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| A: Top 25 Italian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 25: How much is this 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 ""How much is this?"" In Italian this is |
| B: Quanto costa questo? |
| The first word in the question "How much is this?" is |
| B: quanto |
| A: ""meaning how much"" in English. Listen to it syllable by syllable. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) quanto |
| A: Listen again at natural speed. Please repeat. |
| B: quanto |
| {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, How much is this? is |
| B: costa |
| A: meaning costs in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) costa |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: costa |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| B: quanto costa |
| {pause} |
| And after that |
| B: questo |
| A: meaning this in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) questo |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: questo |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: quanto costa questo |
| {pause} |
| A: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question How much is this?? |
| B: Sono 4 Euro. |
| A: ""It's 4 Euro.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) Sono 4 Euro. |
| {pause} |
| A: But let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: Sono |
| A: meaning they are. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) Sono |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: Sono |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| B: 4 |
| meaning 4. Listen to it syllable by syllable. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) 4 |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: 4 |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: euro |
| which is the name euro. Listen to it syllable by syllable. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) euro |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: euro |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, It's 4 Euro., and then repeat. |
| B: Sono 4 Euro. |
| {pause} |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace 4 Euro with ten euro. |
| B: dieci euro |
| A: ten euro |
| B: (slow) dieci euro (regular) dieci euro |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ten euro |
| B: Sono dieci euro. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 4 Euro. Say It's ten euro. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono dieci euro. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace ten euro with hundred euro. |
| B: cento euro |
| A: hundred euro |
| B: (slow) cento euro (regular) cento euro |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with hundred euro |
| B: Sono cento euro. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for ten euro. Say It's hundred euro. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono cento euro. |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace hundred euro with one euro and fifty cents. |
| B: un euro e cinquanta centesimi |
| A: one euro and fifty cents |
| B: (slow) un euro e cinquanta centesimi (regular) un euro e cinquanta centesimi |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with one euro and fifty cents |
| B: Sono 4 Euro. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for hundred euro. Say It's one euro and fifty cents. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sono 4 Euro. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Italy and a stranger asks you how much something is. It is 4 Euro. Respond to the question. |
| B: Quanto costa questo? (five seconds) Sono 4 Euro. |
| A: Now imagine it's ten euro Respond to the question. |
| B: Quanto costa questo? (five seconds) Sono dieci euro. |
| A: Imagine it's hundred euro. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Quanto costa questo? (five seconds) Sono cento euro. |
| A: Imagine you're one euro and fifty cents. Respond to the question. |
| B: Quanto costa questo? (five seconds) Sono 4 Euro. |
| A: You want to learn how much something is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: Quanto costa questo? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 25 |
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