Learn how to ask and answer the question "Do you speak Italian?"
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| A: Top 25 Italian Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 5: Do you speak 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 ""Do you speak Italian?"" In Italian this is |
| B: Parli Italiano? |
| The first word in the question is |
| B: parli |
| A: ""meaning you speak"" in English. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) parli |
| A: Listen again and repeat. |
| B: parli |
| {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: Italiano |
| A: meaning Italian. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) Italiano |
| A: Now repeat. |
| B: Italiano |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| B: parli Italiano |
| {pause} |
| A: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Do you speak Italian?? |
| B: Sì, parlo un po'. |
| A: ""Yes, I speak a little.. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| B: (Slow) Sì, parlo un po'. |
| {pause} |
| To say ""no,"" in a simple way, just say: |
| B: No, mi dispiace. |
| A: Which is like saying No, I am sorry. in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| B: (Slowly) No, mi dispiace. |
| A: And one more time at normal speed: |
| B: No, mi dispiace. |
| A: But let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| B: sì |
| A: meaning yes. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) sì |
| A: Now repeat |
| B: sì |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: parlo |
| meaning I speak. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) parlo |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: parlo |
| {Pause} |
| A: And after that |
| B: un |
| meaning something like a. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) un |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: un |
| {Pause} |
| A: And next |
| B: po' |
| meaning little. |
| B: (Slow, by syllable) po' |
| A:Now repeat. |
| B: po' |
| {Pause} |
| A: Listen to the speaker say, Yes, I speak a little., and then repeat. |
| B: Sì, parlo un po'. |
| {pause} |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace a little with well. |
| B: bene |
| A: well |
| B: (slow) bene (regular) bene |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with well |
| B: Sì, parlo bene. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace a little. Say Yes, I speak well. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sì, parlo bene. |
| A: To use a different phrase, replace well with so so. |
| B: così così |
| A: so so |
| B: (slow) così così |
| (regular) così così |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with so so |
| B: Sì, parlo così così |
| . |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for well. Say Yes, I speak so so. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sì, parlo così così |
| . |
| A: To expand on the pattern, replace so so with fluently. |
| B: fluentemente |
| A: fluently |
| B: (slow) fluentemente (regular) fluentemente |
| A: Listen to the phrase again, this time with fluently |
| B: Sì, parlo fluentemente. |
| A: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace the {lang} for so so. Say Yes, I speak fluently. |
| {pause} |
| B: Sì, parlo fluentemente. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Italy and someone asks you if you speak Italian . You want to answer that you speak a little. Respond to the question. |
| B: Parli Italiano? (five seconds) Sì, parlo un po'. |
| A: Now you want to answer that you speak well Respond to the question. |
| B: Parli Italiano? (five seconds) Sì, parlo bene. |
| A: You want to answer that you speak so so. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| B: Parli Italiano? (five seconds) Sì, parlo così così |
| . |
| A: Now you want to answer that you speak fluently. Respond to the question. |
| B: Parli Italiano? (five seconds) Sì, parlo fluentemente. |
| A: Now you want to know ask someone if they speak Italian. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| B: Parli Italiano? |
| {pause} |
| A: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| B: Parli Italiano? |
| {pause} |
| A: This is the end of Lesson 5 |
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