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The craziness of the stock exchange is our setting today: people buying and selling left and right. Join us and learn some key sales words!
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marcod says
October 20, 2008
Welcome to ItalianPod BazaarPod.
here's few things I'd like to comprare:
-un gelato al limone e lampone (lemon and raspberry ice cream).
-una drum machine.
-una camicia (a shirt).
and stuff I want to vendere:
-il mio iPod rotto (my broken iPod).
-il gatto della mia vicina di casa (my neighbour's cat).
-la mia vicina di casa (my neighbour).
Voi cosa volete comprare e vendere?
Anyone interested? :)
babyphatchik says
October 20, 2008
This is actually kind of easy when you know Spanish since the words are pretty similar.
marcod says
October 20, 2008
babyphatchik, yes very similar. The only difference is we know how to pronounce a V and not a B!!!
just kidding, just kidding!;)
babyphatchik says
October 20, 2008
haha! =D
anna8 says
October 20, 2008
Vorrei vendere la mia pala da neve (snow shovel) e comprare una villa in Italia :-D
ire_ne says
October 20, 2008
Non credo che ti bastera' per comprare una casa, in ogni caso io sono con te!!!
E vai con la casa in Italia!!!
spanishimen says
October 21, 2008
hello everybody,
i'm sorry ! i can't understand italian and i have to learn it very soon !
Can you help me please !
lemykh says
October 21, 2008
vorrei comprare un nuovo orologio,e vendere la mia suocera:))ti scherzo:))
billkaulitzlover says
October 21, 2008
E io voglio vendere il mio fratello! LoL
belalamarat says
October 21, 2008
e io voglio comprare un albergho ma non ce'lo tanti soldi. che faccio
penso che sia molto difficile
ire_ne says
October 21, 2008
lemykh, vendere la suocera e comprare un orologio è una bella idea! Anyway u need to say scherzo! not "ti scherzo" you don't need "ti".
Euroworld your brother get u angry? ;-)
Belalamarat per comprare un albergo ci vogliono tanti soldi! Se non ce li hai è un casino ;-) Anyway the correct sentence is "non ho tanti soldi" not "ce'lo tanti soldi".
1 you don't need "ce"
2 "lo" should have been "lo ho" that is "l`ho" that is "non ho quello" but u don't need "lo" because the direct object is "soldi" and u don't need to use others particles.
Let me know if I didn't clear it up.
ire_ne says
October 21, 2008
Spanishman we can help you if u listen to ItalianPod!
If you're spanish it's not a big deal, trust me ;-)
ragazzoaustriaco says
October 27, 2008
Vorrei vendere i miei azioni però non posso perchè non valgono due soldi :((((
I would like to sell my shares but I can't because are not worth a tinker's cuss
ragazzoaustriaco says
October 27, 2008
Per favore spiegate un po le forme diverse di imperativo (forma di cortesia e negazione) perchè qualche volte e una cosa sconcertante. Grazie!
(Forse questo e anche una cosa per "Resources")
catherinem says
October 28, 2008
Ragazzoaustriaco,
I know those imperatives can be really difficult! I've just added a grammar guide entry on this topic called "Imperatives." You should check it out and feel free to ask any questions if there are still things your don't understand.
Catherine
ragazzoaustriaco says
October 29, 2008
Grazie mille Catherine! Just what I needed!
sivo says
November 6, 2008
i took a text in college well i translated it but i still dnt get its meaning can i write 2 u and help me if y cant its ok but i am in trouble cauze its my first time 2 take italian
cwparla says
November 10, 2008
Vorrei comprare pizza e chocolato- ho fame!
ire_ne says
November 10, 2008
cwparla,
pizza e cioccolato (non chocolato). Buoni!
Hope not pizza with cioccolato, hope that u eat first pizza and then cioccolato as a dessert ;-)
mgunduz says
June 18, 2009
Hi,
I have a question :P
In this dialogue, does the person sometimes give order and sometimes not?
compra!
muoviti!
aspetta!
vendi!
they are finished sometimes with "a", sometimes with "i".
If I say "compri", does that ALSO mean "you buy"?
why we say compra instead of compri?
ok mom :)
grazie :)
catherinem says
June 18, 2009
@mgunduz That's a great question! There are many imperatives in this dialog. Sometimes third person singular imperatives end in an -i, sometimes in an -a.
I recommend you take a look at this grammar guide entry to find out the rules for conjugating imperatives (commands)!
As a quick note - you're right, sometimes the conjugation for he/she in the imperative is exactly the same as the conjugation for tu in the indicative present.
Let me know if you still have questions after looking over the grammar guide entry on the topic!
mgunduz says
June 19, 2009
Hi Catherine,
Thank you very much for your reply and the grammer guide link.
This explains everything!
"muoviti" and "vendi" are examples of these verbs :)
Thanks!
catherinem says
June 21, 2009
@mgunduz Glad I could help :)