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33. A Visit From A Friend

April 2nd, 2006

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A Visit From A Friend

What’s better than a visit from a friend you haven’t seen in a long time? The only thing is, your friend is from Italy, and only speaks Italian. In today’s lesson, we are going to learn how to conjugate and use a very common verb: “potere” (can).

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3 Responses to "33. A Visit From A Friend"

Ryan Says:

July 26th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

How come it is “va bene,” for “is fine”?

josh Says:

July 28th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

andare (to go)
io vado noi andiamo
tu vai voi andate
lui/lei va loro vanno

josh Says:

July 28th, 2008 at 12:33 pm

va is the third-person conjugation of andare (to go)
bene is an adverb meaning well

so when you say va bene
it literally means it goes well/ it’s going well

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