MICHEL THOMAS ITALIAN (ADVANCED) COURSE, 4 CDs TRANSCRIPT This is an approximate transcript of the course, since Michel often

changed his mind in the middle of a sentence to be translated, or adapted his sentences for the students. The booklet that accompanied Michel's courses was wholly inadequate, so I have written this transcript. I have found it useful, so maybe other people will, too. Naturally, it would be foolish to try to learn the language using this transcript, without buying the recordings. Note that English is my native language, so I don't guarantee that there are no mistakes. Tracks and track times in the recording are shown in brackets. Version 2, August 4th 2006 Transcribed by JK CD 1 (70.14) (1) 11.18 I am very happy to be here with you sono molto contento di essere qui con Lei with all of you con Loro, con voi I would like to see it vorrei vederlo I want it now lo voglio adesso I want some of it now ne voglio adesso I bought some ne ho comprato I didn't buy any because I didn't find any non ne ho comprato perch non ne ho trovato can you tell me where it is? pu dirmi dov'? can you tell me where one can find it? pu dirmi dove si pu trovare? how does one say it in Italian? come si dice? I like to see it mi piace vederlo I would like to see it vorrei vederlo it would please me to see it mi piacerebbe vederlo I like very much to travel mi piace molto viaggiare I am sorry but I cannot wait because I have to leave soon mi dispiace ma non posso aspettare perch devo partire subito I will have to leave dovr partire I would have to leave dovrei partire ("I would have to" is often used for "I should") I should leave dovrei partire adesso I cannot stay non posso stare I cannot remain non posso rimanere can you tell me? pu dirmi? when will you be able to do it? quando potr farlo? when would you be able to do it? quando potrebbe farlo? ("I would be able" is often used for "I could", but "I could" in English also means "I was able to")

I could, I would be able potrei I could, I was able potevo (2) 9.17 (tu "you" is used to address family and friends, and maybe also colleagues. Lei "you" is used to address everyone else) I speak parlo he speaks, you speak parla you speak (to a friend) parli I am selling vendo you are selling (to a friend) vendi you are leaving (to a friend) parti to have avere I have ho he has, you have ha you have (to a friend) hai to go andare we go andiamo I go, I am going vado he is going va you are going (to a friend) vai to be essere I am sono he is, she is, it is you are (friend) sei where are you? (friend) dove sei? to know sapere I know so I don't know it non lo so he knows it lo sa don't you know it? non lo sa? you know it (to a friend) lo sai I can posso he can pu can you tell me? pu dirmi?, mi pu dire? can you tell me, Carlo? mi puoi dire, Carlo? to want volere I want it lo voglio I don't want any non ne voglio do you want any? ne vuole? do you want it (to a friend)? lo vuoi? ("you" plural is voi. To build the right word, start from the whole verb, and change the -r- into a -t-: -ate, -ete, -ite) you speak (plural) parlate you are leaving (plural) partite you are selling it (plural) lo vendete can you see it? (plural) potete vederlo?

can't you see it? (plural) non potete vederlo don't you want to do it? (plural) non volete farlo? why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite? why don't you do it? (plural) perch non lo fate? why don't you know where it is? (plural) perch non sapete dov'? why don't you know where it is? (to a friend) perch non sai dov'? (3) 6.04 to speak parlare I speak parlo (for "they" and "all of you", go from parlo to parlano. This ending is used with -are verbs; for other verbs, the ending is -ono) to leave partire I am leaving parto they are leaving, you all are leaving partano I am selling it lo vendo they are selling it lo vendono I have ho he has ha you have (friend) hai they have hanno you have (plural) avete we have abbiamo I am sono they are sono I am busy now sono occupato adesso they are busy now sono occupati adesso they are busy (all women) sono occupate adesso you are (friend) sei you are (plural) siete I am going vado he is going va you are going (friend) vai they are going vanno to give dare I give do he gives da you give (friend) dai they give danno I want voglio they want vogliono I can posso they can possono you can (plural) potete you want (plural) volete we want vogliamo we can possiamo

(4) 3.32 to say, to tell dire I am telling dico I am telling you Le dico I am telling him gli dico it to him glielo I am telling it to him glielo dico I am giving it to her glielo do they are not telling me non mi dicono they are not telling it to me non me lo dicono to understand capire I understand capisco I don't understand it non lo capisco they don't understand it non lo capiscono I don't know him non lo conosco they don't know me non mi conoscono I am finishing finisco I am finishing it lo finisco they are finishing it lo finiscono they don't want to do it non lo vogliono fare they don't want to tell me non vogliono dirmi (5) 4.16 why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite? why can't you do it? (plural) perch non potete farlo? why can't they do it? perch non possono farlo? why don't they do it? perch non lo fanno? why don't you do it? perch non lo fa? why don't you do it? (friend) perch non lo fai? why don't you do it? (plural) perch non lo fate? why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite? why don't you tell me? perch non mi dice? why don't you tell it to me? (plural) perch non me lo dite? why don't you do it? (plural) perch non lo fate? why don't you want to do it? (plural) perch non volete farlo? why can't you tell it to me now? (plural) perch non melo potete dire adesso? (6) 4.56 (for "we", you always use the ending -iamo) we cannot do it because we don't want to do it non possiamo farlo perch non vogliamo farlo we are going to see it andiamo a vederlo can you please show me what you have bought? (friend) puoi mostrarmi cosa hai comprato? ("let me see" is often used in place of "show") can you let me see? pu farmi vedere? it is not what I want non ci que voglio I am preparing it lo preparo

I am in the process of preparing it lo sto preparando I am just about to prepare it sto per prepararlo I am staying sto they are staying stanno he, she, it is staying sta you are staying (friend) stai we are staying stiamo you are staying (plural) state (7) 5.56 I have ho to leave partire I will leave partir he will leave partir you will leave (friend) partirai they will leave partiranno I will prepare it lo partir at what time will you leave? (friend) a che ora partirai? at what time will you leave? a che ora partir? you will leave (plural) partirete we will leave partiremo we would leave partiremmo we will leave partiremo we will do it lo faremo we would do it lo faremmo we wouldn't do it non lo faremmo we won't do it non lo faremo he won't tell me non mi dir we won't do it non lo faremo we wouldn't do it non lo faremmo they will do it lo faranno I won't do it non lo far why won't you do it? (friend) perch non lo farai? (8) 9.52 I would do it lo farei he would do it lo farebbe they would do it lo farebbero they wouldn't do it non lo farebbero he wouldn't tell me non mi direbbe they wouldn't tell me non mi direbbero he will be here sar qui I will be here sar qui they will be here soon saranno qui subito later piu tardi we will be here saremo qui but it wouldn't be possible that way ma non sarebbe possibile cos we would be very happy to do it saremmo molto contenti di farlo

it will please me very much to do it mi piacer molto farlo but I wouldn't like to do it ma non mi piacerebbe farlo it would be very important for me sarebbe molto importante per me I will have it for you lo avr per Lei but we won't have it today ma non lo avremo oggi I wouldn't have it today non lo avrei oggi I will leave partir they will leave partiranno he will leave partir you will leave (friend) partirai you will leave (plural) partirete when will you leave? (plural) quando partirete? we will leave soon partiremo presto but we wouldn't leave today ma non partiremmo oggi he will leave partir he would leave partirebbe they will leave partiranno he would leave partirebbe they would leave partirebbero he told me that he won't leave mi ha detto che non partir really veramente I really know that he wouldn't leave so veramente che non partirebbe I am sure that they wouldn't leave today sono sicuro che non partirebbero oggi (the "would" ending for tu is -resti and for voi is -reste) you would leave (friend) partiresti you would be here (friend) saresti qui you would be here (plural) sareste qui (9) 3.15 I will have it l'avr I would have it l'avrei I would have bought it l'avrei comprato we would have waited for you (friend) te avremmo aspettato we would have waited for him l'avremmo aspettato they wouldn't have waited for me non mi avrebbero aspettato he would have seen me and he would have told me why he won't do it that way mi avrebbe visto e mi avrebbe detto perch non lo far cos (10) 3.21 I am preparing it lo preparo I will be preparing it for you sto per prepararlo I am in the process of preparing it lo sto preparando, sto preparandolo I am just about to prepare it sto per preparlo I tell you tomorrow (friend) ti dico domani I tell you tomorrow le dico domani it to you te lo I tell you it tomorrow te lo dico domani I will tell him gli dico

it to him glielo I will tell it to him gle lo dico I will tell it to you tomorrow glielo dir domani he wouldn't tell it to me non me lo direbbe (11) 8.27 I am preparing it lo preparo I was speaking parlavo he was speaking parlava they were speaking parlavano you were speaking (friend) parlavi you were speaking (plural) parlavate we were speaking parlavamo I was selling it lo vendevo they were selling it lo vendevano I was selling it lo vendevo they were selling it lo vendevano he was selling it lo vendeva you were selling it (friend) lo vendevi you were selling it (plural) lo vendevate we were selling it lo vendevamo I was leaving partivo he was leaving partiva you were leaving (friend) partivi they were leaving partivano we were leaving partivamo you were leaving partiva I am doing it lo faccio they are doing it lo fanno you are doing it (friend) lo fai he is doing it lo fa you are doing it (plural) lo fate we are doing it lo facciamo I was doing it lo facevo he was doing it lo faceva they were doing it lo facevano we were doing it lo facevamo you were doing it (plural) lo facevate I did it, I have done it l'ho fatto (end of recording) CD 2 (68.57) (1) 9.49 (here are a handful of verbs whose nature is to express a straight line in the past) I know so I knew it lo sapevo

I didn't know it non lo sapevo I have known it, I found out l'ho saputo I found out that it will be ready soon ho saputo che sar pronto presto I didn't know it non lo sapevo to want volere I have wanted it lo voluto I wanted it lo volevo I didn't want to buy it non volevo comprarlo to look at guardare I was looking at it lo guardavo but I didn't want to buy it ma non ho voluto comprarlo I didn't want to have it non volevo averlo I don't understand what you mean non capisco ci che vuole dire to have avere to be essere I didn't want to do it because I didn't have the time to do it because I was very busy non volevo farlo perch non avevo tempo di farlo perch ero molto occupato I could potevo I couldn't find it non potevo trovarlo I didn't know where it was non sapevo dove era I was looking for it lo cercavo but I didn't find it ma non l'ho trovato I was looking for it but I couldn't find it lo cercavo ma non potevo trovarlo (2) 5.27 ("could" expresses to different tenses in English) he couldn't do it (now) non potrebbe farlo (he tried and) he couldn't do it (yesterday) non poteva farlo could you tell me where it is? potrebbe dirmi dov'? can you tell me where it is? pu dirmi dov'? could you tell me where it is? potrebbe dirmi dov'? he was looking for it and he couldn't find it lo cercava e non poteva trovarlo (3) 7.32 to have to, to be supposed to dovere I must see it devo vederlo you have to tell me deve dirmi you have to tell me (friend) devi dirmi you have to tell me (plural) dovete dirmi we have to buy it dobbiamo comprarlo I will have to do it dovr farlo he will have to be here soon dovr essere qui subito he would have to be here dovrebbe essere qui ("would have to" is used for "should", "ought to") you should be here dovrebbe essere qui you should tell me dovrebbe dirmi I think that you should do it (friend) penso che dovresti farlo you should do it (plural) dovreste farlo

we have to buy it dobbiamo comprarlo you would have to dovrebbe you would have to (friend) dovresti you should tell me (friend) dovresti dirmi you should come with me (plural) dovreste venire con me he had to wait doveva aspettare (4) 7.50 I won't be able to do it without you non potr farlo senza di te ("I couldn't have done it" is the same as "I wouldn't have been able to do it" in English) I wouldn't have been able to do it non avrei potuto farlo I would have avrei I wouldn't have non avrei I wouldn't have been able to do it without you, I couldn't have done it without you non avrei potuto farlo senza di te could you wait for me now? potrebbe aspettarmi adesso? could you wait for me now? (friend) potresti aspettarmi adesso? could you wait for me now? (plural) potreste aspettarmi adesso? I am sorry but I couldn't wait for you because I had to leave mi dispiace ma non ti potevo aspettare perch ho dovuto partire I haven't been able to wait non ho potuto aspettare to leave, to go myself away from it andarmene I am leaving now me ne vado adesso, parto adesso I had to leave ho dovuto andarmene, ho dovuto partire (5) 9.11 I could have told you, I would have been able to tell you avrei potuto dirle I couldn't do it now non potrei farlo adesso I couldn't do it yesterday non potevo farlo ieri I have not been able to do it non ho potuto farlo ("I could have done it" is the same as "I would have been able to do it") I would have been able to do it avrei potuto farlo I couldn't have waited for you, I would not have been able to wait for you non avrei potuto aspettarla I could have told you, I would have been able to tell you avrei potuto dirle I am sorry but I couldn't have gone there with you last night because I was very busy mi dispiace ma non avrei potuto andarci con te ieri sera perch ero molto occupato I would have to do it dovrei farlo I would have it lo avrei I would have to do it dovrei farlo (dovrei expresses not only "I would have to" but also "I should", "I ought to") I should do it dovrei farlo you should tell me dovrebbe dirmi you should wait for me (friend) dovresti aspettarmi you have to wait for me (friend) devi aspettarmi (6) 14.08 four to be able potere you can (plural) potete

can you come with me? (plural) potete venire con me? can you tell me? (plural) potete dirmi? can you tell me? (friend) puoi dirmi? could you tell me? (friend) potresti dirmi? could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi? I was looking for it but I couldn't find it lo cercavo ma non potevo trovarlo I couldn't find it, I haven't been able to find it non l'ho potuto trovare I had not been able to find it non avevo potuto trovarlo I could have told you, I would have been able to tell you avrei potuto dirle I could have told you where it was avrei potuto dirle dove era (7) 5.20 I asked you ti ho chiesto to ask chiedere asked chiesto said, told detto done fatto I have done it l'ho fatto I haven't done it non l'ho fatto he didn't do it, he has not done it non l'ha fatto to see vedere I saw it l'ho visto (with "see", there are two ways to dive: visto or veduto) I have seen him lo ho visto I have seen her la ho vista I have seen them li ho visti I have seen them (all women) le ho viste to write scrivere written scritto to speak parlare spoken parlate to leave partire left partito to hear sentire heard sentito to sell vendere sold venduto to see vedere seen visto, veduto (8) 4.46 to ask chiedere asked chiesto he asked me mi ha chiesto why didn't you ask me? (friend) perch non mi hai chiesto? to say, tell dire said, told detto why didn't you tell me? perch non mi ha detto?

to do fare did fatto I did it l'ho fatto I didn't do it non l'ho fatto why didn't you do it? perch non l'ha fatto? I didn't do it because I didn't know that you wanted to have it non l'ho fatto perch non sapevo che voleva averlo you wanted to have it (at that moment) ha voluto averlo (9) 4.54 could you tell me, could you please tell me? potrebbe dirmi? he couldn't tell me because he did not know it non poteva dirmi perch non lo sapeva I could have told you, I would have been able to tell you avrei potuto dirle he couldn't have done it that way non avrebbe potuto farlo cos (end of recording) CD 3 (76.17) (1) 13.24 I can posso they can possono to leave partire I am leaving parto they leave partono they are telling me mi dicono I know so they know sanno they have hanno they are sono they give danno they go vanno they stay stanno they do fanno they can possono they don't want to do it non vogliono farlo to understand capire they understand capiscono to finish finire they are finishing finiscono ("they" always follows the form for "I", but voi "you" follows the infinitive) you can (plural) potete they can possono I can posso they can possono you are saying, you are telling (plural) dite why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite? they cannot do it non possono farlo

they don't want to do it that way non vogliono farlo cos they are not telling me non mi dicono they don't understand it non lo capiscono (the only exception is with the -are verbs) they speak parlano they are eating mangiano they are selling it lo vendono they don't see it non lo vedono they are finishing finiscono they don't know him non lo conoscono I know him lo conosco they don't know him non lo conoscono at what time are you (all) leaving? a che ora partite? at what time are they leaving? a che ora partono? to have to dovere I must devo they have to be here soon devono essere qui subito you have to tell me (plural) dovete dirmi they have to devono I have ho they have hanno you have (plural) ha avete you are doing it (plural) lo fate why don't you tell me? (plural) perch non mi dite? why don't they tell me? perch non mi dicono? (2) 9.53 we can possiamo we cannot find it non possiamo trovarlo I will be able to do it potr farlo I won't be able to do it that way non potr farlo cos he won't be able to come with us non potr venire con noi they are not coming non vengono why don't you come with us? (plural) perch non venite con noi? you have to wait for me deve aspettarmi you are leaving (friend) parti you have to (friend) devi you have to wait for me (friend) devi aspettarmi we have to wait dobbiamo aspettare we have to wait here dobbiamo aspettare qui I will have to do it dovr farlo we will have to do it dovremo farlo we would have to do it dovremmo farlo ("would have to" is used for "should") we should do it dovremmo farlo you should wait for me dovrebbe aspettarmi you should wait for me (plural formal) dovrebbero aspettarmi

you should have to wait dovrebbe aspettare they should have to wait dovrebbero aspettare you should have to wait for me (plural formal) dovrebbero aspettarmi you should tell me (friend) dovresti dirmi you should tell me (plural) dovreste dirmi they should tell me dovrebbero dirmi could you tell me? (friend) potresti dirmi could you tell me? (plural) potreste dirmi? they couldn't tell me non potrebbero dirmi (3) 9.38 I have ho you have (friend) hai he has ha they have hanno I will leave partir he will leave partir you will leave (friend) partirai they will leave partiranno we will leave partiremo we would leave partiremmo we will leave partiremo you will leave (friend) partirai you will leave (plural) partirete we will leave partiremo you will leave (plural) partirete we will tell you (friend) ti diremo we will tell you (formal) le diremo we wouldn't tell him non gli diremmo we wouldn't give it to him non glielo daremmo we will leave partiremo we would leave partiremmo when will you leave? (plural) quando partirete? when will you do it? (plural) quando lo farete? when will you do it? quando lo far? when will you do it? (friend) quando lo farai? when will they do it? when will you all do it? (plural formal) quando lo farano? he told me mi ha detto he told me that he wouldn't do it mi ha detto che non lo farebbe he wouldn't have done it non lo avrebbe fatto I would do it lo farei he would do it lo farebbe they would do it lo farebbero we would do it lo faremmo we will do it lo faremo you would do it (friend) lo faresti you would do it (plural) lo fareste

(4) 7.51 to have to dovere I can posso they can possono we can possiamo you can (friend) puoi can you tell me? (friend) puoi dirmi? can you tell me? pu dirmi? can you tell me? (plural) potete dirmi? I will be able to do it potr farlo I won't be able to do it that way non potr farlo cos he will be able to do it potr farlo they will be able to do it potranno farlo you will be able to do it potr farlo he won't be able to do it non potr farlo you will be able to do it (friend) potrai farlo we will be able to do it potremo farlo we would be able to do it potremmo farlo we couldn't (past) non potevamo we couldn't find it (past) non potevamo trovarlo I couldn't go there last night non potevo andarci ieri sera I couldn't go there tonight non potrei andarci stasera can you tell me? pu dirmi? can you tell me? (friend) puoi dirmi? can you tell me? (plural) potete dirmi? could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi? could you tell me? (friend) potresti dirmi? could you tell me? (plural) potreste dirmi? you could have told me avrebbe potuto dirmi I could have told you avrei potuto dirle (5) 5.15 I should do it, I would have to do it dovrei farlo you should wait for me dovrebbe aspettarmi we should go there dovremmo andarci they should come with us dovrebbero venire con noi you should wait for us (plural) dovreste aspettarci you could have told me (friend) mi avreste potuto dire I could have done it avrei potuto farlo I should have told you avrei dovuto dirle we should have left earlier avremmo dovuto partire pi presto (6) 8.17 I went (I am gone) sono andato I went (female) sono andata we went siamo andati we went (all women) siamo andate where did you go? (female friend) dove sei andata?

I am sono you are (friend) sei where did you go? (female friend) dove sei andata? where did you go? (a few girls) dove siete andate? where did you go? (mixed group) dove siete andati? we went to see it siamo andati a vederlo he left partito at what time did you leave? a che ora partito? at what time did you leave? (female friend) a che ora sei partita? we left siamo partiti we left (all girls) siamo partite just appena we have just left siamo appena partiti he has just arrived appena arrivato we went out siamo usciti to go out uscire I am going out esco they are going out escono you are going out (plural) uscite (7) 10.06 (giving commands: use the first person, but change the ending from -o to -a) go out! esca! don't go out! non esca! don't go out! (friend) non uscire! don't tell me! (friend) non dirmi! don't wait for me! (friend) non aspettarmi! I come vengo come with me! venga con me! don't go there! (friend) non andarci! don't come! non venga! don't tell me! (friend) non dirmi! tell me! mi dica! don't tell me! non mi dica! (however, with -are verbs, change the endings from -o to -i) slowly lentamente more slowly pi lentamente speak more slowly! parli pi lentamente! speak! (friend) parlare! leave! parta! leave! (friend) parti! speak Italian with me! (friend) parla italiano con me! speak Italian! parli italiano! don't speak Italian with me! (friend) non parlare italiano con me! (there are a few exceptions with a command spoken to a friend) I am telling you le dico tell me! mi dica!

don't tell me! (friend) non mi dire! don't tell me what you want to buy! (friend) non mi dire ci che vuoi comprare! tell me! (friend) di mi do it! (friend) fallo! don't do it! (friend) non lo fare! give me! (friend) dammi! don't give me! (friend) non mi dare! (8) 11.53 he has just arrived ha apenna arrivato he would have arrived earlier sarebbe arrivato pi presto (make a separation between "would", "would have" on one hand, and "should", "should have", "could", "could have" on the other) (for "would", you have to hit the -r-) he would do it lo farebbe they wouldn't do it non lo farebbero I wouldn't do it non lo farei I would have done it non l'avrei fatto I wouldn't do it now non lo farei adesso I wouldn't have done it non l'avrei fatto we wouldn't buy it because it is too expensive non lo compreremmo perch troppo caro he will buy it lo compr we will buy it lo compremo we would buy it lo compremmo we would have bought it lo avremmo comprato ("I would have" uses either avrei... or sarei...) I would have avrei I would have spoken avrei parlato I would have left avrei partito he would leave partirebbe he would have left sarebbe partito he would buy it lo comprerebbe he would have bought it lo avrebbe comprato he wouldn't tell me non mi direbbe he wouldn't have told you non le avrebbe dito he wouldn't have told you (friend) non ti avrebbe detto he would arrive soon arriverebbe presto he would have arrived a long time ago sarebbe arrivato molto tempo fa (end of recording) CD 4 (65.56) (1) 9.39 I couldn't find it, I wasn't able to find it non potevo trovarlo I couldn't find it, I could never find it non potrei trovarlo could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi?

you could have told me (friend) mi avresti potuto dire you could have told me mi avrebbe potuto dire I know that he couldn't do it, I know that he wouldn't be able to do it so che non lo potrebbe farlo he couldn't do it, he wasn't able to do it non poteva farlo I could do it potrei farlo could you tell me? potrebbe dirmi? I could have told you avrei potuto dirle I would have left earlier sarei partito pi presto I could have left sooner avrei potuto partire pi presto and I would have arrived on time e sarei arrivato in tempo I would have arrived in time sarei arrivato in tempo you have to wait for me deve aspettarmi you will have to wait for me dovr aspettarmi you should wait for me dovrebbe aspettarmi you should have waited for me avrebbe dovuto aspettarmi (2) 3.43 to go up salire I am going up, I am coming up salgo they are going up salgono you are going up (friend) sali you are going up (plural) salite I went up sono salito (to dive with essere, use sono stato etc) I have been (I am been) sono stato he has been stato she has been stata I was there yesterday c'ero ieri I have been there ci sono stato I was here ero qui there was c'era there are ci sono there are many problems ci sono multi problemi many people molta gente there are many people c' molta gente there are so many people c' tanta gente we were there and there were so many people c'eravamo e c'era tanta gente (3) 4.35 wait! (friend) aspetta! wait! aspetti! speak! parli! speak! (friend) parla! leave! parta! at what time are you leaving? a che ora parte? at what time do we leave? a che ora partiamo? let's leave! partiamo!

let's go! andiamo! I am coming vengo they are coming vengono you are coming (plural) venite we are coming veniamo he is coming viene you are coming (friend) vieni come! venga! come! (friend) vieni! tell me! (friend) dimmi! don't tell me! (friend) non mi dire! tell me! mi dica! tell it to me now! melo dica adesso! (4) 12.42 (subjunctive tense: not used much in English, but used often in Italian) (in English, you might say " if I were" and not "if I was". Instead of saying, "you must be here", you could say "it is necessary that you be here" (the subjunctive) and not "...that you are here". Instead of saying "at what time do want me to be here?", you could say "at what time do you want that I be here"; instead of saying "he must go there", you could say "it is absolutely necessary that he go"; instead of saying "he must do it", you could say "it is necessary that he do it") (in English, you can usually avoid the subjunctive. In Italian, to say "I want him to do it" you must say "I want that he does it", and "that" is followed by "does it" in the subjunctive) speak! parli! that I speak, that you speak (friend), that he speaks parli that they speak parlino that we speak parliamo that you speak (plural) parliate I want you to speak, I want that you speak (plural) voglio che parlino that you speak (plural formal) parlino that we speak parliamo that you speak (plural) parliate (that takes care of the -are verbs. Now the others) leave! parta! that I leave, that you leave (friend), that he leaves parta that they leave partano that we leave partiamo that you leave (plural) partiate I want you to leave with me (plural) voglio che partiate con me at what time are you leaving? (plural) a che ora partite? to sell vendo why don't you want me to sell it?, why don't you want that I sell it? perch non vuole che lo venda I don't want you to sell it non voglio che lo venda (the subjunctive is a mood, and expresses an element of doubt or uncertainty)

I want you to do it voglio che lo faccia I want you to tell me voglio che mi dica at what time do you want me to finish? a che ora vuole che finisca? I want you to call me voglio che mi chiami (5) 5.05 to have (subjunctive) abbiathat we have abbiamo that they have abbiano that we have abbiamo that you have abbiate to be (subjunctive) siawe are siamo that they be siano that we be siamo that you be siate it is important that you be here importante (le) che sia qui that I be here che (io) sia qui that they be here che (Loro) siano qui it is important that (all of) you be here importante che siate qui I need it ne ho bisogno I don't need it non ne ho bisogno it is important... bisogna... it is important that he be here bisogna che lui sia qui (6) 6.55 (the past subjunctive: for -are verbs) it was necessary that I spoke era necessario che parlassi that I spoke parlassi that you spoke (friend) parlassi that he spoke parlasse that they spoke parlassero that we spoke parlassimo that you spoke (plural) parlaste it was necessary that we spoke era necessario che parlassimo that we spoke parlassimo that I spoke parlassi that you spoke (friend) parlassi that we spoke parlassimo that he spoke parlasse that you spoke (plural) parlaste that they spoke parlassero that he spoke parlasse that you spoke (plural) parlaste that they spoke parlassero that I spoke parlassi that you spoke (friend) parlassi that we spoke parlassimo

(-ere verbs) that I sold vendessi (-ire verbs) that I left partissi that you left (friend) partissi that I spoke parlassi that you spoke (friend) parlassi that we spoke parlassimo that you left (friend) partissi that we left partissimo that you left (plural) partiste that he left partisse that they left partissero that you left (plural) partiste that I left partissi that you left (friend) partiste that we left partissimo that I sold vendessi that you sold (friend) vendessi that we sold vendessimo that they sold vendessero that you sold (plural) vendeste (7) 8.03 (past subjunctive of avere and essere) to have avere that I had avessi that you had (friend) avessi that we had avessimo that they had avessero that he had avesse that she had avesse that it had avesse that you had avesse that you had (plural) aveste (the subjunctive is used after "if", for example in English "if I were here", but usually you don't recognise it) if I had known it I would have done it se l'avessi saputo lo ho avrei fatto and I would have prepared it for you e lo ho avrei preparato per Lei I have been busy (I am been busy) sono stato occupato I have been busy (female) sono stata occupata if I had the time I would do it se avessi il tempo lo farei (8) 9.49 that I had avessi that I were fossi if I were se fossi if you were (friend) fossi

if he were fosse if they were fossero if we were fossimo if you were (plural) foste I left sono partito I had left era partito if I had left se fossi partito if she had left se fosse partita if we had left se fossimo partiti if we had left (all girls) se fossimo partite I would have made a reservation if I had known it avrei fatto una prenotazione se l'avessi saputo I would have waited and I would have gone there with you avrei aspettato e ci sarei andato con Lei if you had called me and if you had told me that you wanted to have it I would have given it to you (friend) se mi avessi chiamato e se mi avessi detto che volevi averlo glielo avrei datto I would have bought it lo avrei comprato I would have given it to you lo avrei datto I would have given it you (friend) te lo avrei fatto (9) 1.57 (the "historic past" is not used much in the spoken language, but is used more often in literature. In some areas of Italy, you may hear it instead of the simple past) I spoke parl I sold vend (10) 3.28 (end of recording)