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Lesson Introduction
Today's lesson is absolutely essential. You'll learn all the Italian you need for describing things that don't work!
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billkaulitzlover says
October 12, 2008
La batteria del mio cellulare non funziona!
ericfoster4587 says
October 13, 2008
Grazie mille from Shanghai China
missworldtraveler says
October 13, 2008
Thanks for clarifying the proper usage of the verb funzionare.
anna8 says
October 14, 2008
Mi piace molto questa lezione perché tutte le parte funzionano.
catherinem says
October 15, 2008
Thanks for beating me to the punch, eruworld and anna8! Mi dispiace che non funzioni la batteria del tuo cellulare, ma sono contenta che funzionano tutte le parti di questa lezione! For everyone else:
What are some things of yours that work (or don't work)??
Il mio computer è molto vecchio. Non funziona mai!
kristina_vrankic says
October 15, 2008
my studying of ˝civil law˝ non funziona!
rogerdouglas says
October 16, 2008
This is nothing to do with the lesson, ut I just wanted to say Hi from Tuscany. My first visit to Italy. I am only at newbie level in Italian, but it has been useful to be able to ask for directions etc.
Most people here seem to speak some English, at least in the towns and cities, due to the large number of American tourists.
Enjoying the lessons.
--Roger
catherinem says
October 16, 2008
Thanks for the comment, Roger.
Welcome to the site, I hope you find the content useful! Most importantly enjoy Tuscany...
If you have any questions about the lessons or things you're hearing on the street don't hesitate to ask!
Catherine
marcod says
October 16, 2008
Kristina: studia di più! ;)
Roger: have fun in Tuscany!
ire_ne says
October 17, 2008
Tuscany, good choice Roger, I'm from there ;-)
If u need some advice I'm here ;-)
salsagrrl375 says
October 23, 2008
I'm not sure which lesson to post this in; I'm trying to figure out the difference between "frenare" and "rompere." Are they equivalent?
I have to say I LOVE this site! I've checked out a bunch of other Italian language sites, and none of them compare. You make each lesson fun and entertaining, the dialogues are funny, always with useful vocabulary, idioms and expressions, and Marco and Catherine are just so fun to listen to. :-)
I swear, on all the other sites I checked out the hosts were so obviously reading-from-a-script-and-sounding-like-robots -- BLEAH!
You guys ROCK!
I'm leaving in a week for 2 1/2 weeks in Italy (Rome for 7 nights, Siena for 1, Florence for 4, Venice for 3), studied Italian for 4 semesters in college, but have not had a chance to use it since, [ahem] years later. What a godsend that I discovered your site! I think I have a chance of sounding like a slow 5-year old now! ;-)
-Melissa
ire_ne says
October 23, 2008
Hi salsagrrl375!
"Frenare" and "rompere" are two words of different meaning.
1 "Frenare" is "to brake", "to stop".
es : frenare la macchina, frenare la bicicletta.
2 "Rompere" is "to break"
es : rompere un vetro, rompere un piatto, rompere un giocattolo.
Hope that I cleared it up.
Thanks for the compliments, but I think that Catherine and Marco deserve them more then me so they need to reply.
Buon viaggio in Italia! if u need some advice for Siena and Florence don't hesitate to ask I know them very well ;-)
marcod says
October 24, 2008
salsagrrl375,
grazie mille per tutti i complimenti!
Sounds like you're going to have a very nice trip around Italy.
Make sure to listen to our Culture show "Ci scusiamo per il ritardo" about Venice coming out tomorrow if you want to know some travel advice.
And keep us updated on your trip, we want to hear all about it!
daboone says
February 19, 2009
Il mio telefono cellulare non funziona.
monty_p says
February 19, 2009
Mio naso non funziona (perche ho un raffreddore).