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42. Attention All Passengers! (Intermediate)

June 24th, 2007

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Attention All Passengers! - Attenzione Passeggeri!

Learn Italian with Podcasts! Most likely, the very first thing you will see when visiting Italy is the airport you are arriving to - In today’s episode we’ll talk about “viaggiare” (to travel), “aeroporti” (airports), e “aerei” (airplanes). We’ll hear an announcement over a PA system and we’ll learn some useful vocabulary terms you may want to remember and use if you ever find yourself in an Italian airport. Enjoy!

Intermediate Level - Lesson Nr. 42

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3 Responses to "42. Attention All Passengers! (Intermediate)"

Dan Says:

June 26th, 2007 at 9:47 am

Grazie mille, Jane e Massimo!

I hope you do more lessons like this one. The main reason I’m studying Italian is so I’ll feel comfortable traveling to Italy next spring. Lessons about the airport, catching the train, checking into a hotel, ordering food in a restaurant, and so on are so helpful for me.

I’m not quite grasping a couple grammar points not having to do with this lesson:

What is the rule, if there is one, for adjectives coming before vs. after the noun (mia casa vs. casa mia, for example)?

What is the rule, if there is one, for past participles agreeing in number and gender with the subject of the sentence and when doesn’t it matter? Is it simply when the verb is conjucted with essere vs. avere?

Keep up the hood work!

LearnItalianPod.com Says:

June 26th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

Dan, here’s an example to explain the general rule about adjectives and nouns: “mia casa” is treated as subject - “la mia casa e’ molto bella” (my house is very nice), while “casa mia” is treated as an object - “Marco viene a casa mia” (Marco comes to my house). Nevertheless, you could say “Casa mia e’ molto bella” and it would sound just fine. General rule: use adjective first. But pay attention to those examples when it (the adjective) follows the noun.

Here’s the rule for the past participle:
With verbs that take avere, the past participle ends with “o” no matter what the subject (though the past participle does agree with any direct object pronouns which may precede it).
“Hai lavato i piatti?” - “Si, li ho lavati prima” (note direct object pronoun “li”)
“Did you wash the dishes?” - “Yes, I wash them before”.

With verbs that take essere, the past participle must agree with the subject in gender and number.
“Io sono andato, lei e’ andata, loro sono andati”
“I went, she went, they went”.

Ludwig Says:

May 14th, 2008 at 8:41 am

The “PA announcement” was hilarious. Thank you for the effort you put into making this material not only educational but entertaining!

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