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Vocabulary Speed-Dates:Cartesio, significa, il dialetto, comprendere, legati

— Cartesio – Name for Rene Descartes

— Significa comes from the verb SIGNIFICARE – to mean, signfiy

— Il dialetto – dialect

— Comprendere – understand, include, consist of

— Legato – united, linked

Grammar Bomb: ha detto, vorrei capire come funziona l’universo;

Ha detto – He/she/It said – Past tense

Ha comes from avere – Detto comes from dire.

Read: Italian Past Tense (Because Even Though We Shouldn’t Live in It, We Need to Talk About It)

vorrei capire come funziona l’universo – {In Italian speak} I would like to understand how functions the universe.

This isn’t a typical sentence in English, obviously. But it happens often in Italian. So as I mentioned in a previous episode, keep embracing Italian articles, music, movies + shows so you can get a feel for the structure and quiet your inner literal translator, that person who wants to translate everything word for word in Italian.

Resources mentioned:

— 27 Online Resources to Boost Your Italian Language IQ

— Italian Past Tense (Because Even Though We Shouldn’t Live in It, We Need to Talk About It)

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