Italian Course Beginner Series 33: At The Bar Video Lecture | Learn Italian Language: For Beginners and Travellers

hello and welcome to another Italian
tutorial today we're talking about
sentences and phrases that can come up
at the bar and we're gonna briefly have
a look at the grammar behind them
scusi err patter this means excuse me
is it open scusi means excuse me ah is a
word that means it is and we've seen
this in the very first video a pair tour
means open this is because bar is
masculine
if bar was feminine then it would be
aperto quando apres this means when does
it open
quando means when it's an interrogative
adverb we've seen all the integrity
adverbs in the video called the five W's
because that's how they are referred to
in english who when why where and what
opera means open in the present tense
conjugated in the third person singular
same for here
quanto Costa quanto means how much and
Costa means cost and it's the third
person singular again so how much does
it cost when does it open chat interval
or libero chant Avila libera well of
course we've seen that question marks
make statements become questions same
for here for here and for here if there
weren't any question marks these
sentences would be very different
this one wouldn't mean is it open but
would mean it is open so in this case
there is chair means there is a table
three so there is a free table but
there's a question mark therefore is
there a free table
he's a table available this is how you
would say in English
bas llamo said air G can we sit now this
is an example of reflexive form and we
haven't touched upon it yet but we will
cover it so for now just remember that
this is one particular case that we're
going to analyze later on and post siamo
means we can we will also have a look at
the verb to be able to or can which is
Patera in italian so we will actually
understand the sentence later on but
anyway this means can we say Dover Hill
baño where is the toilet
now the word Dover means where and it's
one of the interrogative adverbs that we
have covered the word ah means it is and
we've already seen that but because
there are two E's close to one another
in this case we have to get rid of this
one and we put an apostrophe instead to
remind ourselves that there should be a
letter there but we don't pronounce it
and we don't write it either so it's not
dorva ah but it's Doba Doba and the
first one it's an apostrophe the second
one is an acute accent if you don't know
the difference between the first one and
the second one go and watch the first
video boss so come BR at Canali again
this is another example of the verb can
port area and it means I can it's
conjugated in the first person singular
can be re to change canal a channel can
I change the channel causa chair de
berry now we've seen the particle chat
already it means the
is Casa we've seen it already it means
what it's one of the interrogative
adverbs de beer to drink so is there
anything to drink what's there for me to
drink that's what you would say that's
what it means and this is a very common
expression it means I offer so I will
pay so it's all on me this is what you
would say in English now the reason why
you have the subject Ile I after the
verb is because you want to emphasize
the fact that it's you pain for instance
if you have somebody asking ok so who's
gonna go
somebody could answer me I go yo bada I
go somebody else could say no I go so it
would be no bad or you when you put the
subject after the verb it's because you
want to emphasize the fact that the
subject is what matters is what makes
the sentence important so you place it
at the end and you put the emphasis on
it so it would be e avada no bad oh ye
oh so it's me who is gonna go not you
this is how you would translate it and
this is how you would translate this
also so no it's me who's gonna pay
although in English you would say it's
all on me but anyway ok guys we've had a
look at very useful sentences that could
be used at the bar or in similar
situations and we've had a brief look at
the grammar behind them I hope you have
found this video helpful I will see you
in the next one
practice practice take care and see you
soon