Learn how to use the hypothetical period
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Cinzia: Ciao a tutti. Ben tornati su italianpod101. |
| Marco: Marco here. Lower intermediate series, season 1, lesson #16. Hungry? Try This Italian Dinner. Hello and welcome to the italianpod101.com, the fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn Italian. |
| Cinzia: I am Cinzia and thanks again for being here with us for this lower intermediate series lesson. Are you okay today Marco? |
| Marco: Yes pretty good. |
| Cinzia: Ready for the weekend? |
| Marco: Oh yes, even though it’s only Wednesday, I can’t wait to lie on my sofa and watch TV series all the weekend. |
| Cinzia: Umm I guess you won’t go out for another weekend, will you? |
| Marco: What’s today’s lesson about Cinzia? |
| Cinzia: In this lesson, you will learn how to use the hypothetical period. |
| Marco: This conversation takes place in the restaurant. |
| Cinzia: And it’s between Giulia and Manuel. |
| Marco: The speakers are friends. So they will be speaking informal Italian. |
| Cinzia: Ciao. I am Cinzia and welcome to lower intermediate series at italianpod101.com |
| Marco: This lesson is one part of the lower intermediate series. |
| Cinzia: You can find the rest of the lessons at |
| Marco: Italianpod101.com. Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| Cinzia: What’s the tone Marco? |
| Marco: It’s today’s tone. |
| Cinzia: Oh wow! |
| Marco: Tomorrow’s tone will be slightly different. |
| Cinzia: Oh okay! Let’s start the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Giulia: La cena è veramente ottima. |
| Manuel: Davvero, in questo ristorante il cibo è delizioso. |
| Giulia: Già... Accidenti! |
| Manuel: Cosa c’è? |
| Giulia: Mi sta chiamando Marcella. Si, pronto? Ah ok allora ci vediamo dopo. |
| Manuel: Tutto a posto? |
| Giulia: Sì. Dopo cena andiamo in centro che ci aspetta Marcella. |
| Manuel: Ah sì? |
| Giulia: Sì, non te lo avevo detto? |
| Manuel: No. |
| Giulia: Se ci portassero presto il dolce, potremmo partire tra dieci minuti. |
| Marco: Let’s hear it slowly now. |
| Giulia: La cena è veramente ottima. |
| Manuel: Davvero, in questo ristorante il cibo è delizioso. |
| Giulia: Già... Accidenti! |
| Manuel: Cosa c’è? |
| Giulia: Mi sta chiamando Marcella. Si, pronto? Ah ok allora ci vediamo dopo. |
| Manuel: Tutto a posto? |
| Giulia: Sì. Dopo cena andiamo in centro che ci aspetta Marcella. |
| Manuel: Ah sì? |
| Giulia: Sì, non te lo avevo detto? |
| Manuel: No. |
| Giulia: Se ci portassero presto il dolce, potremmo partire tra dieci minuti. |
| Marco: And now, with the translation. |
| Giulia: La cena è veramente ottima. |
| Giulia: The dinner is really good. |
| Manuel: Davvero, in questo ristorante il cibo è delizioso. |
| Manuel: Indeed, in this restaurant the food is delicious. |
| Giulia: Già... Accidenti! |
| Giulia: Yes... Damn! |
| Manuel: Cosa c’è? |
| Manuel: What's wrong? |
| Giulia: Mi sta chiamando Marcella. Si, pronto? Ah ok allora ci vediamo dopo. |
| Giulia: Marcella is calling me. Yes, hello? Okay, I'll see you later then. |
| Manuel: Tutto a posto? |
| Manuel: Is everything okay? |
| Giulia: Sì. Dopo cena andiamo in centro che ci aspetta Marcella. |
| Giulia: Yes. We are going to meet up with Marcella after dinner; she's waiting for us downtown. |
| Manuel: Ah sì? |
| Manuel: Really? |
| Giulia: Sì, non te lo avevo detto? |
| Giulia: Yes, didn't I tell you? |
| Manuel: No. |
| Manuel: No, you didn't. |
| Giulia: Se ci portassero presto il dolce, potremmo partire tra dieci minuti. |
| Giulia: If they brought us the dessert soon, we could leave in ten minutes. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Cinzia: Marco, how long do you think Manuel will have to struggle to reach Giulia’s heart? |
| Marco: I think the guy is pretty smart. He is working on it. |
| Cinzia: So you think he is trying to conquer her very slowly. |
| Marco: Yeah. |
| Cinzia: Is that how you would do? |
| Marco: Ah well! I think it’s better not to rush into things if you want to start a relationship. |
| Cinzia: Yeah I totally agree. Shall we take a look at today’s vocabulary then? |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Marco: Yep. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. Today’s first word is |
| Cinzia: Cena. |
| Marco: Dinner. |
| Cinzia: Cena. Cena. |
| Marco: Next word |
| Cinzia: Veramente. |
| Marco: Really |
| Cinzia: Veramente. Veramente. |
| Marco: Next word |
| Cinzia: Cibo. |
| Marco: Food. |
| Cinzia: Cibo. Cibo. |
| Marco: Next word |
| Cinzia: Accidenti! |
| Marco: Damn! |
| Cinzia: Accidenti. Accidenti! |
| Marco: You can use this exclamation, accidenti, when something has happened and well, you are a bit surprised, you are also badly surprised by something. For example, if Cinzia walks by my computer and then she mistakenly makes some water fall on my keyboard, I would say Accidenti! |
| Cinzia: Well I guess you wouldn’t say that but something pretty different because your computer is maybe more valuable than your life. |
| Marco: Ah but I was…Yes that’s why I said keyboard and I have an external keyboard so… |
| Cinzia: Oh all right. So it’s not your computer… |
| Marco: No. |
| Cinzia: But it’s the keyboard. |
| Marco: Yes. |
| Cinzia: Oh okay. So… |
| Marco: That’s an accidenti. |
| Cinzia: That’s accidenti. Okay I agree. |
| Marco: Yes something more, yeay! We are not going to tell you guys now. |
| Cinzia: Yes but if you want to know, post something in the forum. |
| Marco: Yes next word. |
| Cinzia: Pronto? |
| Marco: Hello? |
| Cinzia: Pronto. Pronto? |
| Marco: Next we have an expression. |
| Cinzia: Tutto a posto. |
| Marco: Everything okay. |
| Cinzia: Tutto a posto. Tutto a posto. |
| Marco: Next word |
| Cinzia: Presto. |
| Marco: Soon, early. |
| Cinzia: Presto. Presto. |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Marco: Let’s have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Cinzia: The first word we will look at is cena. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: è pronta la cena? |
| Marco: Is dinner ready? |
| Cinzia: The next word is veramente. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is? |
| Cinzia: Stasera sei veramente bella. |
| Marco: You are really beautiful this evening. Now this is a nice phrase, isn’t it? |
| Cinzia: Thank you Marco. |
| Marco: No, no, no I mean any of our students, male students can say to their girlfriends or girls they like stasera sei veramente bella. Then just look at them in the eyes and take off. |
| Cinzia: Grazie. |
| Marco: The next word is more my style and that is |
| Cinzia: Cibo. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Mi piace il cibo indiano. |
| Marco: I like Indian food. |
| Cinzia: The next word is accidenti. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Sei pronta per partire? Accidenti, ho dimenticato il regalo. |
| Marco: Are you ready to leave? Damn! I forgot the present. |
| Cinzia: The next word is: pronto? |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Pronto? Ciao Mary, come stai? |
| Marco: Hello? Hi Mary, how are you doing? |
| Cinzia: Next we have an expression, tutto a posto. |
| Marco: And the sample sentence is |
| Cinzia: Non ti preoccupare, è tutto a posto. |
| Marco: Don’t worry, everything is okay. |
| Cinzia: And the last word is presto. |
| Marco: So the last sample sentence for today is |
| Cinzia: Se vogliamo andare al mare, dobbiamo partire presto. |
| Marco: If we want to go to the sea, we have to leave early. |
Lesson focus |
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| Marco: Let’s take a look at today’s grammar point. There are many fixed expressions, exclamation and words that are used only in certain context such as answering phone calls, expressing astonishment and so on. |
| Cinzia: While these words have their own meaning when inserted into a sentence, they are not to be seen as fixed expressions. Ah si? Accidenti! and Pronto? all fall into this category. |
| Marco: These were originally full sentences which were then abbreviated by speakers to the evolution of the language in time. |
| Cinzia: This is why we normally find it difficult to trace their meaning especially when translating from another language. |
| Marco: The easiest way to deal with this kind of expressions is to see them as simple equivalents of related English expressions. |
| Cinzia: Next topic. Giulia says: se ci portassero presto il dolce, potremmo partire tra 10 minuti. |
| Marco: Using the type 2 hypothetical period, she conveys her personal opinion about the connection of cause and effect. |
| Cinzia: So this means that she doesn’t really believe that the waiter will serve the dessert soon, though it is still possible. |
| Marco: The connection between the main and independent clause is the same as the type 1 period. If they bring the dessert soon, they will leave in 10 minutes. |
| Cinzia: The only difference between the type 1 and type 2 if clauses is that the former is used by speakers when they believe that the condition expressed in the subordinate clause is less likely to happen. |
| Marco: Both type 1 and 2 statements take place at the moment they are uttered. They do not refer to time in any way. |
Outro |
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| Marco: See you soon. |
| Cinzia: Ciao. |
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