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Today we're talking about pick-up lines. Learn all the Italian you need to introduce yourself to a stranger, or to ward off a stranger who's interested in meeting you!
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lemykh says
November 25, 2008
ciao ragazzi
bella lezione,ma imparare l'italiano e' diventato difficile per me,molte molte phrase,non lo so come mettere le parole per fare una phrase,per esempio:(Provaci con Sara, secondo me ci sta)che significa ci sta in questa phrase?
grazie mille:)
ire_ne says
November 25, 2008
lemykh,
non ti preoccupare non è diventato difficile per te è che quella è una frase difficile, si usa nel parlato ma l'ho voluta mettere perchè si usa spesso.
In questa frase "ci sta" significa "essere d`accordo".
In inglese la frase potrebbe essere tradotta come "Hit on Sara, in my opinion she'll be ok with it" or " Hit on Sara, in my opinion she goes for it".
Hope that I cleared it up.
missworldtraveler says
November 25, 2008
Thanks Catherine for speaking slower and clearly. I truly appreciate the effort.
Did you write this one, Marco? Thanks for the tip on the two words. It was very helpful.
italiangirl_in_lov says
November 29, 2008
ha! i thought that this was what you say ah funny! thanks also Catherine for speaking slowly.
catherinem says
November 30, 2008
missworldtraveler, italiangirl_in_lov,
No problem! My goal is to make sure that what's going on in the podcasts is accessible and understandable to all of our listeners!
Catherine
taylorbrazil says
November 30, 2008
This is a really silly question, I know. However, I noticed that when you are ending or starting a lesson you say "ciao". (Sorry I'm relating this to Portuguese and Spanish because it's what I know) In Portuguese, "tchau" is used only for saying goodbye. Spanish "chau" is the same. How and when can you use "ciao" in Italian?
ire_ne says
November 30, 2008
Ciao taylorbrasil and welcome to ItalianPod!
Yours is not a silly question, don`t worry!
"ciao" is used in italian both for "hi" and "bye" so we use it when we start and when we end a lesson!
Ciao!
spanishlearners says
December 3, 2008
I remember in one lesson that ciao is slightly different between hi and goodbye, i don't know maybe the way or the stress or something, ire_ne can you please elaborate on that.
And taylorbrasil I have had people that lived in italy for years who said ciao is only goodye so don't worry (they are not italian btw).
ire_ne says
December 3, 2008
Spanishlearners,
there's no difference between the "hi ciao" and the "goodbye ciao". The word is the same. Every word in italian can change the intonation so also "ciao" does. But the intonation depends on the emotion not on the action. So a surprised ciao can be an "hi ciao" or a "goodbye ciao". Or a sad ciao can be an "hi ciao" (when u meet someone that u don't wanna meet) or a "goodbye ciao" (when u need to say goodbye to a person that u don`t wanna leave).
Hope that I cleared it up.