Learn how to ask and answer the question "What are you doing?"
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| A: Top 25 Italian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 18: What are you doing in Italian? (In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Italian learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations.) |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question ""What are you doing?"" In Italian this is |
| B: Che cosa fai? |
| The first word in the question is |
| B: che |
| A: ""meaning something like what"" in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) che |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: che |
| {Pause} |
| A: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the English translation, breaking it down by syllable, and then giving it once more at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| B: cosa |
| A: meaning thing. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) cosa |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: cosa |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: che cosa |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| B: fai |
| A: meaning you do. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) fai |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: fai |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: che cosa fai |
| {pause} |
| A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What are you doing?? |
| B: Sto pensando. |
| A: ""I'm thinking.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) Sto pensando. |
| {pause} |
| A: But let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: sto |
| A: meaning something like I am. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) sto |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: sto |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: pensando |
| meaning thinking. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) pensando |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: pensando |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: |
| meaning thinking. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, I'm thinking., and then repeat. |
| B: Sto pensando. |
| {pause} |
| A: To make another phrase, replace thinking with studying. |
| B: studiando |
| A: studying |
| B: (slow) studiando (regular) studiando |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with studying |
| B: Sto studiando. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace thinking. Say I'm studying. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sto studiando. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace studying with resting. |
| B: riposando |
| A: resting |
| B: (slow) riposando (regular) riposando |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with resting |
| B: Sto riposando. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for studying. Say I'm resting. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sto riposando. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace resting with eating. |
| B: mangiando |
| A: eating |
| B: (slow) mangiando (regular) mangiando |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with eating |
| B: Sto mangiando. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for resting. Say I'm eating. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sto mangiando. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Italy and someone asks you what you're doing. You are thinking. Respond to the question. |
| B: Che cosa fai? (five seconds) Sto pensando. |
| A: Now imagine you are studying Respond to the question. |
| B: Che cosa fai? (five seconds) Sto studiando. |
| A: Imagine you are resting. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Che cosa fai? (five seconds) Sto riposando. |
| A: Imagine you're eating. Respond to the question. |
| B: Che cosa fai? (five seconds) Sto mangiando. |
| A: You want to ask someone what they are is doing. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: Che cosa fai? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 18 |
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