Hola, amigos!
EHI...ASPETTA! QUESTO E' ITALIANO-NON SPAGNOLO!!!
(Hey...wait! This is Italian-not Spanish!)
Today you're going to learn how to say you want something or how you want to do something.
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Allora (right), iniziamo! ('Let's start!'-Iniziare: to start/initiate. InIZio, inIZi, inIZia, iniZIAmo, iniZIAte, inIZiano.)
To start doing something/to start...-ing- iniziare a...-re. EX. To start doing something-iniziare a fare qualcosa.
To want-
io VOglio
tu vuoi
lui/lei vuole
noi vogliamo
voi volete
loro VOgliono
Inizia a memorizzarli. (Got it? "Start memorizing them!")
Just as in English, place the conjugated verb before the noun:
Voglio la pizza. I want a pizza.
Vuoi un bambino. You want a kid/boy.
Lei vuole una casa grande. She wants (or You want... formal) a big house.
Eccetera.
Asking questions:
Simply add a question mark at the end of any sentence, indicating a rising intonation:
Vuoi la pizza?
Sì, grazie! (Yes, please!)
Vuole una casa grande? No, voglio una casa piccola. (No, I want a small house).
How about wanting to do something?
Follow the formula: volere+infinitive verb (-are, -ere, -ire).
Examples:
I want to go. Voglio andare.
Luca wants to eat. Luca vuole mangiare.
They want to play. (Loro) vogliono giocare.
Negative: Subject+non+conjugated form of volere+infinitive form of verb.
Esempi:
We don't want to sleep. (Noi) non vogliamo dormire. (Lit.: We not want to sleep)
Perché no?! Why not?!
Perché siamo stanchi. Because we're tired.
You (pl.) don't want to go. (Voi) non volete andare.
If you want to add what you want to eat, read, etc. simply add the necessary complements. Ex.: Voglio leggere un libro romantico. (I want to read a romantic book).
However, if you wish to add where you'd like to andare, add the preposition a (to).
Esempio: Matteo vuole andare a Madrid. (Matteo wants to go to Madrid).
Exercises:
1) Translate the following verbs into Italian.
Esempio: I want to have pizza. Answer: Voglio mangiare la pizza.
1. Andrea wants to have ice cream (gelato).
2. I want to go home (a casa-expression meaning 'at home' OR movement towards home. Like 'zu Hause' in German.)
3. The children don't want to read.
4. Sara wants to see Japan. (vedERe-to see).
5. Do you want to play?
2) Translate the following sentences into English.
Example: Vuole vedere Inghilterra. Risposta: She wants to see England.
1. Non voglio guardare (to watch) la TV.
2. Vuoi già (already) andare a casa?
3. Vogliamo la coca cola però lui vuole una birra (beer).
4. Non vogliono niente (nothing/anything).
5. Alex vuole studiare molto (a lot).
Check for answers below!
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1)
1. Andrea vuole mangiare il gelato.
2. Voglio andare a casa.
3. I bambini non vogliono leggere.
4. Sara vuole vedere Giappone.
5. Vuoi giocare?
2)
1. I don't want to watch TV.
2. Do you want to go home already?
3. We want coca cola but he wants a beer.
4. We don't want anything.
5. Alex wants to study a lot.
Tutti giusti? Did you get them all right? Well done!
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