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MICHEL THOMAS ITALIAN (ADVANCED) COURSE, 4 CDs

TRANSCRIPT

This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often changed his mind in

the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the students. The

booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so I have written thistranscript. I have found it useful, so maybe other people will, too.

Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript, withoutbuying the recordings.

Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no mistakes.

Tracks and track times in the recording are shown in brackets.

Version 2, August 4th 2006

Transcribed by JK

CD 1 (70.14)

(1) 11.18I am very happy to be here with you sono molto contento di essere qui con Lei

with all of you con Loro, con voi

I would like to see it vorrei vederloI want it now lo voglio adesso

I want some of it now ne voglio adesso

I bought some ne ho comprato

I didn't buy any because I didn't find any non ne ho comprato perch non ne ho trovato

can you tell me where it is? pu dirmi dov'?

can you tell me where one can find it? pu dirmi dove si pu trovare?how does one say it in Italian? come si dice?I like to see it mi piace vederlo

I would like to see it vorrei vederlo

it would please me to see it mi piacerebbe vederloI like very much to travel mi piace molto viaggiare

I am sorry but I cannot wait because I have to leave soon mi dispiace ma non posso

aspettare perch devo partire subito

I will have to leave dovr partire

I would have to leave dovrei partire

("I would have to" is often used for "I should")

I should leave dovrei partire adessoI cannot stay non posso stare

I cannot remain non posso rimanere

can you tell me? pu dirmi?when will you be able to do it? quando potr farlo?

when would you be able to do it? quando potrebbe farlo?

("I would be able" is often used for "I could", but "I could" in English also means "I was

able to")


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I could, I would be able potrei

I could, I was able potevo

(2) 9.17(tu "you" is used to address family and friends, and maybe also colleagues. Lei"you" is

used to address everyone else)

I speakparlohe speaks, you speakparla

you speak (to a friend) parli

I am selling vendoyou are selling (to a friend) vendi

you are leaving (to a friend) parti

to have avere

I have ho

he has, you have ha

you have (to a friend) hai

to go andare

we go andiamoI go, I am going vado

he is going vayou are going (to a friend) vai

to be essere

I am sonohe is, she is, it is

you are (friend) sei

where are you? (friend) dove sei?

to know sapere

I know so

I don't know it non lo so

he knows it lo sadon't you know it? non lo sa?

you know it (to a friend) lo sai

I can possohe can pu

can you tell me? pu dirmi?, mi pu dire?

can you tell me, Carlo? mi puoi dire, Carlo?

to want volere

I want it lo voglio

I don't want any non ne voglio

do you want any? ne vuole?do you want it (to a friend)? lo vuoi?

("you" plural is voi. To build the right word, start from the whole verb, and change the

-r- into a -t-: -ate, -ete, -ite)you speak (plural) parlate

you are leaving (plural) partite

you are selling it (plural) lo vendete

can you see it? (plural) potete vederlo?


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can't you see it? (plural) non potete vederlo

don't you want to do it? (plural) non volete farlo?

why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite?

why don't you do it? (plural) perch non lo fate?

why don't you know where it is? (plural) perch non sapete dov'?

why don't you know where it is? (to a friend) perch non sai dov'?(3) 6.04

to speakparlare

I speakparlo(for "they" and "all of you", go fromparlo toparlano. This ending is used with -are

verbs; for other verbs, the ending is -ono)

to leave partire

I am leaving parto

they are leaving, you all are leaving partano

I am selling it lo vendo

they are selling it lo vendono

I have hohe has ha

you have (friend) haithey have hanno

you have (plural) avete

we have abbiamoI am sono

they are sono

I am busy now sono occupato adesso

they are busy now sono occupati adesso

they are busy (all women) sono occupate adesso


you are (plural) sieteI am going vado

he is going va

you are going (friend) vaithey are going vanno

to give dare

I give do

he gives da

you give (friend) dai

they give danno

I want vogliothey want vogliono

I can posso

they can possonoyou can (plural) potete

you want (plural) volete

we want vogliamo

we can possiamo


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(4) 3.32

to say, to tell dire

I am telling dico

I am telling you Le dico

I am telling him gli dico

it to him glieloI am telling it to him glielo dico

I am giving it to herglielo do

they are not telling me non mi diconothey are not telling it to me non me lo dicono

to understand capire

I understand capisco

I don't understand it non lo capisco

they don't understand it non lo capiscono

I don't know him non lo conosco

they don't know me non mi conoscono

I am finishing finiscoI am finishing it lo finisco

they are finishing it lo finisconothey don't want to do it non lo vogliono fare

they don't want to tell me non vogliono dirmi

(5) 4.16why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite?

why can't you do it? (plural) perch non potete farlo?

why can't they do it? perch non possono farlo?

why don't they do it? perch non lo fanno?

why don't you do it? perch non lo fa?

why don't you do it? (friend) perch non lo fai?

why don't you do it? (plural) perch non lo fate?why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite?

why don't you tell me? perch non mi dice?

why don't you tell it to me? (plural) perch non me lo dite?why don't you do it? (plural) perch non lo fate?

why don't you want to do it? (plural) perch non volete farlo?

why can't you tell it to me now? (plural) perch non melo potete dire adesso?

(6) 4.56(for "we", you always use the ending -iamo)

we cannot do it because we don't want to do it non possiamo farlo perch non vogliamo

farlo

we are going to see it andiamo a vederlo

can you please show me what you have bought? (friend) puoi mostrarmi cosa hai

comprato?

("let me see" is often used in place of "show")

can you let me see? pu farmi vedere?

it is not what I want non ci que voglio

I am preparing it lo preparo


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I am in the process of preparing it lo sto preparando

I am just about to prepare it sto per prepararlo

I am staying sto

they are staying stanno

he, she, it is staying sta

you are staying (friend) staiwe are staying stiamo

you are staying (plural) state

(7) 5.56I have ho

to leave partire

I will leave partir

he will leave partir

you will leave (friend) partirai

they will leave partiranno

I will prepare it lo partir

at what time will you leave? (friend) a che ora partirai?at what time will you leave? a che ora partir?

you will leave (plural) partiretewe will leave partiremo

we would leave partiremmo

we will leave partiremowe will do it lo faremo

we would do it lo faremmo

we wouldn't do it non lo faremmo

we won't do it non lo faremo

he won't tell me non mi dir

we won't do it non lo faremo

we wouldn't do it non lo faremmothey will do it lo faranno

I won't do it non lo far

why won't you do it? (friend) perch non lo farai?(8) 9.52

I would do it lo farei

he would do it lo farebbe

they would do it lo farebbero

they wouldn't do it non lo farebbero

he wouldn't tell me non mi direbbe

they wouldn't tell me non mi direbberohe will be here sar qui

I will be here sar qui

they will be here soon saranno qui subitolaterpiu tardi

we will be here saremo qui

but it wouldn't be possible that way ma non sarebbe possibile cos

we would be very happy to do it saremmo molto contenti di farlo


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it will please me very much to do it mi piacer molto farlo

but I wouldn't like to do it ma non mi piacerebbe farlo

it would be very important for me sarebbe molto importante per me

I will have it for you lo avr per Lei

but we won't have it today ma non lo avremo oggi

I wouldn't have it today non lo avrei oggiI will leave partir

they will leave partiranno

he will leave partiryou will leave (friend) partirai

you will leave (plural) partirete

when will you leave? (plural) quando partirete?

we will leave soon partiremo presto

but we wouldn't leave today ma non partiremmo oggi


he would leave partirebbe

they will leave partirannohe would leave partirebbe

they would leave partirebberohe told me that he won't leave mi ha detto che non partir

really veramente

I really know that he wouldn't leave so veramente che non partirebbeI am sure that they wouldn't leave today sono sicuro che non partirebbero oggi

(the "would" ending fortu is -restiand forvoiis -reste)

you would leave (friend) partiresti

you would be here (friend) saresti qui

you would be here (plural) sareste qui

(9) 3.15

I will have it l'avrI would have it l'avrei

I would have bought it l'avrei comprato

we would have waited for you (friend) te avremmo aspettatowe would have waited for him l'avremmo aspettato

they wouldn't have waited for me non mi avrebbero aspettato

he would have seen me and he would have told me why he won't do it that way miavrebbe visto e mi avrebbe detto perch non lo far cos

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I am preparing it lo preparo

I will be preparing it for you sto per prepararloI am in the process of preparing it lo sto preparando, sto preparandolo

I am just about to prepare it sto per preparlo

I tell you tomorrow (friend) ti dico domaniI tell you tomorrow le dico domani

it to you te lo

I tell you it tomorrow te lo dico domani

I will tell him gli dico


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it to him glielo

I will tell it to him gle lo dico

I will tell it to you tomorrow glielo dir domani

he wouldn't tell it to me non me lo direbbe

(11) 8.27

I am preparing it lo preparoI was speaking parlavo

he was speaking parlava

they were speaking parlavanoyou were speaking (friend) parlavi

you were speaking (plural) parlavate

we were speaking parlavamo

I was selling it lo vendevo

they were selling it lo vendevano

I was selling it lo vendevo

they were selling it lo vendevano

he was selling it lo vendevayou were selling it (friend) lo vendevi

you were selling it (plural) lo vendevatewe were selling it lo vendevamo

I was leaving partivo

he was leaving partivayou were leaving (friend) partivi

they were leaving partivano

we were leaving partivamo

you were leaving partiva

I am doing it lo faccio

they are doing it lo fanno

you are doing it (friend) lo faihe is doing it lo fa

you are doing it (plural) lo fate

we are doing it lo facciamoI was doing it lo facevo

he was doing it lo faceva

they were doing it lo facevano

we were doing it lo facevamo

you were doing it (plural) lo facevate

I did it, I have done it l'ho fatto

(end of recording)

CD 2 (68.57)

(1) 9.49

(here are a handful of verbs whose nature is to express a straight line in the past)

I know so

I knew it lo sapevo


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I didn't know it non lo sapevo

I have known it, I found out l'ho saputo

I found out that it will be ready soon ho saputo che sar pronto presto

I didn't know it non lo sapevo

to want volere

I have wanted it lo volutoI wanted it lo volevo

I didn't want to buy it non volevo comprarlo

to look at guardareI was looking at it lo guardavo

but I didn't want to buy it ma non ho voluto comprarlo

I didn't want to have it non volevo averlo

I don't understand what you mean non capisco ci che vuole dire

to have avere

to be essere

I didn't want to do it because I didn't have the time to do it because I was very busy non

volevo farlo perch non avevo tempo di farlo perch ero molto occupatoI could potevo

I couldn't find it non potevo trovarloI didn't know where it was non sapevo dove era

I was looking for it lo cercavo

but I didn't find it ma non l'ho trovatoI was looking for it but I couldn't find it lo cercavo ma non potevo trovarlo

(2) 5.27

("could" expresses to different tenses in English)

he couldn't do it (now) non potrebbe farlo

(he tried and) he couldn't do it (yesterday) non poteva farlo

could you tell me where it is? potrebbe dirmi dov'?

can you tell me where it is? pu dirmi dov'?could you tell me where it is? potrebbe dirmi dov'?

he was looking for it and he couldn't find it lo cercava e non poteva trovarlo

(3) 7.32to have to, to be supposed to dovere

I must see it devo vederlo

you have to tell me deve dirmi

you have to tell me (friend) devi dirmi

you have to tell me (plural) dovete dirmi

we have to buy it dobbiamo comprarlo

I will have to do it dovr farlohe will have to be here soon dovr essere qui subito

he would have to be here dovrebbe essere qui

("would have to" is used for "should", "ought to")you should be here dovrebbe essere qui

you should tell me dovrebbe dirmi

I think that you should do it (friend) penso che dovresti farlo

you should do it (plural) dovreste farlo


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can you come with me? (plural) potete venire con me?

can you tell me? (plural) potete dirmi?

can you tell me? (friend) puoi dirmi?

could you tell me? (friend) potresti dirmi?

could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?

I was looking for it but I couldn't find it lo cercavo ma non potevo trovarloI couldn't find it, I haven't been able to find it non l'ho potuto trovare

I had not been able to find it non avevo potuto trovarlo

I could have told you, I would have been able to tell you avrei potuto dirleI could have told you where it was avrei potuto dirle dove era

(7) 5.20

I asked you ti ho chiesto

to askchiedere

asked chiesto

said, told detto

done fatto

I have done it l'ho fattoI haven't done it non l'ho fatto

he didn't do it, he has not done it non l'ha fattoto see vedere

I saw it l'ho visto

(with "see", there are two ways to dive: visto orveduto)I have seen him lo ho visto

I have seen herla ho vista

I have seen them li ho visti

I have seen them (all women) le ho viste

to write scrivere

written scritto

to speakparlarespoken parlate

to leave partire

left partitoto hearsentire

heard sentito

to sell vendere

sold venduto

to see vedere

seen visto, veduto

(8) 4.46to askchiedere

asked chiesto

he asked me mi ha chiestowhy didn't you ask me? (friend) perch non mi hai chiesto?

to say, tell dire

said, told detto

why didn't you tell me? perch non mi ha detto?


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to do fare

did fatto

I did it l'ho fatto

I didn't do it non l'ho fatto

why didn't you do it? perch non l'ha fatto?

I didn't do it because I didn't know that you wanted to have it non l'ho fatto perch nonsapevo che voleva averlo

you wanted to have it (at that moment) ha voluto averlo

(9) 4.54could you tell me, could you please tell me? potrebbe dirmi?

he couldn't tell me because he did not know it non poteva dirmi perch non lo sapeva

I could have told you, I would have been able to tell you avrei potuto dirle

he couldn't have done it that way non avrebbe potuto farlo cos

(end of recording)

CD 3 (76.17)(1) 13.24

I can possothey can possono

to leave partire

I am leaving partothey leave partono

they are telling me mi dicono

I know so

they know sanno

they have hanno

they are sono

they give dannothey go vanno

they stay stanno

they do fannothey can possono

they don't want to do it non vogliono farlo

to understand capire

they understand capiscono

to finish finire

they are finishing finiscono

("they" always follows the form for "I", butvoi"you" follows the infinitive)you can (plural) potete

they can possono

I can possothey can possono

you are saying, you are telling (plural) dite


they cannot do it non possono farlo


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they don't want to do it that way non vogliono farlo cos

they are not telling me non mi dicono

they don't understand it non lo capiscono

(the only exception is with the -are verbs)

they speakparlano

they are eating mangianothey are selling it lo vendono

they don't see it non lo vedono

they are finishing finisconothey don't know him non lo conoscono

I know him lo conosco

they don't know him non lo conoscono

at what time are you (all) leaving? a che ora partite?

at what time are they leaving? a che ora partono?

to have to dovere

I must devo

they have to be here soon devono essere qui subitoyou have to tell me (plural) dovete dirmi

they have to devonoI have ho

they have hanno

you have (plural) ha aveteyou are doing it (plural) lo fate


why don't they tell me? perch non mi dicono?

(2) 9.53we can possiamo

we cannot find it non possiamo trovarlo

I will be able to do it potr farloI won't be able to do it that way non potr farlo cos

he won't be able to come with us non potr venire con noi

they are not coming non vengonowhy don't you come with us? (plural) perch non venite con noi?

you have to wait for me deve aspettarmi

you are leaving (friend) parti

you have to (friend) devi

you have to wait for me (friend) devi aspettarmi

we have to wait dobbiamo aspettare

we have to wait here dobbiamo aspettare quiI will have to do it dovr farlo

we will have to do it dovremo farlo

we would have to do it dovremmo farlo("would have to" is used for "should")

we should do it dovremmo farlo

you should wait for me dovrebbe aspettarmi

you should wait for me (plural formal) dovrebbero aspettarmi


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you should have to wait dovrebbe aspettare

they should have to wait dovrebbero aspettare

you should have to wait for me (plural formal) dovrebbero aspettarmi

you should tell me (friend) dovresti dirmi

you should tell me (plural) dovreste dirmi

they should tell me dovrebbero dirmicould you tell me? (friend) potresti dirmi

could you tell me? (plural) potreste dirmi?

they couldn't tell me non potrebbero dirmi(3) 9.38

I have ho

you have (friend) hai

he has ha

they have hanno

I will leave partir


you will leave (friend) partiraithey will leave partiranno

we will leave partiremowe would leave partiremmo

we will leave partiremo

you will leave (friend) partiraiyou will leave (plural) partirete

we will leave partiremo

you will leave (plural) partirete

we will tell you (friend) ti diremo

we will tell you (formal) le diremo

we wouldn't tell him non gli diremmo

we wouldn't give it to him non glielo daremmowe will leave partiremo

we would leave partiremmo

when will you leave? (plural) quando partirete?when will you do it? (plural) quando lo farete?

when will you do it? quando lo far?

when will you do it? (friend) quando lo farai?

when will they do it? when will you all do it? (plural formal) quando lo farano?

he told me mi ha detto

he told me that he wouldn't do it mi ha detto che non lo farebbe

he wouldn't have done it non lo avrebbe fattoI would do it lo farei

he would do it lo farebbe

they would do it lo farebberowe would do it lo faremmo

we will do it lo faremo

you would do it (friend) lo faresti

you would do it (plural) lo fareste


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(4) 7.51

to have to dovere

I can posso

they can possono

we can possiamo

you can (friend) puoican you tell me? (friend) puoi dirmi?

can you tell me? pu dirmi?

can you tell me? (plural) potete dirmi?I will be able to do it potr farlo

I won't be able to do it that way non potr farlo cos

he will be able to do it potr farlo

they will be able to do it potranno farlo

you will be able to do it potr farlo

he won't be able to do it non potr farlo

you will be able to do it (friend) potrai farlo

we will be able to do it potremo farlowe would be able to do it potremmo farlo

we couldn't (past) non potevamowe couldn't find it (past) non potevamo trovarlo

I couldn't go there last night non potevo andarci ieri sera

I couldn't go there tonight non potrei andarci staseracan you tell me? pu dirmi?

can you tell me? (friend) puoi dirmi?

can you tell me? (plural) potete dirmi?


could you tell me? (friend) potresti dirmi?

could you tell me? (plural) potreste dirmi?

you could have told me avrebbe potuto dirmiI could have told you avrei potuto dirle

(5) 5.15

I should do it, I would have to do it dovrei farloyou should wait for me dovrebbe aspettarmi

we should go there dovremmo andarci

they should come with us dovrebbero venire con noi

you should wait for us (plural) dovreste aspettarci

you could have told me (friend) mi avreste potuto dire

I could have done it avrei potuto farlo

I should have told you avrei dovuto dirlewe should have left earlieravremmo dovuto partire pi presto

(6) 8.17

I went (I am gone) sono andatoI went (female) sono andata

we went siamo andati

we went (all women) siamo andate

where did you go? (female friend) dove sei andata?


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I am sono


where did you go? (female friend) dove sei andata?

where did you go? (a few girls) dove siete andate?

where did you go? (mixed group) dove siete andati?

we went to see it siamo andati a vederlohe left partito

at what time did you leave? a che ora partito?

at what time did you leave? (female friend) a che ora sei partita?we left siamo partiti

we left (all girls) siamo partite

just appena

we have just left siamo appena partiti

he has just arrived appena arrivato

we went out siamo usciti

to go out uscire

I am going out escothey are going out escono

you are going out (plural) uscite(7) 10.06

(giving commands: use the first person, but change the ending from -o to -a)

go out! esca!don't go out! non esca!

don't go out! (friend) non uscire!

don't tell me! (friend) non dirmi!

don't wait for me! (friend) non aspettarmi!

I come vengo

come with me! venga con me!

don't go there! (friend) non andarci!don't come! non venga!

don't tell me! (friend) non dirmi!

tell me! mi dica!don't tell me! non mi dica!

(however, with -are verbs, change the endings from -o to -i)

slowly lentamente

more slowly pi lentamente

speak more slowly! parli pi lentamente!

speak! (friend) parlare!

leave! parta!leave! (friend) parti!

speak Italian with me! (friend) parla italiano con me!

speak Italian! parli italiano!don't speak Italian with me! (friend) non parlare italiano con me!

(there are a few exceptions with a command spoken to a friend)

I am telling you le dico

tell me! mi dica!


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don't tell me! (friend) non mi dire!

don't tell me what you want to buy! (friend) non mi dire ci che vuoi comprare!

tell me! (friend) di mi

do it! (friend) fallo!

don't do it! (friend) non lo fare!

give me! (friend) dammi!don't give me! (friend) non mi dare!

(8) 11.53

he has just arrived ha apenna arrivatohe would have arrived earliersarebbe arrivato pi presto

(make a separation between "would", "would have" on one hand, and "should", "should

have", "could", "could have" on the other)

(for "would", you have to hit the -r-)he would do it lo farebbe

they wouldn't do it non lo farebbero

I wouldn't do it non lo farei

I would have done it non l'avrei fattoI wouldn't do it now non lo farei adesso

I wouldn't have done it non l'avrei fattowe wouldn't buy it because it is too expensive non lo compreremmo perch troppo

caro

he will buy it lo comprwe will buy it lo compremo

we would buy it lo compremmo

we would have bought it lo avremmo comprato

("I would have" uses eitheravrei... orsarei...)I would have avrei

I would have spoken avrei parlato

I would have left avrei partitohe would leave partirebbe

he would have left sarebbe partito

he would buy it lo comprerebbehe would have bought it lo avrebbe comprato

he wouldn't tell me non mi direbbe

he wouldn't have told you non le avrebbe dito

he wouldn't have told you (friend) non ti avrebbe detto

he would arrive soon arriverebbe presto

he would have arrived a long time ago sarebbe arrivato molto tempo fa

(end of recording)

CD 4 (65.56)

(1) 9.39

I couldn't find it, I wasn't able to find it non potevo trovarlo

I couldn't find it, I could never find it non potrei trovarlo



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you could have told me (friend) mi avresti potuto dire

you could have told me mi avrebbe potuto dire

I know that he couldn't do it, I know that he wouldn't be able to do it so che non lo

potrebbe farlo

he couldn't do it, he wasn't able to do it non poteva farlo

I could do it potrei farlocould you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?

I could have told you avrei potuto dirle

I would have left earliersarei partito pi prestoI could have left sooneravrei potuto partire pi presto

and I would have arrived on time e sarei arrivato in tempo

I would have arrived in time sarei arrivato in tempo

you have to wait for me deve aspettarmi

you will have to wait for me dovr aspettarmi

you should wait for me dovrebbe aspettarmi

you should have waited for me avrebbe dovuto aspettarmi

(2) 3.43to go up salire

I am going up, I am coming up salgothey are going up salgono

you are going up (friend) sali

you are going up (plural) saliteI went up sono salito

(to dive with essere, use sono stato etc)

I have been (I am been) sono stato

he has been stato

she has been stata

I was there yesterday c'ero ieri

I have been there ci sono statoI was here ero qui

there was c'era

there are ci sonothere are many problems ci sono multi problemi

many people molta gente

there are many people c' molta gente

there are so many people c' tanta gente

we were there and there were so many people c'eravamo e c'era tanta gente

(3) 4.35

wait! (friend) aspetta!wait! aspetti!

speak! parli!

speak! (friend) parla!leave! parta!

at what time are you leaving? a che ora parte?

at what time do we leave? a che ora partiamo?

let's leave! partiamo!


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let's go! andiamo!

I am coming vengo

they are coming vengono

you are coming (plural) venite

we are coming veniamo

he is coming vieneyou are coming (friend) vieni

come! venga!

come! (friend) vieni!tell me! (friend) dimmi!

don't tell me! (friend) non mi dire!

tell me! mi dica!

tell it to me now! melo dica adesso!

(4) 12.42

(subjunctive tense: not used much in English, but used often in Italian)

(in English, you might say " if I were" and not "if I was". Instead of saying, "you must be

here", you could say "it is necessary that you be here" (the subjunctive) and not "...thatyou are here". Instead of saying "at what time do want me to be here?", you could say

"at what time do you want that I be here"; instead of saying "he must go there", youcould say "it is absolutely necessary that he go"; instead of saying "he must do it", you

could say "it is necessary that he do it")

(in English, you can usually avoid the subjunctive. In Italian, to say "I want him to do it"

you must say "I want that he does it", and "that" is followed by "does it" in thesubjunctive)

speak! parli!

that I speak, that you speak (friend), that he speaks parli

that they speakparlino

that we speakparliamo

that you speak (plural) parliateI want you to speak, I want that you speak (plural) voglio che parlino

that you speak (plural formal) parlino

that we speakparliamothat you speak (plural) parliate

(that takes care of the -are verbs. Now the others)

leave! parta!

that I leave, that you leave (friend), that he leaves parta

that they leave partano

that we leave partiamo

that you leave (plural) partiateI want you to leave with me (plural) voglio che partiate con me

at what time are you leaving? (plural) a che ora partite?

to sell vendowhy don't you want me to sell it?, why don't you want that I sell it? perch non vuole

che lo venda

I don't want you to sell it non voglio che lo venda

(the subjunctive is a mood, and expresses an element of doubt or uncertainty)


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I want you to do it voglio che lo faccia

I want you to tell me voglio che mi dica

at what time do you want me to finish? a che ora vuole che finisca?

I want you to call me voglio che mi chiami

(5) 5.05

to have (subjunctive) abbia-that we have abbiamo

that they have abbiano

that we have abbiamothat you have abbiate

to be (subjunctive) sia-

we are siamo

that they be siano

that we be siamo

that you be siate

it is important that you be here importante (le) che sia qui

that I be here che (io) sia quithat they be here che (Loro) siano qui

it is important that (all of) you be here importante che siate quiI need it ne ho bisogno

I don't need it non ne ho bisogno

it is important... bisogna...it is important that he be here bisogna che lui sia qui

(6) 6.55

(the past subjunctive: for -are verbs)

it was necessary that I spoke era necessario che parlassithat I spoke parlassi

that you spoke (friend) parlassi

that he spoke parlassethat they spoke parlassero

that we spoke parlassimo

that you spoke (plural) parlasteit was necessary that we spoke era necessario che parlassimo


that I spoke parlassi



that he spoke parlasse

that you spoke (plural) parlastethat they spoke parlassero

that he spoke parlasse

that you spoke (plural) parlastethat they spoke parlassero

that I spoke parlassi




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(-ere verbs)

that I sold vendessi

(-ire verbs)that I left partissi

that you left (friend) partissi

that I spoke parlassithat you spoke (friend) parlassi


that you left (friend) partissithat we left partissimo

that you left (plural) partiste

that he left partisse

that they left partissero

that you left (plural) partiste

that I left partissi

that you left (friend) partiste

that we left partissimothat I sold vendessi

that you sold (friend) vendessithat we sold vendessimo

that they sold vendessero

that you sold (plural) vendeste(7) 8.03

(past subjunctive ofavere andessere)

to have avere

that I had avessi

that you had (friend) avessi

that we had avessimo

that they had avesserothat he had avesse

that she had avesse

that it had avessethat you had avesse

that you had (plural) aveste

(the subjunctive is used after "if", for example in English "if I were here", but usually you

don't recognise it)if I had known it I would have done it se l'avessi saputo lo ho avreifatto

and I would have prepared it for you e lo ho avrei preparato per Lei

I have been busy (I am been busy) sono stato occupatoI have been busy (female) sono stata occupata

if I had the time I would do it se avessi il tempo lo farei

(8) 9.49that I had avessi

that I were fossi

if I were se fossi

if you were (friend) fossi


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if he were fosse

if they were fossero

if we were fossimo

if you were (plural) foste

I left sono partito

I had left era partitoif I had left se fossi partito

if she had left se fosse partita

if we had left se fossimo partitiif we had left (all girls) se fossimo partite

I would have made a reservation if I had known it avrei fatto una prenotazione se

l'avessi saputo

I would have waited and I would have gone there with you avrei aspettato e ci sarei

andato con Lei

if you had called me and if you had told me that you wanted to have it I would have given

it to you (friend) se mi avessi chiamato e se mi avessi detto che volevi averlo glielo

avrei dattoI would have bought it lo avrei comprato

I would have given it to you lo avrei dattoI would have given it you (friend) te lo avrei fatto

(9) 1.57

(the "historic past" is not used much in the spoken language, but is used more often in

literature. In some areas of Italy, you may hear it instead of the simple past)I spoke parl

I sold vend

(10) 3.28

(end of recording)

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