Italian Verbs: I verbi del venerdi’ 8.6.10

Buon giorno!

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It’s Friday, and it’s time for some more Italian verbs in this recently born post series that I’ve named I verbi del venerdi’ (The Verbs of Friday).

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Ecco una mini-lezione basata su otto verbi. (Here’s a mini lesson based on eight verbs.)

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Svolgere, Partorire, Proseguire, Controllare, Radoppiare, Allattare, Crescere, Sviluppare

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Listen here for pronunciation:

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Pay close attention to the verbs with double consonants — to correctly pronounce them, pause a little longer on the double consonant.

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Now, here’s what they mean. Notice how for some, there is a similar word in English. For others there’s a more common verb or word in Italian that you may already know — good tricks for remembering the meanings.

1. Svolgere/Svolgersi: to take place, happen. Example: L’evento si e’ svolto ieri. (The event took place yesterday.)
2. Partorire: To give birth. Noun form: il parto (the birth, birth process)
3. Proseguire: to carry on, keep on; similar to ‘seguire’ (to continue).
4. Controllare: to check, monitor, inspect, control. Noun form: il controllo (a check, checkup, inspection, or control)
5. Radoppiare: to double. Root word: ‘doppio’, or ‘double’.
6. Allattare: to nurse, breastfeed. Noun form: l’allattamento (nursing, breastfeeding). Notice the word root ‘latte’, or ‘milk’.
7. Crescere: to grow. Noun form: la crescita (growth).
8. Sviluppare: to develop. Noun form: lo sviluppo (development).

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You might have noticed a common thread of childbirth and development among these Italian verbs. They are from a current Italian news story, “Nata cucciola di foca all’acquario di Genova” (Seal cub Born at the Genova Aquarium”).

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A complete audio lesson (including the story, a translation, and a vocabulary study) is available on this site for subscribers of Jodina’s Italian Audio Club. Monthly subscriptions are available for unlimited online access to a large and growing collection of custom audio lessons not available anywhere else. More info here.

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Here’s a link to the original story in Italian. See if you can find all of the verbi del venerdi’. Seal cub story.