English and Italian. The -evo ending corresponds toa straight line in the past, meaning in English "I was doing it". The other tense is a dash,

meaning in English "I did it". There is a clear difference between the two tenses in

Italian, more so than in English)(in Italian, for "did" and "didn't", you use "have" and "haven't")

(you can "dive" into the Italian past tense, first by standing on the diving board, which is

the verb "have", and then you dive. "I ate" becomes "I have eaten", "I didn't eat"

becomes "I haven't eaten", "did you eat" becomes "have you eaten", "at what time did you call me" becomes "at what time have you called me", "I called you this morning"

becomes "I have called you this morning", "why didn't you call me" becomes "why

haven't you called me")(to dive, change the -are verb into a word ending -ato , e.g. the verb mangiare becomes

mangiato )

I spoke with him ho parlato con Lei

I bought something for you ho comprato qualcosa per Lei

the car la macchina

I didn't buy the car for you non ho comprato la macchina per Lei

(6) 6.00( capire becomes capito )

I didn't understand non ho capito

(dire becomes detto, fare becomes fatto)

I did it lo ho fatto

I didn't do it non lo ho fatto

he told me mi ha detto

why didn't you tell me? perché non mi ha detto?

I waited for you la ho aspettato



why didn't you wait for me? perché non mi ha aspettato

(actually there are two diving towers, "have" and "be". After any form of those two

verbs, there is nowhere to go but to dive. After any other kind of verb, the next verb is

the whole verb)

(in modern Italian, there are a few verbs that use "be" instead of "have")

I went (lit. I am gone) sono andatoI stayed (lit.I am stayed) sono stato

we are siamo

we arrived (lit. we are arrived) siamo arrivati

we arrived (group containing only females) siamo arrivate

I left (lit. I am departed) sono partito

I left (female) sono partita

(after "to be", the ending will be either -o or -a )

she left è partita

(7) 6.30

to amuse divertire

to amuse oneself, to have fun divertirsiI am having fun, I amuse myself mi diverto

to me mi

to amuse myself divertirmi

I want to have fun voglio divertirmi

I am having fun mi diverto

I will have fun mi divertirò

I would have fun mi divertirei

it would be very interesting and according to me I would have fun sarebbe molto

interesante e secondo me mi divertirei yourself, himself, herself, itself si

you would have fun, you would amuse yourself si divertirebbe

us, ourselves ci

we would enjoy ourselves ci divertiremmo

we will have a lot of fun ci divertiremo

according to me we would have a lot of fun secondo me ci divertiremmo

(8) 2.42

I see you la vedo

I don't see you non la vedo

I cannot see you non posso vederla

I couldn't see you tonight non potrei vederla stasera

it will be sarà

it wouldn't be sarebbe

it wouldn't be possible for me tonight non sarebbe possibile per me stasera

(9) 3.11

we see vediamo

we see it lo vediamo

we don't see it non lo vediamo

we cannot see it non possiamo vederlo

we cannot see ourselves here non possiamo vederci qui



we see ourselves like that ci vediamo così

we see vediamo

we see it lo vediamo

we see you la vediamo

we see ourselves ci vediamo

we cannot see it non possiamo vederlowe cannot see ourselves here non possiamo vederci qui

(10) 10.38(the reflexive "ourselves" also expresses the reciprocity of "each other")

we see ourselves ci vediamo

we see each other, we meet ci vediamo

at what time shall we meet tomorrow? a che ora ci vediamo domani?

we will meet, we will see each other ci vedremo

at what time will we meet tomorrow? a che ora ci vedremo domani?

at what time we meet tomorrow? (present tense verb) a che ora ci vediamo domani?

(there are many ways to express even the simplest sentence, e.g. "I am going to leave

tomorrow", "I must leave", "I have to leave", "I intend to leave", "I expect to leave", "I am leaving" etc)

it is difficult to me to say it in Italian è dificile per me dirlo in italiano

(end of recording)



CD 7 (58.15)

(1) 6.41

I am thinking penso


I am tired sono stanco

I am eating mangiowhat are you eating? cosa mangia?

why don't you want to eat? perché non vuole mangiare?

(for the "I was eating" tense, use -avo , -ava and also -evo and -ivo etc)

I was eating mangiavo

he was eating mangiava

I will eat mangiarò

I wouldn't eat it non lo mangierei

he wouldn't eat it non lo mangierebbe

he wouldn't do it non lo farebbe

he wouldn't tell me non mi direbbe

I am waiting aspettoI am waiting for you la aspetto

why don't you wait for me? perché non mi aspetta?

I will wait for you here la aspetterò qui

I am waiting aspetto

I was waiting aspettavo

he was waiting for me mi aspettava

to work lavorare

I am working lavoro

I was working lavoravo

I worked, I have worked ho lavorato

he waited ha aspettato

(2) 5.53(let's call the "was -ing", "were -ing" the "wing" tense (formally, the imperfect). It

expresses either a continuous line in the past or a broken line in the past: there is nodistinction in English e.g. "I did it, I have done it" and "I did it, I used to do it", but there

is in Italian)

(there is another -ing tense e.g. "I have been working here for two hours". "have been-ing" means "I am still doing it", and in Italian you use the present tense)

I have been working here lavoro qui

I have been waiting for you la aspetto

(3) 4.18

I waited ho aspettato

why didn't you wait? perché non ha aspettato

I am going to buy it, I will buy it lo comprerò

I am going to buy it tomorrow lo compro domani

I am going (in order to) buy it vado a comprarlo

I am going (in order to) see it tonight vado a vederlo stasera

to go andare

I am going vado



you are going, he is going, she is going va

it is going well va bene

it is going very well va molto bene

(4) 5.16

it doesn't work, it doesn't function non funziona

to fix, to repair ripararecan you fix it? può ripararlo?

(In Italian, "to have something done" or "get something done" is "to make somebody doit", using fare. "to have something done" is "to make it do")

I must have it repaired devo farlo riparare

to change cambiare

I have to get it changed devo farlo cambiare

to wash lavare

I am going to get it washed lo farò lavare

now I can make myself understood in Italian adesso posso farmi capire in italiano

for us per noi

he made a reservation for us ha fatto una prenotazione per noi(5) 9.01

you didn't tell me non mi ha detto

it is done è fatto

he prepared the dinner ha preparato la cena

everything is prepared for you tutto è preparato per Lei

all, they all (plural) tutti, tutte


( sono means "I am", but it also means "they are". However, "I am busy" is different from

"they are busy")


they are busy sono occupati

everyone is busy, all of them are busy tutti sono occupati

I want it lo voglio

I don't want it non lo voglio

you can have it può averlo

if you want se vuole

if you want it se lo vuole


will you please tell me vuole dirmi

can you tell me? mi può dire?


why don't you want to buy it? perché non vuole comprarlo?

you can have it if you want it può averlo se lo vuole

(6) 5.12

to go out uscire

I go out esco

you go out esce

I don't want to do it non voglio farlo

I feel like doing it ho voglia di farlo



I don't want to stay home tonight, I feel like going out non voglio stare a casa stasera,

ho voglia di uscire

I don't want to do it now non voglio farlo adesso

I don't feel like doing it now non ho voglia di farlo adesso

(7) 6.20

I am (right now) about to do it sto per farloI am just about to eat sto per mangiare

I am just about to prepare it sto per prepararlo

I was about to... stavo per...

I was about to do it when you called stavo per prepararlo quando ha chiamato

I plan on leaving penso di partire

when do you plan on leaving? quando pensa di partire?

how long do you plan on staying in Italy? quanto tempo pensa di stare in Italia?

I intend to do it penso di farlo

I intend to do it, I have the intention to do it ho l'intenzione di farlo

I don't intend to do it now non ho l'intenzione di farlo adesso

(8) 5.34I need to do it ho bisogno di farlo

of it, from it, some of it, any of it ne

( ne has the same position as any other pronoun)

I want it lo voglio

you want it lo vuole


I want some of it ne voglio

I want to buy some (of it) voglio comprarne

because I want to have it perché voglio averlo

I want to have some (of it) voglio averne

I am going (in order to) buy some of it now vado a comprarne adesso

because I must have some perché devo averne

I need ho bisogno

I need it, I have need of it ne ho bisogno

I don't need it now, you can have it non ne ho bisogno adesso, può averlo

you can have some if you want può averne se vuole

(9) 3.15

I bought some for you ne ho comprato per Lei

I didn't buy any because I didn't find any non ne ho comprato perché non ne ho trovato

what do you think of it? cosa ne pensa?

I spoke about it with him, I spoke of it with him ne ho parlato con lui

I am going (in order to) buy it vado a comprarlo

I was going in order to buy it andavo a comprarlo

(10) 6.45(with verbs of coming and going, you use "be" to dive)

I have gone sono andato

I left sono partito

he left è partito

they left sono partiti



they left (all women) sono partite

we left siamo partiti

we left (group of female friends) siamo partite

we went to see it siamo andati a vederlo

we finished abbiamo finito

we finished doing it abbiamo finito di farloto study studiare

we finished studying today abbiamo finito di studiare oggi

everything is finished tutto è finito

to learn imparare

according to me we have learned a lot secondo me abbiamo imparato molto

(end of recording)



CD 8 (56.13)

(1) 7.04

I am waiting for you la aspetto

I have been waiting for you la aspetto

I have been doing it lo faccio

I have been doing it for a long time lo faccio da molto tempoI was doing it lo facevo

I have been here for two days sono qui da due giorni

to arrive arrivare

I arrived sono arrivato

remember ricordare

I remember ricordo

(2) 8.36to have fun, to enjoy oneself divertirsi

I am having fun, I enjoy myself mi diverto

I will have fun, I will enjoy myself mi divertirò

he is having fun si divertewe are having fun ci divertiamo

(whenever you have a reflexive verb, in the past tense you always use "be")

I had (a lot of) fun mi sono divertito

we had fun ci siamo divertiti

we see each other, we meet ci vediamo

we will meet tomorrow ci vediamo domani, ci vedremo domani

we would meet ci vedremmo

at what time shall we meet tomorrow? a che ora ci vedremo domani?

(3) 7.05to meet, to encounter encontrare

we meet, we encounter each other ci encontriamo

we will meet ci encontriamo, ci encontraremo

I prefer preferisco

I prefer doing it that way preferisco farlo così

do you prefer doing it that way? preferisce farlo così

what do you prefer? cosa preferisce?

to know sapere

I know so

I don't know it non lo so

why don't you know it? perché non lo sa?

(there are two Italian words meaning "to know", sapere to know a fact, and conoscere toknow or to be acquainted with a person or place)

I know conosco

I don't know her non la conosco

you know conosce

do you know her? la conosce?

I know her very well la conosco molto bene

to ask domandare, chiedere

will you ask (to) him to wait for me vuole domandargli di aspettarmi



can you tell him to call me later? può dirgli di chiamarmi più tardi?

(4) 5.20

are you having fun?, do you enjoy yourself? si diverte?

( si diverta is the imperative)

have fun! enjoy yourself! si diverta!

do you speak Italian? parla italiano?to speak parlare

to eat mangiare

what are you eating? cosa mangia?

you are leaving parte

at what time are you leaving? a che ora parte?

what are you eating? cosa mangia?

do you speak Italian? parla italiano?

why don't you speak Italian with me? perché non parla italiano con me?

(5) 6.13

he is telling me mi dice

what are you saying cosa dice?I say, I tell dico


why don't you tell it to me? perché non me lo dice?

I want to know it voglio saperlo

I have to know it devo saperlo

how are you? come sta?

I am fine sto bene

everything is going well tutto va bene

will you have it fixed vuole farlo riparare

will you let me know vuole farmi sapere

to show mostrare

will you show me vuole mostrarmi

something qualcosa

can you show me something? può mostrarmi qualcosa?

can you show me something, can you let/make me see something? può farmi vedere

qualcosa

(6) 6.36

other altro

the same thing la stessa cosa

I want the same thing for me voglio la stessa cosa per me

the same lo stesso

it is not the same non è lo stesso

there is c'è

there are ci sono

a message un messaggio

there is a message for you c'è un messaggio per Lei

people la gente (singular)

many people molta gente

there are many people here c'è molta gente qui



how do you say it in Italian (lit. how does one say it) come si dice in italiano

how does one say it (lit. it says itself) come si dice in italiano

to write scrivere

I am writing scrivo

why don't you write to me? perché non mi scrive?

why don't you call me? perché non mi chiama?how does one say? come si dice?

how do you spell it? how does it write itself? come si scrive?

(7) 3.42I sell vendo

you are selling vende

why don't you sell it? perché non lo vende?

he is selling it lo vende

he was selling it lo vendeva

he used to sell it lo vendeva

it is being sold si vende?

it takes... ci vuole…it takes a lot of time ci vuole molto tempo

how long does it take? how much time that it take? quanto tempo ci vuole?

I am in a hurry, I have hurry ho fretta

I want to know how long it takes because I am in a hurry voglio sapere quanto tempo ci

vuole perché ho fretta

I am leaving, I am departing parto

I am leaving, I am going out esco

at what time are you going out? a che ora esce?

(8) 11.37I am leaving, I am going vado

I am going myself away from it me ne vado

I have to go now devo uscire adesso

I have to go myself away devo andarmene

I'm sorry but I cannot wait because it is taking too long and I am in a hurry mi dispiace

ma non posso aspettare perché ci vuole troppo tempo e ho fretta

I have to go now, I have to go away now devo andarene

to send mandar

will you tell him to send it to me today because I need it vuole dirgli di mandarmelo

oggi perché ne ho bezonio

we have finished studying Italian today abbiamo finiti di studiare italiano oggi

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