Le preposizioni "in" e "a"

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Come vai?

Today we are going to talk about two prepositions in Italian

In 

and

A 

When you use these prepositions to talk about where you are, they both could be translated as "In" in English.

So what's the difference?

You only use the preposition a when you mention the name of a city.  For talking about a country, an office, a building or another place where you are, feel free to use "In" like in English

Abito a Bologna

(I live in Bologna)

Ma...

Abito in Italia

(I live in Italy)

Lavoro in banca/ in ospedale/ in proprio

(I work in a bank/a hospital/ by my own)

Facilissimo

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The Possesives (Part II)

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Are you ready for some rules on how to use the Italian possesives?

We go on:

With names that indicate a family relationship when they go on singular, don't need an article:

Italian

English

Vado al cinema con mia sorella

I go to the cinema with my sister

But:

Italian

English

Vado al cinema con le mie sorelle

I go to the cinema with my sisters

"Loro" always need an article:

Italian

English

Vanno al cinema con la loro sorella

They go to the cinema with their sister

With diminutives and other adjectives the article is missed:

Italian

English

mia figlia

my daughter

But:

Italian

English

la mia bambina

my girl

mio zio

my uncle

il mio caro zio

my dear uncle

suo nipote

his grandson

il suo nipotino

his little grandson

Look: frequently, when people indicate in Italian to be in a place or to be on a store they could use the verbs "essere" or "andare" (to be or to go) plus "dal" and the name of the profession related to that store.

Let's see some examples to make it clear

Italian

English

essere dal fornaio

be in the bakery

fornaio

baker

andare dal calzolaio

go to the shoe store

calzolaio

shoemaker

That's all for now.

A presto

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Quanti anni ha

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Come stai?

Today we are going to learn something simple and useful in Italian.

If someone asks you:

Quanti anni ha?

That means: How old are you?

As you can see, when you ask for the age (anni) in Italian you have to use the verb to have (avere).

So in Italian you literary say "I have 20 years" for example.

You already know how to conjugate the verb avere and you also know the numbers in Italian.

Let's see a simple conversation using what you've already practised, plus the question about your age:

- Quanti anni ha?

* Indovina

- 30? (Guess)

*No, di più (No, I have more) Io ho 35 anni.  E tu, quanti anni ha? 25?

-No, di meno (No, I have less ) Io ho solo 18 anni

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The possessives (Part I)

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Today we are going to start learning more about the Italian Possesives (I possessivi)

The possessive adjectives in Italian are:

		Singular		Plural
		Male.	Female.	Male.	Female.
Io	Italian	il mio	la mia	i miei	le mie
	English	My	My	My	My
Tu	Italian	il tuo	la tua	i tuoi	le tue
	English	Your	Your	Your	Your
Lui Lei	Italian	il suo	la sua	i suoi	le sue
	English	His/Her	His/Her	His/Her	His/Her
Noi	Italian	il nostro	la nostra	i nostri	le nostre
	English	Our	Our	Our	Our
Voi	Italian	il vostro	la vostra	i vostri	le vostre
	English	Your	Your	Your	Your
Loro	Italian	il loro	la loro	i loro	le loro
	English	Their	Their	Their	Their

Let's see some examples:

Italian	English	Italian	English
il mio libro	my book	i miei libri	my books
la mia valigia	my baggage	le mie valigie	my baggage pl
il tuo libro	your book	i tuoi libri	your books
la tua valigia	your baggage	le tue valigie	your baggage pl
il suo libro	his/her book	i suoi libri	his/her books
la sua valigia	his/her baggage	le sue valigie	his/her baggage pl
il nostro libro	our book	i nostri libri	our books
la nostra valigia	our baggage	le nostre valigie	our baggage pl
il vostro libro	your book	i vostri libri	your books
la vostra valigia	your baggage	le vostre valigie	your baggage pl
il loro libro	their book	i loro libri	their books
la loro valigia	their baggage	le loro valigie	their baggage pl

On the following lessons we are going to learn some Grammar rules that you have to apply on Italian Possesives.

Alla Prossima volta!

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