Italian Lesson n.9 - The verb "to have" "avere" and how to ask someone's age

[MsTurquaz]

:D nice ending! very motivational! :) Grazie mille buddy!

[CPXxstreme]

In these 5 minutes here I learned what took me 120 minutes in school

[554572]

Is Present Indicative=Present Simple?

[BlackGalaxy19]

@554572 yessssssss

[zartha93]

@554572 yes =)

[cloudscounter]

in your convo, why did you have to add the "ho" in "ho capito"? does the "ho" there mean to have or it's like ohhh? ><' and shouldn't it be "io capisco"?

[MrUrgando]

@cloudscounter "Ho capito" means "I have understood", so HO in that sentence is the verb "avere" in the 1st singular person.

[MrUrgando]

@cloudscounter "Ho capito" means "I have understood", so HO in that sentence is the verb "avere" in the 1st singular person.

[xLikeABossx]

oh, and also when you say "i have a cat" why dont you say "Io un gatto" instead of "Ho un gatto"

[KungPaoBubba]

@xLikeABossx

"Io un gatto" means "I a cat" whereas "Ho un gatto" means "I have a cat."

Also in Italian, you don't need to include the nominative pronoun. You can just say "Ho" and not "Io ho" because "Ho" itself means "I have".

[xLikeABossx]

what is the difference between egli/ella/esso and lui/lei/lui

and also essi/esse or loro??

[MrUrgando]

There is no difference at all. Or better said, in ancient italian there was one, but nowadays there's not. Though in the oral language you better use just lui/lei and not egli/ella/esso because those last ones are not used anymore. They can be considered something like 'archaisms'. Got it?

[Super4everme]

@xLikeABossx It's the same, but lui lei lui are more used

[SmotPoker09]

@xLikeABossx

basically nothing,,, but egli/ella/esso are too much formal and nobody use it in convos.. so just use LUI (he) LEI (she) LORO (they)

[Astartas]

hai una bella voce,ma come dice dr.house informa questi ragazzi che tendi ad aprire molte vocali! (non è brutto a sentirsi,anzi; ti faccio un esempio: avere)

[DRHOUSE922]

apprezzabilissimo il tuo lavoro, veramente^^

magari però informa i tuoi studenti che hai un accento abbastanza particolare sulle vocali (a proposito, di dove sei? :P)

un po' più aperto sulle vocali dello standard italiano.

keep it up!

[jonjon2222]

What's the difference between "Egli/Ella/Esso" and "Lui/Lei/Lui" ?

[zartha93]

@jonjon2222 Egli/ella/esso are mainly used in a formal way, especially written

[RothmansRenaultF1]

Grazie Mille

[SimoRidoppiaggi]

ehi molto bravo, complimenti ! Un'idea utile e ben studiata per chi, a differenza di noi, non mastica l'idioma di Dante.

Ciao!

[Rocket277]

Grazie mille =)! Come ho gia` scritto non sono un professionista, ma cerco di insegnare, in un modo, chiaro, almeno spero xD, la nostra lingua a tutti quelli che vogliono impararla senza pero` far spendere 'na lira =).

[gnigneti]

@Rocket277 bravo ;-)

[si82eddie]

oh god!