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Speak ITALIAN instantly no books no writing absolute confi denceiiiitalianstartTo find out more, please get in touch with general enquiries and for information on Michel Thomas:Call: 020 7873 6400 Fax: 020 7873 6325 Email: place an order:Call: 01235 400414 Fax: 01235 400454 Email: can write to us at:Hodder Education, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3 BHUnauthorized copying of this booklet or the accompanying audio material is prohibited, and may amount to a criminal offence punishable by a fine and/or published in UK 2000 by Hodder Education, an Hachette UK Company, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 ITALIAN Copyright 2000, 2006, 2011, Thomas Keymaster Languages LLC, all rights rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited.

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1 Speak ITALIAN instantly no books no writing absolute confi denceiiiitalianstartTo find out more, please get in touch with general enquiries and for information on Michel Thomas:Call: 020 7873 6400 Fax: 020 7873 6325 Email: place an order:Call: 01235 400414 Fax: 01235 400454 Email: can write to us at:Hodder Education, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3 BHUnauthorized copying of this booklet or the accompanying audio material is prohibited, and may amount to a criminal offence punishable by a fine and/or published in UK 2000 by Hodder Education, an Hachette UK Company, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 ITALIAN Copyright 2000, 2006, 2011, Thomas Keymaster Languages LLC, all rights rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited.

2 Further details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction) may be obtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, Saffron House, 6 10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, by Transet Limited, Coventry, England. Printed in Great Britain Impression 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Year 2014 2013 2012 2011 ISBN 978 1444 13310 3 Welcome to the Michel Thomas MethodCongratulations on purchasing the truly remarkable way to learn a language. With the Michel Thomas Method there s no reading, no writing and no homework. Just sit back, absorb, and soon you ll be speaking another language with confidence. The Michel Thomas Method works by breaking a language down into its component parts and enabling you to reconstruct the language yourself to form your own sentences and to say what you want, when you want.

3 By learning the language in small steps, you can build it up yourself to produce ever more complicated over 25 years, the all-audio Michel Thomas Method has been used by millions of people around the it s your get started, simply insert the CD and press play !12 About Michel ThomasMichel Thomas (1914 2005) was a gifted linguist who mastered more than ten languages in his lifetime and became famous for teaching much of Hollywood s A list how to speak a foreign language. Film stars such as Woody Allen, Emma Thompson and Barbra Streisand paid thousands of dollars each for face-to-face , a Polish Jew, developed his method after discovering the untapped potential of the human mind during his traumatic wartime experiences. The only way he survived this period of his life, which included being captured by the Gestapo, was by concentrating and placing his mind beyond the physical.

4 Fascinated by this experience, he was determined that after the war he would devote himself to exploring further the power of the human mind, and so dedicated his life to education. In 1947, he moved to Los Angeles and set up the Michel Thomas Language Centers, from where he taught languages for over fifty years in New York, Beverly Hills and London. Michel Thomas died at his home in New York City on Saturday 8th January 2005. He was 90 years ITALIAN index Track 10:00 Introduction. How to use this courseTrack 20:00 ITALIAN language: similarities to English. A few thousand words are very similar in English and ITALIAN so vocabulary is not a problem. The important thing is to learn how to formulate your own thoughts using the language, structure, which you will get :44 English words ending in -ible end in -ibile in :48 possible possibile0:55 it is 1:00 It is possible.

5 :05 it is not non 1:08 It is not possible. Non :14 for me per me1:20 It is for me. per :24 It is not for me. Non per :30 It is not possible for me. Non possibile per :37 for you per lei1:42 for her per lei1:45 It is for you. per :49 It is not for me. Non per :54 It is possible for you. possibile per lei. 2:01 To ask a question use inflection. 2:05 Is it not possible for you? Non possibile per lei?2:14 why? (= for what? ) perch ? 2:24 because perch 2:27 Why isn t it possible for you? Perch non possibile per lei?2:41 like that / that way cos 2:53 It is like that. cos .2:58 It is not like that. Non cos .3:03 It is not possible for me that way. Non possibile per me cos .3:19 I m sorry. Mi dispiace. 43:26 mi dispiace means it displeases me , to me it displeases.

6 It is usually followed by but ( ma ).3:45 I m sorry but Mi dispiace, ma3:48 but ma3:51 I m sorry but it is not possible Mi dispiace, ma non possibile for me that way. per me cos . 4:14 English words ending in -able end in -abile in ITALIAN . 4:19 probable probabile4:22 It is not probable. Non probabile. 4:30 English -ly is -mente in ITALIAN . 4:33 probably probabilmente4:37 possibly possibilmente Track 3 0:00 late tardi0:08 It is late. :14 very molto0:20 It is very late. molto :25 more pi 0:27 later (more late) pi tardi0:32 I want voglio0:41 I io 0:43 You don t need io because the verb ending in -o already expresses I . If you use io , you put emphasis on I .1:00 to know sapere1:09 I want to know. Voglio :16 I don t want non voglio1:19 I don t want to know. Non voglio :34 where dove1:38 I want to know where is.

7 Voglio sapere dov .. 1:43 Dove contracts to dov .1:53 how much quanto1:57 I want to know how much it is. Voglio sapere quant . 2:09 to buy comprare2:15 I want to buy voglio comprare2:20 the thing la cosa52:25 I want to buy the thing. Voglio comprare la :35 the same thing la stessa cosa2:45 I want to buy the same thing. Voglio comprare la stessa :57 I don t want to buy the same thing. Non voglio comprare la stessa :12 the same lo stesso3:16 I want to buy the same. Voglio comprare lo :27 But I don t want the same thing. Ma non voglio la stessa :39 you want vuole3:45 Do you want the same thing? Vuole la stessa cosa?4:05 what? che?4:07 What do you want? Che vuole? / Che cosa vuole? / Cosa vuole?4:29 What do you want to buy? Cosa vuole comprare?5:01 here qui5:07 What do you want to buy here?

8 Cosa vuole comprare qui? Track 4 0:02 some qualche0:05 something qualchecosa / qualcosa0:12 Do you want to buy something Vuole comprare qualcosa qui? here? 0:27 Why don t you want to buy Perch non vuole comprare something here? qualcosa qui?0:48 Instead of vuole in the spoken language, you can use vuol : Cosa vuol comprare? or Cosa vuole comprare ?1:05 I want to know. Voglio :12 it lo1:15 to know it saperlo 1:20 sapere + lo: lo gets hooked onto the verb to form saperlo . All verbs in ITALIAN end in -re (-are, -ere, -ire). If you want to hook on it , you hook it onto the -r , dropping the -e .1:49 I want to know it. Voglio :58 to buy comprare2:01 to buy it comprarlo2:07 I want to buy it. Voglio :14 I want to know how much it is Voglio sapere quant perch because I want to buy it.

9 Voglio :51 if se2:56 expensive caro3:03 It is very expensive. molto :12 It is not very expensive. Non molto :18 I want to buy it if it is not Voglio comprarlo se non very expensive. molto :47 too / too much troppo3:53 It is not too expensive. Non troppo caro. 3:58 I want to buy it if it is not Voglio comprarlo se non too expensive. troppo 50:00 to have avere0:08 I want to have it. Voglio :17 when quando0:20 when is quando and how much is quanto .0:23 When do you want to have it? Quando vuole averlo? / Quando vuol averlo?0:43 you can pu 0:53 You can have it .. Pu averlo ..0:59 .. if you want .. se vuole1:08 if you want to have it se vuole averlo / se vuol averlo1:23 now ora / adesso 1:27 ora means hour as well as now .1:37 I want to have it now. Voglio averlo :00 if it is possible se possibile2:15 at what time a che ora2:19 At what time do you want A che ora vuole (vuol) averlo?

10 To have it?2:31 You can have it now if you want. Pu averlo adesso se :54 a-b-l-e -abile2:56 probable probabile2:58 acceptable accettabile3:08 It is not acceptable for me. Non accettabile per :19 I m sorry but it is not acceptable Mi dispiace, ma non accettabile for me that way. per me cos .73:54 I want to know why it is not Voglio sapere perch non acceptable for you that way accettabile per lei cos perch because it is very good. molto :00 good buono Track 6 0:00 I think / as far as I am concerned / secondo me according to me / in my opinion0:19 in your opinion secondo lei0:23 As far as I know / As far as I see / Secondo me, molto buono cos . In my opinion it is very good that :53 I am sono / io sono1:01 ready pronto1:06 I m ready. Sono :13 soon presto1:16 right away subito1:22 I m ready right away.


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