MICHEL THOMAS ITALIAN (BASIC) COURSE, 8 CDsTRANSCRIPT

This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his mind in the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the students. The booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so I have written this transcript. I have found it useful, so maybe other people will, too.

Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript, without buying the recordings.

Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no mistakes. Tracks and track times in the recording are shown in brackets.

Version 2, August 7th 2006Transcribed by JK

CD 1 (69.56)(1) 4.51(2) 6.19(words ending in -ible in English, like "possible", end -ibile in Italian, like possibile)possibleit is it is possibleit is notit is not possiblefor meit is for meit is not for meit is not possible for mefor you(per Lei also means "for her")it is for youit is not for meit is possible for you(to ask a question, use inflection)isn't it possible for you?why?(perché also means "because")why isn't it possible for you?like that, in that way it is like thatit is not like thatit is not possible for me that wayI am sorry (this literally means "it displeases me")

butI am sorry, but it is not possible for me that way(words ending with -able end with -abile in Italian)probableit is not probableprobablypossibly(3) 7.06lateit is lateveryit is very latemorelaterI want("I" is understood in Italian)to knowI want to knowI don't wantI don't want to knowit is possiblewhereI want to know where is(dove è contracts to dov'è)how muchI want to know how much it isto buyI want to buythe thingI want to buy the thingthe same thingI want to buy the same thingI don't want to buy the same thingthe sameI want to buy the samebut I don't want the same thingyou wantdo you want the same thing?what (thing) do you want?what do you want to buy?herewhat do you want to buy here?(4) 5.49somesomething

do you want to buy something here?why don't you want to buy something here?I want to knowitto know it(sappere 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 itto buyto buy itI want to buy itI want to know how much it is because I want to buy itifexpensiveit is very expensiveit is not very expensiveI want to buy if it is not very expensivetoo, too muchit is not too expensiveI want to buy if it is not too expensive(5) 5.39to haveI want to have itwhenhow muchwhen do you want to have it?you canyou can have itif you wantif you want to have itnow I want to have it nowif it is possibleat what time?at what time do you want to have it?you can have it now if you wantacceptableit is not acceptable for meI am sorry but it is not acceptable for me that waygoodI want to know why it is not acceptable for you that way because it is very good(6) 7.37according to me, in my opinion...

according to you, in your opinion...according to me it is very good that wayI amreadyI am readysoonright away I am ready right away(Roberto and Roberta, subito and subita)I am ready soon (female)it is readyit is not readyto stayI stay you stay, he says, she says, it staysI stay herehe is staying herehow long (how much time)?how long are you staying?I am stayingyou are stayinghow long are you stayinghow long are you staying here?(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 speakto eatto leave, to departto understandto see(7) 6.53I want to seeI want to see ityou, him, her, itI want to see you latera littlea little laterI want to see you a little laterbusybecause I am busy nowto speakI want to speak ItalianI want to speak Italian with youdo you want to speak Italian with me?why don't you want to speak Italian with me?

I canyou can, he can, she can, it canI am sorry but I cannot speak with you now because I am very busy nowbut I can see you a little later if you wantto eatI want to eat nowwhat (thing) do you want to eat now?do you want to eat something now?why don't you want to eat now?(8) 8.01I eatyou eat(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 the other track, the ending for "I" is still -o, but the ending for the "you, he, she, it" is -e)to goto comeI seeyou seeto takeI takeyou takeI am taking ityou are taking itwhy don't you take it?(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 amI am eatingI don't speakFrenchyes I speak Italian but I don't speak FrenchI don't eatI am not busyI am not eatingI don't eat(9) 6.58to prepareI prepareI prepare itI am preparing itI don't prepare itI am not preparing it

to haveI have you have do you have something for me?what do you have for me?I am hungry (I have a little famine)are you hungry?do you want to eat something now? are you hungry?don't you want to eat? aren't you hungry?to drinkI drink you drink what are you drinking?thirstI am thirstyI am thirsty and I want to drink nowisanddo you want to speak Italian with me?what do you eat?what are you eating now?to do, to makewhat do you want to do now?do you want to do it?why don't you want to do it now?(10) 4.00I canyou canI am very sorry but I cannot do it now because I am very busyI can do it later if I have (the) timeto stayI stayI am busyI am busy (female)tiredI am very tired nowthe housethe thingsomethingat hometonightI am tired and I am staying home tonight(11) 6.43tomorrow

tomorrow eveningtomorrow morningtomorrow afternoon(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(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 (in Italian, "go" is a combination of two Latin verbs)I go vadoyou go vato callI callI call youI will call you laterI will call you tomorrow(after coming and going, the next verb is preceded by a)I am going to see it, I am going (in order) to see itI am going to buy it now (I am on my way to buy it now)I will buy it tomorrow

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CD 2 (63.50)(1) 7.06to stayI am stayingI am staying at home tonightare you staying home tonight?how long are you staying?to leaveI am leaving tomorrowat what time are you leaving tomorrow? why don't you want to leave with me?why can't you leave with me?to comewhy can't you come with me now?I am going to...I am going to eathe is going to, she is going to, you are going to eatwhy can't you come to see it with me this evening?I must to have toyou mustyou must come with meyou must speak Italian with meto wait, awaitto wait for meto understand to understand mecan you understand me?why can't you understand me?(2) 9.23to say, to tell I cannot say it in Italiancan you tell me?will you, will you please, do you want will you tell me where it is(In English, "will you..." meaning "will you please..." does not express the future)will you tell mecan you tell me?can you tell me where it is?to findwill you tell me where it is because I cannot find itI haveI have it

I don't have ityou have itwhy don't you have it for me now?I want to have itI wantI want itI want it nowI don't want it nowwhy don't you want it now?to haveI haveyou have, he has, she hasto knowI know soI don't know I know itI don't know ityou know itwhy don't you know it?do you know where it is?can you tell me where it is?can you tell me how much it is?because I want to buytodayI must have it today if it is possible(3) 5.13I am staying home tonight because I am tiredto prepareI am preparing itwhy don't you prepare it for me?the dinnerto dine, to have dinner will you have dinner with me tonightwhere do you want to have dinner tonight?I cannot speak with you now because I am eating(to say "I am in the process of eating", you say sto mangiando, or sto -endo with verbs from the other track)I am eatingI am in the process of eatingwhat are you preparing?what are you in the process of preparing?(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 I am just about to prepare it(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 (but if you use a noun, and a noun is followed by a verb then after the noun you mostly throw in meaning "of")I don't have the time to do it to leaveI will leave tomorrowat what time do you leave?the weeknextnext week at what time do you leave next week?at what time are you leaving next week?(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 leaveyou, he, she will leave partirà(the endings -rò and -rà are universal for all Italian verbs)(5) 5.52to do, to makeI will doI will do itI won't do ithe will do itwhen will you do it?to say, to tellto callI will call youI call you tomorrowI will call you tomorrowI will call youI am stayingI am staying hereI am staying home tonightI will stay home tonighthow long you staying in Italy?how long will you stay in Italy?I don't knowstillyet (in a negative sense)I don't know yet, still I don't knowI don't know yet how long I will stay in Italy (6) 7.08I am readyit is ready

to beyou must be ready soonit can be ready soonI will be you will be, he will be, she will be it will be ready soonI don't know yet at what time it will be ready but I must have it today if it is possibleto seeto see it, to see himto see her, to see youto see meI am going to call you later (for the future tense, -are verbs have the ending -erò, not -arò)I will call you later to speakI will speak to eatI will eathe will eat(for "we", use the future ending -remo)we will eat later we will stay home tonightwe will leave tomorrow (7) 4.36(in the present tense, for "we" use the ending -iamo)we speakwe are stayingwe are leavingto gowe are going(andiamo expresses different meanings, such as "let's go!")let's go and eat! we are eatinglet's eat!to startI am starting nowat what time are you starting?at what time are you going to start tomorrow?let's start!I want to knowI want to know at what time it will be readyI am goinghe is going, she is going, it is going, you are goingwhere you going?where you going to be tonight?

(8) 5.10goodit is very goodquite it is quite goodit is quite possible(words in English ending -ant and -ent are similar in Italian)it is very different that way(così can also translate "so") it is not so differentit is so goodit is not so different that wayimportantit is very important that wayI have to know it because it is very important for meI would like I would like to know itI would like to go with youthere (this word is also hooked on to the end of the whole verb)I would like to go there with you I would like to go and see it with you tonight(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(either way is as good as the other)I cannot do it nowwhy can't you tell me now?it is not ready yet but it will be ready for you soonto do, to makeI do, I make he does, he makes why don't you do it?I am doing it nowI am in the process of doing itI am just about to do itI say, I tell you say, you tell what are you saying?why don't you tell me?(10) 7.11to understandI cannot understand it

can you understand it?can you understand me?why can't you understand me?I understand I understand itI don't understand ityou understanddo you understand it?do you understand me?don't you understand me?why don't you understand me?I am sorry but I don't understand it very wellwhat are you saying?(when you use "what" in the middle of a sentence, you use ciò che)I don't know what you're saying(you can also say qualche instead of ciò che)I don't understand very well what you are sayingit is not what I am sayingI don't understand what you want to say("want to say" is the Italian for "mean")I don't understand what you meanwhat do you mean?you don't understand what I mean

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CD 3 (52.42)(1) 9.16I wantI want itI don't want itI want to do it(Italian words do not end in a consonant, as a rule)what do you want?do you want it?don't you want it?why don't you want it?I want it but not nowwhat are you saying?why don't you tell me?(for "it to me", the person comes before the thing, and mi lo becomes me lo)why don't you tell it to me? ("to you" is Le)I am going to tell you later I am telling youI am tellingyou are tellingto tellI will tell you to understandI will understandto speak to see("I will see" is contracted a little)I will see he will see we will see I will see ithe won't see itwe will see itI will see you laterhe will not see me(2) 6.21to give I give he gives he gives me something the bookwhy don't you give me the book?why don't you give it to me now?to bringI am going to see you tonight and I will bring you the book

to him I will give him the bookI am going to tell himI will tell himI want to tell him (3) 4.53I won't tell him, I will not tell himI don't want to tell himI don't tell you because I don't want to tell youwill you tell me, would you tell me can you tell me(4) 5.03to tellhe will tell mehe won't tell mehe doesn't want to tell mepleasewill you please tell mewill you tell mewhy don't you want to tell me?he won't tell meI won't tell youI will tell you laterI won't tell you nowwill you tell me(5) 5.26I am sorry butit pleases me, I like I like very muchI like very much to do itbut I don't like to do it nowI will do it later if I have the timeI likeI like very much to speak Italianyou like do you like?I don't like to stay hereI like very much to do itI want to do itbut I won't do itI want to do itI don't want to do it nowI won't do it(6) 6.49I want to do it

I cannot do it nowI cannot tell you where it is because I don't know itI want to tell you somethingI won't tell youI want to tell youit pleases meyou likedoes it displease you?doesn't it displease you?(non le dispiace can be used for "if you don't mind")won't you mind telling me, will you tell me...(7) 6.01what do you want to say? what do you mean?to explain I will explain to you laterwill you please explain to mewill you explain it to mewhy don't you want to explain it to me? (8) 3.34I don't know what it meansto waitwill you please wait for meto dowill you do it can you do it for me?will you wait for mecan you wait for me?(9) 5.19there is near here I want to know where there is a good restaurant near here far it is not farto walk you can walk will you tell me where it is because I cannot find itI want to see it

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CD 4 (60.25)(1) 5.12it is not possible that wayI am sorry but it is not acceptable for me that wayit is not very different that waybut it is very important for meit is very surecertaincertainlyI am quite sure evidentconstant(English words ending -ary end -ario in Italian)necessaryit is not necessary for me nowcontraryon the contrary on the contrary I do want to buy itvocabulary(English words ending -ence or -ance end -enza or -anza in Italian)differencethe differencea difference what difference, which differenceimportance(2) 4.37there is a difference(c'è is a contraction of ci è, meaning "there is")the problem there is a problemsystem(English words ending -tion end -zione in Italian, and they are all feminine)conditionthe conditionthe positionthe situationreservation to book I will make a reservation for youwill you please make a reservation for mewould you please make a reservation for mewill you please make a reservation for me(3) 6.02confirmation

do you have the confirmation of the reservation for me tonight? what kind of... what kind of reservation do you have for me for tonight?observationinvitationthe vacation the vacations to spend time, to pass to spend the timeto spend the vacationswhere are you going to spend the vacation?tonighteveningtomorrow eveningmorningtomorrow morningafternoontomorrow afternoon(4) 5.52eveningevening (the whole evening) I am going to spend the whole eveningI will spend a musical eveningthis eveningto spend the whole eveningmorningmorning (the whole morning)to spend the whole morningdayto spend the whole dayI like very much to spend the whole day here(English words ending -ical end -ico in Italian)politicaleconomicallogicalpractical it is not logical but it is very practical that wayphilosophicalastronomicalastrologicalthe political situationthe economical situationwhat impression to have of the political and economical situation in Italy now?

I don't like the political situation(5) 10.49(some verbs derived from nouns are similar in both languages, usually they are -are verbs)preparationto prepareI am very busy nowI am preparing it nowI am in the process of preparing itI will prepare itwhen will you prepare it for me?I will prepare ithe will prepare it for mewhen will you prepare it for me?when do you prepare it for me?I prepare ityou are preparing itwhy don't you prepare it for me?I will prepare itwill you please prepare it for mewill you do it for me(6) 5.50to doto do itto tellto tell it, to say itto tell meto tell itto tell meto tell it to mecan you tell it to me?will you tell it to me?I will see you tonight and I will tell youperhaps he won't tell me, perhaps he will tell youwe will tell youhe won't tell me but he will tell youhe won't find it(7) 5.10to be able (the whole verb of "can" is "to be able to", for "must" it is "to have to"to haveto have to I mustyou have to

you have to do ityou have to tell meI will have he will have we will have to have toI will have to I will have to do ithe will have to wait for meto be ableI can do itcan you do it?(8) 5.12we can we cannot do itto be ableI will be able I will be able to do it for youbut I won't be able to do it today because I will be very busyI will be very busy todaywhen will you be able to do it?we will be able to leave with you tomorrow if you want(9) 5.33 to arrive to call to telephoneat what time will you arrive tomorrow morning?I won't do itwe won't do ityou won't do itI won't do it because I won't be able to do itI want to do itI want to have itI want (alternative) I want to have itwhat would you like? (at the restaurant)to haveto have (food and drinks) what would you like to have?(10) 6.08I wantI would like(the -rei ending means "would" for any verb)I will buy it

I would buy itI will do itI would do itwith him I will speak with himI will talk to himI will speak with himI wouldn't speak to himI wouldn't speak with him

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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 do itI can't do it nowto understandI understandyou understandI understand itI don't understand itI understand youI don't understand youI cannot understand youto findto look for, seekI am looking for it but I don't find itI am in the process of looking for itbut I don't find itI'm looking for it but I don't find it(2) 4.42I must look for itbut I cannot find itcan you tell me where it is?will you please tell me where it isI want to see itI would like to see itI will see ithe will see itwe will see itI will see itI would see itbut I wouldn't do itI will be hereI would be here I would like to see it(3) 5.22("you would like", "he would like", "she would like", "it would like" has a -rebbe ending)I would likeyou would like, he would like, she would like would you like to do it?would you like to see it?there when would you like to go there? he wouldn't buy itI would speak with him

I would talk to himI will talk to you laterI wouldn't see ithe wouldn't see itit will be very importantit would be very importantbut it wouldn't be possible that way(4) 8.12I will be ableI will be able to do itI won't be able to do it that wayhe won't be able to do itwe won't be able to do it(the ending meaning "we would" is -remmo)we would be able to do it we wouldn't be able to do it that waywe won't be able to do it that wayI will be able to come with youbut I won't be able to come with you today because I will be very busyI wouldn't be able to come with youwould you be able to tell me when you will be able to do it?(in English, instead of saying "would you be able to tell me", you would say "could you tell 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) 6.15I could (would be able) you could (you would be able) I could (was able, past tense) he could, he was able (as a guideline, translate "could" with potrei etc, unless "could" clearly refers to the past)we could (would be able)I couldn't find it (past tense)I couldn't tell you now could you tell mecan you tell mecould you tell me where it isI don't understand youI cannot understand you I couldn't understand you (past tense) (6) 6.53(you have a similar situation with "must")I must

you mustto waityou have to wait for mecan you wait for me?could you wait for me?I am sorry but I cannot wait for you now because I am going to leave soonI have to leave soonI will have to leave tomorrow at what time will you have to leave?we will have to leavewe would have to leave I will have to leaveI would have to leaveI will be able to leaveI would be able to leaveI could leave tomorrowI will have to leave tomorrowI would have to leave tomorrowhe would have to leave(7) 10.03I would be able to do itI could do it for you tomorrowI couldn't do it that waycould you do it?yesterdayI couldn't do it yesterdayI could do it nowI mustyou must(in Italian, "I must" can also mean "I am supposed to")I have to do itI am supposed to leave today but I cannot(devo can also mean "I owe")how much do I owe?I will have to do it at what time will you have to leave?I would have to do it you would have to do itwe would have to do itwe will have to do itI would have to buy it("would have to" is used in the sense of "should" or "ought to")I should buy ityou should tell meyou have to tell me

can you tell me?could you tell me?will you tell mewould you tell me (8) 4.14I would like to see itwould you like to see it?I like to see it it would please me to see itI am doing ityou are doing it, he is doing ithe is not doing ithe will do ithe would do itI like to see itit would please me to see itI likeit would please meI would like to see it(9) 5.39(English words ending -ty end -tà in Italian)universitythe universitythe opportunitythe opportunity, the occasion(English words ending -al and -el, end -ale and -ele in Italian)normalnormallygeneralgenerallyspecialspecially for youthe specialty of the house(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 it is not possible to do it nowtime (passing of time)time (sequence of occasions) the next timeI would like to have the opportunity to see it the next time(10) 4.28once twice, two times I can do it

I will be able to do it next timeI could do itbut I couldn't do it yesterdayI would likeyou would likeI want to eatI do want to eat I want to see itI do want to see itI like to see itI would like to see itI would very much like to see itI would like to see it

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CD 6 (55.15)(1) 4.47according to me, as far as I am concerned according to you to think I thinkI don't thinkwhat do you think?we don't think(pensare is also used for thinking forward or planning)I plan on leaving, I plan to leavehow long do you plan on staying?to hopeI hope(sperare also means to expect to do something)I expect to leave soonat what time do you expect to arrive?I wantI want to stay hereI would like to stay hereit would please me to stay here(2) 5.17the desire, wishI feel like... (lit. I have the wish) I don't feel like staying herethe need I need (lit. I have need)I need to do it you have to do it("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 you don't have to tell me now because I don't want to know it(3) 5.19I could (past) I couldn't find it yesterdayI will have toI will have to buy itI had to I was supposed to I had to do it yesterdayhe had to wait, he was supposed to waitI had to do ithe had to do itI wanted to do it

I didn't want to buy itI didn't want to tell himI didn't want to tell youI had I didn't have the time to do it(4) 5.04(an exception is "I was") I was I was here yesterday eveningbut it was not readyeverything everything was ready for you this morningI am sorry but I couldn't do it yesterday because I was very busy all day I wanted to go there with you yesterday but I couldn't do it because I was very busyshe was busy(5) 5.47(occupato actually means "occupied", so the verb is occupare)I have occupied the house (so there are two past tenses in both English and Italian. The -evo ending corresponds to a 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 himI bought something for youthe carI didn't buy the car for you(6) 6.00(capire becomes capito)I didn't understand(dire becomes detto, fare becomes fatto)I did itI didn't do ithe told mewhy didn't you tell me?I waited for you

why didn't you wait for me?

(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) I stayed (lit.I am stayed) we are we arrived (lit. we are arrived) we arrived (group containing only females) I left (lit. I am departed) I left (female) (after "to be", the ending will be either -o or -a)she left(7) 6.30to amuse to amuse oneself, to have fun I am having fun, I amuse myself to me to amuse myself I want to have funI am having funI will have funI would have funit would be very interesting and according to me I would have fun yourself, himself, herself, itself you would have fun, you would amuse yourselfus, ourselves we would enjoy ourselveswe will have a lot of funaccording to me we would have a lot of fun(8) 2.42I see youI don't see youI cannot see youI couldn't see you tonightit will beit wouldn't beit wouldn't be possible for me tonight(9) 3.11we see we see itwe don't see itwe cannot see itwe cannot see ourselves here

we see ourselves like that

we seewe see itwe see youwe see ourselveswe cannot see itwe cannot see ourselves here(10) 10.38(the reflexive "ourselves" also expresses the reciprocity of "each other")we see ourselveswe see each other, we meetat what time shall we meet tomorrow?we will meet, we will see each other at what time will we meet tomorrow?at what time we meet tomorrow? (present tense verb)(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

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CD 7 (58.15)(1) 6.41I am thinkingI am busyI am tiredI am eatingwhat are you eating?why don't you want to eat?(for the "I was eating" tense, use -avo, -ava and also -evo and -ivo etc)I was eating he was eating I will eat I wouldn't eat ithe wouldn't eat ithe wouldn't do ithe wouldn't tell meI am waitingI am waiting for youwhy don't you wait for me?I will wait for you hereI am waitingI was waitinghe was waiting for meto workI am workingI was workingI worked, I have workedhe waited(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 no distinction 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 I have been waiting for you (3) 4.18I waitedwhy didn't you wait?I am going to buy it, I will buy itI am going to buy tomorrowI am going (in order to) buy itI am going (in order to) see it tonightto goI am going

you are going, he is going, she is goingit is going well it is going very well(4) 5.16it doesn't work, it doesn't function to fix, to repair can you fix it?(In Italian, "to have something done" or "get something done" is "to make somebody do it", using fare. "to have something done" is "to make it do")I must have it repaired to changeI have to get it changed to washI am going to get it washednow I can make myself understood in Italian for ushe made a reservation for us (5) 9.01you didn't tell meit is done he prepared the dinner everything is prepared for youall, they all (plural) I am busy(sono means "I am", but it also means "they are". However, "I am busy" is different from "they are busy")I am busythey are busy everyone is busy, all of them are busyI want itI don't want ityou can have itif you wantif you want itwhy don't you want it?will you please tell mecan you tell me?why don't you want it?why don't you want to buy it?you can have it if you want it(6) 5.12to go out I go outyou go outI don't want to do itI feel like doing it

I don't want to stay home tonight, I feel like going outI don't want to do it nowI don't feel like doing it now(7) 6.20I am (right now) about to do it I am just about to eatI am just about to prepare itI was about to...I was about to do it when you called I plan on leavingwhen do you plan on leaving?how long do you plan on staying in Italy?I intend to do it I intend to do it, I have the intention to do itI don't intend to do it now (8) 5.34I need to do itof it, from it, some of it, any of it (ne has the same position as any other pronoun)I want ityou want itwhy don't you want it?I want some of it I want to buy some (of it)because I want to have itI want to have some (of it)I am going (in order to) buy some of it nowbecause I must have someI needI need it, I have need of it I don't need it now, you can have ityou can have some if you want(9) 3.15I bought some for youI didn't buy any because I didn't find any what do you think of it?I spoke about it with him, I spoke of it with himI am going (in order to) buy itI was going in order to buy it (10) 6.45(with verbs of coming and going, you use "be" to dive)I have gone I lefthe leftthey left

they left (all women)we left we left (group of female friends) we went to see it we finished we finished doing it to studywe finished studying todayeverything is finishedto learnaccording to me we have learned a lot

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CD 8 (56.13)(1) 7.04I am waiting for youI have been waiting for youI have been doing itI have been doing it for long time I was doing it I have been here for two days to arriveI arrived rememberI remember(2) 8.36to have fun, to enjoy oneself I am having fun, I enjoy myselfI will have fun, I will enjoy myselfhe is having funwe are having fun (whenever you have a reflexive verb, in the past tense you always use "be")I had a lot of fun we had fun we see each other, we meet we will meet tomorrow we would meetat what time shall we meet tomorrow?(3) 7.05to meet, to encounter we meet, we encounter each other we will meet I prefer I prefer doing it that waydo you prefer doing it that way?what do you prefer?to knowI knowI don't know itwhy don't you know it?(there are two Italian words meaning "to know", sapere to know a fact, and conoscere to know or to be acquainted with a person or place)I knowI don't know heryou knowdo you know her?I know her very wellto ask will you ask (to) him to wait for me

can you tell him to call me later? (4) 5.20are you having fun?, do you enjoy yourself? (si diverta is the imperative)have fun! enjoy yourself! do you speak Italian?to speakto eatwhat are you eating?you are leavingat what time are you leaving?what are you eating?do you speak Italian?why don't you speak Italian with me?(5) 6.13he is telling mewhat are you sayingI say, I tellwhy don't you tell me?why don't you tell it to me?I want to know itI have to know ithow are you? I am fine everything is going well will you have it fixedwill you let me know to showwill you show mesomethingcan you show me something?can you show me something, can you let/make me see something? (6) 6.36other the same thing I want the same thing for methe sameit is not the samethere isthere are a messagethere is a message for youpeople la gente (singular)many people there are many people here

how do you say it in Italian (lit. how does one say it)how does one say it (lit. it says itself)to writeI am writingwhy don't you write to me?why don't you call me?how does one say? how do you spell it? how does it write itself? (7) 3.42I sellyou are selling why don't you sell it?he is selling ithe was selling ithe used to sell itit is being sold it takes... it takes a lot of time how long does it take? how much time does it take?I am in a hurry, I have hurry I want to know how long it takes because I am in a hurryI am leaving, I am departingI am leaving, I am going outat what time are you going out?(8) 11.37I am leaving, I am goingI am going myself away from it I have to go nowI have to go myself away I am sorry but I cannot wait because it is taking too long and I am in a hurryI have to go now, I have to go away nowto sendwill you tell him to send it to me today because I need itwe have finished studying Italian today

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