29. A Very Busy Guy
Level: Beginner
Let’s meet Lorenzo, a very busy kind of guy, always on the run: he calls the train he takes every morning “my office”. In today lesson, we are going to learn how to conjugate verbs ending in “ere”, like “prendere” (to take), “leggere” (to read), and “scrivere” (to write).
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4 Responses to "29. A Very Busy Guy"
David Tanner Says:
January 18th, 2008 at 8:09 pmCiao! Can you tell me the significance of the word “al” in the phrase “al cellulare” in this lesson. Can you tell me other examples of the use of the word “al”?
LearnItalianPod.com Says:
January 21st, 2008 at 12:13 amDavid, the preposition “al” means both “on” and “to”.
The example “al cellulare” means “on the cellphone”. Ex: “chiamami al cellulare” (call me on the cellphone).
Another example is “andiamo al mare” (let’s go to the sea). As you can see, in this example “al” means is used as “to”.
Ralph Says:
October 14th, 2009 at 1:56 pmthe expression
come si scrive……
is answered, si scrive …
It seems to me that this is the reflexive use of scrivere, namely scriversi.
I am confused however by the expression and response
si scrive….. does it translage into “you write yourself” and is it used regardless of the number of people that you ask.. in other words if you ask come si scrive to a group of people.. do you use si scrive or vi scrive.
grazie
Alfredo Says:
October 17th, 2009 at 2:12 pmTutti e tutte are plural expressions right? When do I have to use each one?
Thanks!
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