episode 1 greetings and various phrases wound that DeLuna saluti a various Ozzy Tell Mama let's get started with some greetings. You've probably heard most of these before. I'll say the English first followed by a slow and then a normal Italian translation and I'll leave enough time for you to repeat the Italian. I'll pop the vocab into the episode info as well. So you can see it all written down. It might be easier to follow along whilst reading at first, but it's up to you. Say parantha mama. Are you ready? Mom? Come in charmer. Let's get started. Good morning, one Journal. buongiorno Have a good day wanna giornata. furniture nauta afternoon for Mary Jo for Mary Jo. See you this afternoon. Tri vediamo knell for Mary Jo T vediamo help America Good afternoon, or good evening. Buona Sera Buona Sera Have a good evening. Buona Sera Buona Sera Good night. Buona Notte Buona Notte Hi, or bye informal. Ciao. Ciao, bye bye when wrapping up a phone call. cha cha cha Hello, when answering a phone call Pronto pronto. Hi, or bye. Which is in between formal and informal it's what you can use when you're not sure what level of formality to use. selves Salva Goodbye formal arrivederci. arrivederci Nice to meet you. piacere piacere Pronunciation is very important in Italian unlike Us in Australia who drop off letters willy-nilly it's important to pronounce every letter and not let for example an i or an E. I drop off at the end of a word because often these endings can change the meaning of the word. We'll get into this more down. The track. Another thing to note is double letters Rose in English. We often skip over them quickly like for example in the word Little we don't sail it tool and here to tease you just run it together. So little doesn't you don't even realize there's a double letter. But this is important in Italian. You need to hear the double letter for example in a word like not death. Or in the name like Giovanni, you need to hear like a almost like you're hanging on to that double letter not - Giovanni. It's all about practice though. So let's keep going. It always helps me to learn new vocabulary in context. So rather than just trying to learn isolated words. It helps to learn them in phrases useful phrases. This is because it's easier for our brains to remember information in chunks. You probably remember your mobile number in segments rather than as like ten individual numbers. Yeah. I was thinking about how I remember new vocab by chunking the other day. And when I googled this is actually heaps of theories out there related to chunking and memory and language learning. So with this in mind, let's move on to learning some useful phrases note that I'm using the informal you in these phrases, which is tool in Italian as this will most likely be what we use when you visit My name is Georgia. Mi chiamo, Georgia Mickey Amo, Georgia What's your name? Comma T. Kia me. committee chiami , literally translates to hell as in how are you? Gourmet Style Come stai. I'm good. Thanks and you? store been there grazia to stubborn gratia to what are you doing today? Cos Phi orgy cause afire G. I'm going to the cinema. Vado Cinema But what Cinema? I'm going to work. Vado all love water Bodwell lavoro See you later. She vediamo, dr. Cheever. Diamo Topo. See you in a bit. Chi the diamo track Paco DVD imatra Paco Brava Mama, very good, Mom. Now, let's move on to an activity. Can you answer the following questions? question 1 Zhao committee chiami If you answered something like me chiamo followed by your name, that's right. Let's move on to question 2. Gomez died if you answered something like stop in grazia it do then that's perfect. Let's move on to question 3. classify or gee if you answered by Allah and then where you're going today, then that's perfect one Lovato good work. Before we finish up. Let's enjoy one final segment, which I'll call la parola de La Punta or the word of the episode. This is where I'll share a fun word or phrase. So we always remember to keep language learning fun and interesting this episode our phrases In Bocca al Lupo which literally translates to something like in the mouth of the wolf and is used to wish someone. Good luck. It's much like the English idiom break a leg and it's used in theater. To the standard answer is correct be a Looper meaning met the wolf die. So In Bocca al Lupo with your Italian Studies To even things out a bit. I'll finish up with a phrase that dad always says which is ciao for now. To even things out a bit. I'll finish up with a phrase that dad always says which is ciao for now.
Ciao! Welcome to the first episode of Language Lessons For Mum! Check out the FREE online course that complements this podcast. There you'll find downloadable vocabulary transcripts from the episodes, quizzes and more. Join now at: https://georgias-online-academy-of-language-goals.teachable.com  Follow me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GOALs.Georgia/   Check out my website: https://georgialanguagegoals.wordpress.com Email me at: goals.georgia@gmail.com Below are the words and phrases from this episode:   Buongiorno - Good morning Buona giornata! - Have a good day! Pomeriggio - Afternoon  Ci vediamo nel pomeriggio - See you this afternoon Buonasera - Good afternoon / evening  Buona serata! - Have a good evening! Buonanotte - Good night Ciao! - Hi/Bye! INF Ciao, ciao. Ciao. – Bye bye! (Wrapping up a phone call) INF Pronto? – Hello? (When answering a phone call) Salve! - Hi/Bye! INF/F  Arrivederci! - Goodbye F Piacere! - Nice to meet you! Mi chiamo Georgia. - My name is Georgia. Come ti chiami? - What's your name? INF ('come' literally translates to 'how') Come stai? - How are you? INF Sto bene grazie. E tu? - I'm good thanks. And you? INF Cosa fai oggi? - What are you doing today? INF Vado al cinema. - I'm going to the cinema. Vado a lavoro. - I'm going to work. Ci vediamo dopo. - See you later. Ci vediamo tra poco. - See you in a bit. "In bocca al lupo" - Good Luck! 