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In the span of fourteen short minutes, you’ll walk away after listening to this podcast knowing:

— Four must know Italian phrases (one of which will do you wonders in keeping Italian men away from you)
— Two must know verbs, fare and essere
— One trick that will improve your memory in Italian two-fold

Not so bad for fourteen minutes, yeah?

Plus you’ll hear a story about how I almost accepted a date from a self-proclaimed Casanova in Venice during a time period in Venice where the whole city is in danger of floods.

Phrases:

— Cosa – What?
— Sono – I am/they are
— Basta Così – That’s enough
— Basta – Enough
— Così – like this, like that, so much, as much, so
— Posso – May I?

Verbs:

Essere – to be

— Sono – I am
— Sei – You are
— È – He/she/it is
— Siamo – We are
— Siete – You all are
— Sono – They are

Esempi

Italiano

1. Sono di New York.
2. Siamo studenti di Italiano.

Inglese

1. I am from New York.
2. We are Italian language students.

Fare – to do/to make

— Faccio – I do
— Fai – You do
— Fa – He/she/it does
— Facciamo – We do
— Fate – You all do
— Fanno – They do

Esempi

1. Facciamo colazione con il cornetto e un caffè. – We make breakfast with a croissant and a cafe
2. Voglio fare domanda per quel lavoro. – I want to apply to that job
3. Posso fare un pausa? – Can I take a break?

Links mentioned in the show:

— Il Giorno In Piu’
— 2 Reasons to Use Collocations to Become More Conversational (+ knowing this word will make you sound fancy at parties)

Your task for today:

Read this post on collocations.