181: The 3 Meanings of Si in Italian
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🗓️ 15 April 2025
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_What does “si” mean in Italian? Learn its three meanings and how to use it in every day conversations. _
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Today's Italian words:
Cosa si fa questo weekend? = What does one do this weekend?
Come si chiama il ristorante? = What is the restaurant called?
Lì si mangia bene e si spende poco = There one eats well and one spends little
Così Brody si diverte e si rilassa = That way Brody can enjoy herself and relax
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| 0:00.0 | The word C is a really important one in Italian because it comes up a lot even in very simple phrases. |
| 0:07.0 | You probably already know that C means yes. |
| 0:12.0 | But C also comes up in lots of other phrases and has some meanings that you might not expect. |
| 0:35.6 | Hi everyone and welcome to learn Italian with joy of languages. |
| 0:41.3 | We're talking about C, which is a little but very useful word. Today you'll see how it can be used in three different ways in Italian. |
| 0:46.3 | But before we get started, can we ask you a quick, |
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| 1:04.5 | Grazie. |
| 1:06.1 | In this conversation, you'll hear Katie and I chatting about our weekend plans see if you can |
| 1:13.1 | notice the phrases that use the word see what |
| 1:18.6 | what'sa what wecan |
| 1:22.6 | and we're going to in montagna mm-sie in valtaleggio how is it in mountaina? Mm, yes, in Valtalegu? |
| 1:29.1 | How is it? |
| 1:30.3 | The restaurant. |
| 1:32.8 | San Marco. |
| 1:34.0 | Mm, |
| 1:34.4 | just. |
| 1:36.1 | Lydie, |
| 1:36.5 | she manja |
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