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INTRODUCTION
Asia: Hi everyone, I'm Asia.
Daniele: And I'm Daniele.
Asia: And welcome to Must-Know Italian Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 8. Using the Expression "My favorite."
Asia: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for talking about what you like the most.
PATTERN
Asia: For example,
Asia: "My favorite color is red."
Daniele: Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
Daniele: [slow] Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
Asia: The pattern for talking about what you like the most has 4 elements. First, a noun phrase, in this case "my color." Note that it includes the possessive adjective “my”.
Daniele: il mio colore.
Asia: Second, meaning "favorite."
Daniele: preferito.
Asia: Third, the verb "to be", conjugated in the third person singular.
Daniele: è.
Asia: And last, a noun or noun phrase, in this case "red."
Daniele: il rosso.
Asia: Altogether, we have.. "My favorite color is red."
Daniele: Il mio colore preferito è il rosso. [slow] Il mio colore preferito è il rosso. [normal] Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
Asia: When you talk about what you like the most, add the adjective...
Daniele: preferito
Asia: meaning “favorite" after the noun it refers to. The adjective
Daniele: preferito
Asia: matches with a masculine, singular noun. The feminine form is
Daniele: preferita
Asia: and it matches with a feminine, singular noun.
Daniele: Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
Asia: So remember to add the adjective meaning “favorite” after the noun it refers to.
Asia: Here is another example meaning, "My favorite dish is pasta with tomato sauce." First, a noun phrase, in this case "my dish." Note that it includes the possessive adjective “my”.
Daniele: il mio piatto.
Asia: Second, meaning "favorite."
Daniele: preferito.
Asia: Third, verb "to be", conjugated in the third person singular.
Daniele: è.
Asia: And last, a noun or noun phrase, in this case "pasta with tomato sauce."
Daniele: la pasta al pomodoro..
Asia: Altogether we have..
Daniele: Il mio piatto preferito è la pasta al pomodoro. [slow] Il mio piatto preferito è la pasta al pomodoro. [normal] Il mio piatto preferito è la pasta al pomodoro.
Asia: "My favorite dish is pasta with tomato sauce."
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio piatto preferito è la pasta al pomodoro.
Asia: How do you say - "My favorite game is 'Uno'.”? To give you a hint, "game" is..
Daniele: gioco. [slow] gioco. [normal] gioco.
Asia: My favorite game is 'Uno'.
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio gioco preferito è 'Uno'. [slow] Il mio gioco preferito è 'Uno'. [normal] Il mio gioco preferito è 'Uno'.
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio gioco preferito è 'Uno'.
REVIEW
Asia: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I will give you the English equivalent of the phrase and you are responsible for shouting it out loud in Italian. Here we go.
Asia: "My favorite color is red."
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
Asia: "My favorite dish is pasta with tomato sauce."
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio piatto preferito è la pasta al pomodoro.
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio piatto preferito è la pasta al pomodoro.
Asia: "My favorite game is 'Uno'."
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio gioco preferito è 'Uno'.
[pause]
Daniele: Il mio gioco preferito è 'Uno'.

Outro
Asia: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for talking about what you like the most , as in..
Daniele: Il mio colore preferito è il rosso.
Asia: meaning "My favorite color is red."
Asia: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on ItalianPod101.com. Thanks everyone, see you next time!
Daniele: A presto!

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