Lesson #033, Wednesday

<p>Lui mangia la pizza. = He eats the pizza.</p> <p>Noi mangiamo la pasta. = We eat the pasta.</p> <p>Loro mangiano gli spaghetti. = They eat the spaghetti.</p> <p>Io studio il libro. = I study the book.</p> <p>Lei studia l'italiano. = She studies Italian.</p> <p>Antonio ama Claudia. = Antonio loves Claudia.</p> <p>Gli amici giocano il calcio. = The friends play soccer.</p> <p>To ask a question in Italian, you just say the sentence with a questioning inflection at the end of the sentence.</p> <p>Tu parli l'italiano. = You speak Italian</p> <p>Tu parli l'italiano? = Do you speak Italian?</p> <p>Another short cut you can do in Italian, is you can drop the pronoun entirely because the verb changes for every pronoun. For example, you can say</p> <p>Io compro il pane. = I buy the bread</p> <p>Or you can drop the 'io' and just say</p> <p>Compro il pane. = I buy the bread. Because the word 'compro' is only used with 'io,' you can drop the 'io' and it is apparent that you mean 'I buy.'</p>