Learn about the second type of hypothetical period in Italian the periodo ipotetico della possibilità
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Cinzia: Salve a tutti. Sono Cinzia. |
| Marco: Marco here. Lower intermediate series, season 1, Lesson 11. Is There Room at the Italian Pizzeria? Buongiorno a tutti. Hi my name is Marco and I am joined here by Cinzia, come stai? |
| Cinzia: Benissimo, grazie. Hello everyone and welcome to the 11th lesson of lower intermediate series. |
| Marco: Here we take a broad approach to the language emphasizing listening comprehension |
| Cinzia: Speech and grammar |
| Marco: Vocabulary and usage. |
| Cinzia: So join us for this lesson of italianpod101.com |
| Marco: Today’s dialogue is all for Cinzia yeay! |
| Cinzia: Are you happy? |
| Marco: Evviva. |
| Cinzia: I am not. |
| Marco: Non è contenta. She is not happy. |
| Cinzia: But I am actually because in today’s lesson, we will be studying the second type of the hypothetical period. |
| Marco: That is the periodo ipotetico della possibilità. |
| Cinzia: Yes so in the previous lesson, we saw periodo ipotetico della realtà. |
| Marco: Instead today it’s the possibility, la possibilità. |
| Cinzia: Be ready for me reading two people in the dialogue and the new grammar. |
| Marco: Yes and in today’s dialogue, Cinzia will be Giulia and Marcella. |
| Cinzia: Thank you Marco. |
| Marco: Grazie, I mean prego. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Giulia: Domani sera vado a cena con Manuel. |
| Marcella: Dove andate a mangiare? |
| Giulia: Se Manuel prenotasse in tempo andremmo a La Diligenza. |
| Marcella: Pensi che non chiamerà in tempo? |
| Giulia: Si, è sempre così occupato. |
| Marco: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
| Giulia: Domani sera vado a cena con Manuel. |
| Marcella: Dove andate a mangiare? |
| Giulia: Se Manuel prenotasse in tempo andremmo a La Diligenza. |
| Marcella: Pensi che non chiamerà in tempo? |
| Giulia: Si, è sempre così occupato. |
| Marco: And now, with the translation. |
| Giulia: Domani sera vado a cena con Manuel. |
| Giulia: Tomorrow evening, I am going to dinner with Manuel. |
| Marcella: Dove andate a mangiare? |
| Marcella: Where are you going to eat? |
| Giulia: Se Manuel prenotasse in tempo andremmo a La Diligenza. |
| Giulia: If Manuel booked in time, we would go to La Diligenza. |
| Marcella: Pensi che non chiamerà in tempo? |
| Marcella: Do you think he won't call in time? |
| Giulia: Si, è sempre così occupato. |
| Giulia: Yes, he is always so busy. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Cinzia: So Marco, please take it from here. I am too tired now. |
| Marco: You are so tired. I can see it, you are sweating. |
| Cinzia: Yes. |
| Marco: Well it’s actually hard and hot also, so. |
| Cinzia: Okay so your turn. |
| Marco: Doing what? |
| Cinzia: I don’t know. Just say something please. I have just done two people in the dialogue. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Marco: Okay so let’s take a look at today’s vocabulary. |
| Cinzia: Is that all? |
| Marco: The first word is |
| Cinzia: Domani. |
| Marco: Tomorrow. |
| Cinzia: Domani. Domani. |
| Marco: And the next word is |
| Cinzia: Mangiare. |
| Marco: To eat |
| Cinzia: Mangiare. Mangiare. |
| Marco: Next word |
| Cinzia: Pensare. |
| Marco: To think, to believe |
| Cinzia: Pensare. Pensare. |
| Marco: And next word |
| Cinzia: Sempre. |
| Marco: Always |
| Cinzia: Sempre. Sempre. |
| Marco: The next word is |
| Cinzia: Così. |
| Marco: So |
| Cinzia: Così. Così. |
| Marco: And finally |
| Cinzia: Occupato. |
| Marco: Busy |
| Cinzia: Occupato. Occupato. |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Cinzia: And now let’s take a look at the usage for some of the words and expressions. The first word we will look at is domani. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Ci vediamo domani allora. |
| Marco: I will see you tomorrow then. |
| Cinzia: Next word is mangiare. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: è meglio non mangiare troppo. |
| Marco: It’s better not to eat too much especially in Italy. |
| Cinzia: Oh no! Come on. |
| Marco: Well you could eat to death in Italy. There is so much good food. |
| Cinzia: If you go on holiday to Italy, you have to eat a lot. You have to take advantage. |
| Marco: Yes but don’t overkill yourself, overeat yourself. |
| Cinzia: Well of course but maybe yeah, there is a risk with Italian food. |
| Marco: Yeah you never stop eating it especially I love pastry. The Italian pastries, oh boy! |
| Cinzia: You mean Pasticceria. |
| Marco: Yes Pasticceria ho, ho… |
| Cinzia: Oh my god! |
| Marco: So, so good. |
| Cinzia: Next we have a verb. Pensare. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Cosa ne pensi? |
| Marco: What do you think about it? |
| Cinzia: Next word is sempre. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Giulia è sempre gentile con me. |
| Marco: Giulia is always kind with me. |
| Cinzia: The next word we will look at is così. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: è così buono. |
| Marco: It’s so good. Again talking about good things, we never stop talking about food, do we? |
| Cinzia: Yes of course. It’s always in our mind. |
| Marco: Yeah and our stomach also. |
| Cinzia: Yes that’s for sure. Lastly we have another word which is occupato. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Questa settimana sono stato molto occupato. |
| Marco: I have been very busy this week. Now let’s take a look at today’s grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Cinzia: So as we said before, today we are going to study the periodo ipotetico, in particular periodo ipotetico della possibilità. |
| Marco: Of the possibility. Regarding its meaning, this hypothetical period is very similar to the periodo ipotetico della realtà, the one we saw in the past lesson. The main difference is that the condition expressed in the subordinate clause is less likely to happen though still possible. |
| Cinzia: In both types of if clauses, the main sentence refers to the future. Now please pay attention because we are going to take a look at two examples, one explaining the first type and the other one explaining the second. |
| Marco: Periodo ipotetico della realtà. |
| Cinzia: Se Mario ha la macchina, andiamo a fare una passeggiata in montagna. |
| Marco: If Mario has the car, we go hiking. |
| Cinzia: This is the first type of the hypothetical period that means periodo ipotetico della realtà. |
| Marco: It’s a very real possibility. It’s, let’s say, maybe 90% possible. |
| Cinzia: Yes in fact, because it’s real possibility it’s something that can really happen, we are expressing it with presente indicativo tense. |
| Marco: With the simple present. |
| Cinzia: The second example is Se Mario avesse la macchina, andremmo a fare una passeggiata in montagna. |
| Marco: If Mario had the car, we would go hiking. |
| Cinzia: This second sentence expresses the same identical connection of the sentence before except that the condition is less likely to happen. |
| Marco: For that reason, it is the periodo ipotetico della possibilità. |
| Cinzia: Which requires the congiuntivo presente |
| Marco: Present subjunctive |
| Cinzia: In the subordinate clause. Which requires the congiuntivo imperfetto |
| Marco: Imperfect subjunctive |
| Cinzia: In the subordinate clause. While it requires the condizionale presente |
| Marco: Present conditional. |
| Cinzia: In the main clause. Let me just repeat the example. Se Mario avesse la macchina, subordinate clause imperfect subjunctive, andremmo a fare una passeggiata in montagna, main clause present conditional. |
| Marco: But let’s have one last example for our students. |
| Cinzia: Se avessimo tempo, andremmo a fare shopping. |
| Marco: If we had time, we would go shopping. |
| Cinzia: Which is so true. |
Outro |
| Marco: But hey the lesson is finished. We can go. |
| Cinzia: Oh that’s true. Grazie a tutti, a presto. |
| Marco: Andiamo a fare shopping, ciao. |
| Cinzia: Ciao. |
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