Learn how to ask and answer the question "What's this?"
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| A: Top 25 Italian questions you need to know, lesson 22. What's this in Italian? |
| A: 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. |
| A: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question, What's this? In Italian, this is... |
| B: Che cosa è questo? |
| A: The first word in the question is... |
| B: Che. |
| A: Meaning 'what' in English. |
| B: Che. |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: Che. |
| 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: Cosa. |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: Cosa. |
| A: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| B: Che cosa. |
| A: And next, |
| B: È, |
| A: Meaning 'is'. |
| B: È. |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: È. |
| A: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| B: Che cosa è. [more commonly > che cos'è] |
| A: And after that, |
| B: Questo, |
| A: Meaning 'this'. |
| B: Questo. |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: Questo. |
| A: Now listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: Che cosa è questo? [more commonly > Che cos'è questo?] |
| A: Now, master the following pattern and responses to the question, What's this? It's a camera. |
| B: È una fotocamera. |
| A: Again, slowly. |
| B: È una fotocamera. |
| A: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word, |
| B: È, |
| A: Means 'is'. |
| B: È. |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: È. |
| A: And next, |
| B: Una, |
| A: Meaning 'a'. |
| B: Una. |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: Una. |
| A: And next, |
| B: Fotocamera, |
| A: Meaning 'camera'. |
| B: Fotocamera. |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: Fotocamera. |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, It's a camera, and then repeat. |
| B: È una fotocamera. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace camera with computer. |
| B: Computer. |
| A: Computer. |
| B: Computer. |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with computer. |
| B: È un computer. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace camera. Say, It's a computer. |
| B: È un computer. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace computer with mobile phone. |
| B: Cellulare. |
| A: Mobile phone. |
| B: Cellulare. |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with mobile phone. |
| B: È un cellulare. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for computer. Say, It's a mobile phone. |
| B: È un cellulare. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace mobile phone with electronic dictionary. |
| B: Vocabolario elettronico. |
| A: Electronic dictionary. |
| B: Vocabolario elettronico. |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with electronic dictionary. |
| B: È un vocabolario elettronico. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the word for mobile phone. Say, It's an electronic dictionary. |
| B: È un vocabolario elettronico. |
| A: Okay, now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting Italy and someone asks you what something is. They're asking about a camera. Respond to the question. |
| B: Che cosa è questo? [more commonly > Che cos'è questo?] |
| B: È una fotocamera. |
| A: Now imagine that it's a computer. Respond to the question. |
| B: Che cosa è questo? [more commonly > Che cos'è questo?] |
| B: È un computer. |
| A: Now imagine that it's a mobile phone. Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Che cosa è questo? [more commonly > Che cos'è questo?] |
| B: È un cellulare. |
| A: Now imagine that it's an electronic dictionary. Respond to the question. |
| B: Che cosa è questo? [more commonly > Che cos'è questo?] |
| B: È un vocabolario elettronico. |
| A: Now you want to ask someone what something is. Ask them the question. |
| B: Che cosa è questo? [more commonly > Che cos'è questo?] |
| A: This is the end of lesson 22. |
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