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Welcome to Can-Do Italian by ItalianPod101.com
Buongiorno! Sono Felice Angelini.
Hi! I’m Felice Angelini.
In this lesson, you will learn how to give your email address in Italian.
Karen Lee is at city hall.
The office staff asks her in formal Italian, “Your email address, please.”
Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
Impiegata: Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
Karen Lee: Il mio indirizzo email è karen@innolang.com (kappa, a, erre, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com.)
Listen again to Karen’s response.
Karen Lee: Il mio indirizzo email è karen@innolang.com (kappa, a, erre, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com.)
Listen again to Karen’s response with the English translation.
Karen Lee: Il mio indirizzo email è karen@innolang.com (kappa, a, erre, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com.)
Translation: “My email address is karen@innolang.com. (kay, a, er, e, en, at sign, i, double en, o, el, a, en, gee, dot com.)
Let’s take a closer look at the request and the response.
First the request.
The clerk requests Karen’s email address by saying, “Your email address, please.”
Impiegata: Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
The first part is il the definite article il
suo is the formal way to say “your,” suo
Next, is a keyword. Remember this because you’ll see it again in Karen’s response.
indirizzo email “email address” indirizzo email
Indirizzo is a singular masculine noun, so the possessive adjective suo and the definite article il are also singular and masculine.
All together il suo indirizzo email. The polite form for “your email address.”
Last is the phrase, “Per favore.” meaning “please.” As in please do or give something. Per favore
Combining all the parts, Il suo indirizzo email, per favore. “Your email address, please.” Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
Let’s take a closer look at the response.
Karen Lee: Il mio indirizzo email è karen@innolang.com (kappa, a, erre, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com.)
Translation: “My email address is karen@innolang.com. (Kay, a, er, e, en, at sign, i, double en, o, el, a, en, gee, dot com.)
The first part is il the definite article il
Next, mio means “my.” mio
Together il mio “my.” il mio
Next, remember this word for email address?
indirizzo email means “email address”
All together we have Il mio indirizzo email, “my email address.”
Remember, since indirizzo is a singular masculine noun, also the possessive adjective mio and the definite article il are masculine.
È translates “is” È
Combining these parts, Il mio indirizzo email è… My email address is….
This is the key sentence pattern for your task.
Finally the email address, karen@innolang.com (said in Italian) karen@innolang.com
We can break this into 4 parts:
The name, Karen: kappa, a, erre, e, enne,
The @ mark: chiocciola,
The domain: i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi,
.com: punto com.
karen@innolang.com (kappa, a, erre, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com.)
Combining together all the parts, Il mio indirizzo email è karen@innolang.com (kappa, a, erre, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com.)
The key sentence pattern for your task is
Il mio indirizzo email è …
“My email address is…”
When we give the email address in Italian we usually don’t spell it right away. We first read it and then spell it, if it’s clear that the other person didn’t understand it.
Let’s look at some examples.
Here are two email addresses.
felice@innolang.com
ken@innolang.com
First, do you remember the phrase for “my”?
short pause
il mio, “my,” il mio
And the phrase for “email address?“
short pause
indirizzo email, “email address,” indirizzo email
And do you remember the word for “is”
short pause
è, “is,” è
These are pieces to the key sentence pattern Il mio indirizzo email è …, “My email address is….,” Il mio indirizzo email è …
Now, imagine this is your email address: felice@innolang.com (effe, e, elle, i, ci, e, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Use the response pattern to say, “My email address is felice@innolang.com”
The correct response is:
Il mio indirizzo email è felice@innolang.com.
(effe, e, elle, i, ci, e, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo email è felice@innolang.com.
(effe, e, elle, i, ci, e, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Let’s look at one more example:
Imagine this is your email address: ken@innolang.com
Say, “My email address is ken@innolang.com”
The correct response:
Il mio indirizzo email è ken@innolang.com (kappa, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo email è ken@innolang.com (kappa, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Now, let's practice using these email addresses:
m@innolang.com
ben@innolang.com
Remember the request by the clerk:
“Your email address, please.”
pause for a moment
Impiegata: Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
Remember this request. In this practice section, you’ll respond after the clerk’s request.
Now, imagine you’re Mark.
Your e-mail address is “m@innolang.com”
Point at the first email address
After the clerk’s request, use the sentence pattern to say, “My email address is m@innolang.com”
Ready?
Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
The correct response is:
Il mio indirizzo email è m@innolang.com (emme, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo email è m@innolang.com (emme, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Let’s try one more.
Imagine you’re Ben.
Your email address is ben@innolang.com.
Say, “My email address is `ben@innolang.com`.”
Ready?
Il suo indirizzo email, per favore.
The correct response:
Il mio indirizzo email è ben@innolang.com (bi, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
Listen again and repeat.
Il mio indirizzo email è ben@innolang.com (bi, e, enne, chiocciola, i, doppia enne, o, elle, a, enne, gi, punto com).
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