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INTRODUCTION
Ciao! Hello and welcome back to Italian survival phrases brought to you by ItalianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Italy. You will be surprised at how far a little Italian will go.
Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment.
Today we're going to work on getting your package one step closer to its intended destination.

Lesson focus
In the previous lesson, we discussed the phrase "I would like to send this package to Buenos Aires," which was vorrei inviare questo pacco a Buenos Aires.
Vorrei inviare questo pacco a Buenos Aires.
Let’s break it down by syllable: Vorrei inviare questo pacco a Buenos Aires.
Again, the location is interchangeable.
When sending a package though, you will probably have to explain what's in the package. You may even be asked, "What's in the package?" which in Italian is cosa c’è nel pacco?
cosa c’è nel pacco?
Let’s break it down by syllable: cosa c’è nel pacco?
Now let's hear it once again: cosa c’è nel pacco?
The first word cosa means “what."
Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: cosa
Cosa
This is followed by c’è, which in English is "there is."
C’è
C’è
This is followed by nel which is the Italian for “in the” and then finally we have pacco which you already know, “package."
So to recap here, we have che c’è nel pacco?. Literally this means what is there in the package?
So all together we have cosa c’è nel pacco?
If you want to be sure to name all the things you are sending correctly, bring a dictionary, you might need it when the clerks ask you about the content.
Another way in which you can be asked "what’s in the package" is che contiene il pacco?
che contiene il pacco?
Which literally means “what does the package contain?"
Che contiene il pacco?
The first word che means “what,"
Che
Che
then you have contiene “it contains."
Contiene
contiene
Finally you have il, the definite article for masculine nouns “the” and pacco “package."
Pacco
Pacco
All together we have che contiene il pacco? which literally means “what does the package contain?"
Please remember that even in Italy, as in many other countries there are some rules for things you can or you cannot send. So you can learn about these issues visiting the Italian post website www.posteitaliane.it

Outro
Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so buona fortuna, which means “good luck” in Italian.
“I would like to send this package to Buenos Aires.” - Vorrei inviare questo pacco a Buenos Aires.
Vorrei inviare questo pacco a Buenos Aires.
Vorrei inviare questo pacco a Buenos Aires.
“What's in the package?” - Cosa c’è nel pacco?
Cosa c’è nel pacco?
Cosa c’è nel pacco?
“What does the package contain?” - Che contiene il pacco?
Che contiene il pacco?
Che contiene il pacco?
That’s going to do it for today. Remember to stop by ItalianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Ciao ciao!

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