‘Tu’ and ‘Lei’ - How to navigate informal and formal Italian | The Coffee Break Italian Show 1.01
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Welcome to the very first episode of the Coffee Break Italian Show! Have you ever wondered whether to use 'tu' and 'Lei' when addressing someone in Italian? By the end of this episode, you'll sound more like a native speaker in your conversations!
➡️ Access the accompanying blog article and worksheet here: ow.ly/Q37L50PZC2v ⬅️
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Great lesson. Thank you Mark and Francesca 😊
@coffeebreakitalian
8 ай бұрын
Ciao Angela! 👋 Siamo contenti che ti sia piaciuta questa lezione, buono studio e grazie mille 🇮🇹
Really great to see you guys back. Have really missed your show!
@coffeebreakitalian
8 ай бұрын
Ciao 👋 Thank you for your comment! We hope you enjoy the Coffee Break Italian Show 🇮🇹
I love your lessons 😍
@coffeebreakitalian
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment! 😀
molto bravi ❤❤👏👏👏👏
@coffeebreakitalian
Ай бұрын
Grazie mille! 😀 Thank you for your feedback - enjoy the Show!
Complimenti Mark! La qualità dei vostri video è straordinaria, spero insegnerete sempre più lingue😊
@coffeebreakitalian
8 ай бұрын
Ciao Andrea 👋 Grazie for your comment, we really appreciate it 😀
Great lessons, nice to have you in videos after listening all the podcasts!
@coffeebreakitalian
5 ай бұрын
Thank you, Luca 🙏
I like this &I'll like video
@coffeebreakitalian
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Grazie mille! 😀
Very helpful and thorough. But I am still a bit confused. Why is scusi formal and scusa informal?
@lucvandun
8 ай бұрын
Yes, I would think it's the other way around (scuso, scusi, scusa).
@coffeebreakitalian
8 ай бұрын
Ciao 👋 That's an interesting question! The reason why scusa is informal (tu) and scusi is formal (Lei) is to do with the imperative. Both of these verbs, in fact, are not in the indicative but are in the imperative, which is a verbal tense we normally use to give commands or instructions. An -ARE verb like scusare has different endings for this tense: it's -a for tu, and -i for Lei. We know this can be confusing, but just remember that the imperative is different from the indicative 🙂
the introduction in this video is by both presenters using "Io sono" yet Italians never say that. They may say "sono" or "chiamare" as in "Mi chiamo". Is this an attempt at spelling it out for us to understand the hidden parts of spoken Italian?
@coffeebreakitalian
3 ай бұрын
Ciao 👋 Italians do use both "io sono" or "mi chiamo" when they introduce themselves - we normally start our podcasts with with sentence 😀
What happened to katie? You guys and katie have been teaching me italian
@coffeebreakitalian
2 ай бұрын
Ciao 👋 Katie helped us with the first Season of Coffee Break Italian, but we now have more people in the team to help you improve your Italian 🇮🇹