Festa della Repubblica: Inviting a friend to picnic
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Key Phrases
Facciamo un picnic al parco?
Shall we have a picnic in the park?
Porti tu le bibite?
Will you bring the drinks?
Allora ci vediamo il due.
See you on the second, then.
Skills You'll Learn
Making suggestions and invitations using 'Shall we...?'
Fare proposte e inviti usando 'Facciamo...?'
Asking for and offering to bring items using 'Will you bring...?' and 'I'll bring...'
Chiedere e offrire cose usando 'Porti tu...?' e 'Porto...'
Arranging a meeting by discussing date and time
Organizzare un incontro parlando di data e ora
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're chatting with a friend in Italy. You want to invite them to a picnic in the park on the June holiday.
Ciao! Come va?
Hi! How's it going?
Bene, grazie! E tu?
Good, thanks! And you?
Tutto bene. Il due giugno sei libero?
All good. Are you free on June second?
Sì, è festa. Perché?
Yes, it's a holiday. Why?
Facciamo un picnic al parco? Vengono anche altri amici.
Shall we have a picnic in the park? Some other friends are coming too.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Come va?
KOH-meh VAH
How's it going?
Bene, grazie!
BEH-neh GRAHT-syeh
Fine, thanks!
E tu?
eh too
And you?
🇮🇹 tu is the casual 'you' for friends, so this fits a chat with a mate. With a stranger or someone older you'd say E Lei? instead.
See breakdown →Bene, grazie! E tu?
BEH-neh GRAHT-syeh eh too
Good, thanks! And you?
Tutto bene.
TOOT-toh BEH-neh
All good.
Il due
eel DOOH-eh
On the second
💬 Italian dates use il plus the plain number, with no separate word for 'on': il cinque "on the fifth". Only the first of the month is different: il primo "the first".
See breakdown →Il due giugno
eel DOOH-eh JOO-nyoh
The second of June
💬 Italian dates use plain numbers like due "two", not "second". The first of the month is the exception: il primo maggio "the first of May".
See breakdown →Sei libero?
SEH-ee LEE-beh-roh
Are you free?
💬 libero ends in -o when you ask a man. Ask a woman Sei libera?, and ask a group Siete liberi?.
See breakdown →Il due giugno sei libero?
eel DOOH-eh JOO-nyoh SEH-ee LEE-beh-roh
Are you free on June second?
🇮🇹 June 2nd is the Festa della Repubblica, a national holiday with a military parade in Rome. Most people are off work, so a picnic or a day out with friends is a classic plan.
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