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2. Where Are You From?

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Di Dove Sei?

What’s the best way to learn new things? Ask questions! Find out how easy can be to start a conversation with a simple question: “Where are you from?”

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15 Responses to "2. Where Are You From?"

james Says:

December 14th, 2005 at 1:03 pm

this is fun i love it, keep up the good work

noro Says:

January 16th, 2006 at 7:14 pm

yes good idea for our podcast but is it possible to get the dialogue written, please?

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

January 16th, 2006 at 11:37 pm

noro,

we are working on dialogue transcripts and supplementary vocabulary – they all will available by mid-February 2006 – stay tuned!

Hazelle Says:

January 23rd, 2006 at 10:12 pm

Thank you so much for these podcasts!!! I love them and am greatly looking forward to the transcripts and supplementary vocabulary! These lessons are fantastic! Keep it up!

just found you surfing iTunes. i am training for a marathon and i now start all runs with you. i don’t know what walkers think when i huff… io sono americana three times as i pass them. if that doesn’t confuse them enough, i then ask them three times if they’re italian.

i hope to run the roma marathon and be able to not be totally clueless with the italian.

can’t wait for you to use dopodomani in a dialogue. it’s my favourite italian word to say.

Reza Alibakhshi Says:

August 9th, 2007 at 12:00 am

Thanks a lot for your way of teaching the sweet language(Italian). There is a proverb in my country(Iran) which says; Teach me a word, then I wil become your slave!

Marcelo López Says:

October 20th, 2007 at 6:52 pm

¡Ustedes son unos genios! ¡Como me gustaria que tengan explicaciones en español! Piacere di conoscervi.

Ludwig Says:

February 14th, 2008 at 10:32 am

Please talk about the difference between “Di” & “Da” as used in “Di dove sei?” & “Da dove vieni?” (latter from supplement to Lesson 1). In English they seem to both mean “from”, but in Italian they are different words.

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

February 14th, 2008 at 11:27 pm

Ludwig, the preposition “di” means “of”, while “da” means “from”.

The sentence “da dove viene” means literally “where do you come from?”, while the sentence “di dove sei?” means literally “of where are you?”, which in English makes no sense.

Therefore, the best way to translate the common Italian sentence “di dove sei” remains “where are you from”?

Tim Says:

April 22nd, 2008 at 6:12 am

Hi,
I just started and I noticed that there is a difference in pronounciation of “Sei” as in “Sei inglese?” and “Di dove sei?”. Is there some kind of rule that determines if this? Are there other words whose pronounciation witl change according to how they are being used.

Tim Says:

April 22nd, 2008 at 6:38 am

Hmmmph… I just took the quiz and found that “sei” also means six… and it appears to be pronounced like the sei in “Sei inglese?” or can this be different too?

“Io sono americano.” but my wife is German… how would she say “I am German”?

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

April 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 am

“Sei” as verb (like in “tu sei”) or “sei” as number as pronounced exactly the same. “I am German” is “Io sono tedesca” (female). You would say “io sono tedesco” if referring to a male.

Dave Says:

September 30th, 2008 at 10:52 am

In this lesson you (Jane) pronouce “italiana” as if it were spelled “itagliana”.

K Says:

February 27th, 2009 at 6:45 am

I love the podcasts! Just one minor question – I’ve noticed that when Massimo pronounces ‘piacere de conoscerte’ it sounds like concscerTI, like in Spanish. Is it ti or te? Thank you!

christine Says:

March 30th, 2009 at 10:35 am

Hi, I think you actually have it backwards. In italian its conoscerti and in Spanish its conocerte.
So, its piacere di conoscerti, as de is from Spanish as well.

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