67: How long have you...? How to use “da” in Italian
Join our free mini conversation course: joyoflanguages.com/mini-conversation-course/ Get the bonus materials for this episode: joyoflanguages.com/da-in-italian-how-long/ Practise your Italian in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5.minute.italian/?ref=group_header Today's Italian words Da quanto tempo vivi in Italia? = How long have you been living in Italy? Da = since quanto tempo = how much time Vivi = you live in Italia = in Italy Da quanto tempo = how long have you…. (lit. since how much time) Vivo in Italia da quasi 10 anni = I’ve been living in Italy for almost 10 years. Vivo = I live in Italia = in Italy da = since quasi = almost dieci anni = ten years E tu? = And you? Ovviamente vivi in Italia da tutta la vita, più o meno = Obviously you’ve been living in Italy for your whole life, more or less. Ovviamente = obviously vivi = you live in Italia = in Italy da = since tutta la vita = the whole life più = more o = or meno = less Ma da quanto tempo vivi a Milano? = But how long have you been living in Milan? Ma = but Da = since Quanto tempo = how much time Vivi = you live A Milano = in Milan Vivo a Milano da 8 anni = I’ve been living in Milan for 8 years. Vivo = I live a Milano = in Milan Da = since 8 anni = eight years Vivo IN Italia = I live in Italy (for countries) Vivo A Milano = I live in Milan (a for cities)