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22. How Careless! (Intermediate)

September 4th, 2006

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How Careless You Are

Let’s take our Italian to the next level by introducing object pronouns. What’s that? It’s knowing when and how to substitute, on a sentence, a noun with the appropriate pronoun - and by mastering that, our Italian language is really going to start sounding good. So, let’s practice!

Intermediate Level - Lesson Nr. 22

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10 Responses to "22. How Careless! (Intermediate)"

Stephen Says:

September 6th, 2006 at 8:04 pm

Massimo and Jane! I love how you are starting to add more Italian expressions to the intermediate podcasts. Hearing you converse in Italian in addition to the dialogues is very helpful. Thanks again for all of your hard work!

Jeroen Says:

September 7th, 2006 at 1:47 pm

Thanks for helping me learn Italian on my daily commute Massimo and Jane! I went to Italy for the first time this year and I was able to speak some simple sentences. All Italians were very friendly when I tried and they really appreciated the effort. With your help I will return to Toscane next summer and converse in fluent Italian

Thanks again!

Wouter Says:

September 10th, 2006 at 10:50 am

You are the best Massimo and Jane!! I have some italian friends (Sicily) and they love to learn me some words every time. I’m sure they’ll go crazy when I surpise them with what I’ve learned from you so far… Please keep up de good work and learn us more! T H A N K S

Thuvia Says:

January 24th, 2007 at 5:38 pm

A question re “Aiuta mi.” In your examples you say to put the direct object before the verb. Is this a special case?
Also, are you using the familiar imperative?
I do enjoy your podcasts and I’ve almost caught up. Thanks.

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

January 24th, 2007 at 10:11 pm

Thuvia, as a general rule, you put the direct object before the verb, however, with the imperative form used informally, you suffix the direct object to the verb, while with the formal imperative, you follow the general rule.

Examples using the verb “seguire” (to follow):

1) Seguimi! (Follow me! - imperative + direct object used informally)
2) Mi segua! (Follow me! - direct object + imperative used formally)

Ruthy Says:

June 15th, 2007 at 2:47 pm

Thanks! These are great!

However, there is a small error in this particular lesson. During the sentence by sentence translation, there is one phrase that is repeated three times in English without the repetition of the Italian phrase.

Rachel Says:

August 15th, 2007 at 3:16 pm

Ciao Jane and Massimo!

I was wondering why it is “le ho lasciATE in albergo a Firenze” not “lasciATO” for the passato prossimo? grazie!

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

August 16th, 2007 at 10:33 am

Rachel,

The past participle does agree with any direct object pronouns which may precede it. “LE ho lasciATE” - the verb agrees with “LE”.

anna Says:

March 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm

Ciao Jean e Massimo,
Buona pasqua! Thank you so much for the pod cast. I’ve made a lot of progress since last Nov.
I have a question re “ho messe” and ” ho lasciate”. I thought for verbs which go with avere in past tense, they don’t need to agree with the subject. So I would say “ho messo” and “ho lasciato”. Would you pls explain to me why you used “messe” and “lasciate” instead?
Another question: how do you say “I have a question about this verb” in Italian?

Molto grazie!
Anna

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

March 25th, 2008 at 8:31 am

About “le ho messe” or “le ho lasciate”: the verb that goes with “avere” in the past does not agree unless the verb is preceded by or implies an indirect object, like in these two examples.

Examples:
“Ho lasciato a casa le istruzioni”
I forgot the instructions at home.

“Le ho lasciate a casa”
I forgot them at home.

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