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Italian B2: Saying It Exactly

Lesson 2 of 32

Your mission

At work

Mark the difference between what you know and what you are working out.

You should be able to do this without preparation, and adjust when the conversation turns.

  • B2
  • About 18 minutes
  1. 01Learn5 activities

Activity 01 · Orientation

Build the idea

Start with the essential idea and connect it to language you can use.

An argument you cannot fully back is still worth making - you just have to say so. Italian hedges with two tenses used for something other than time, and the pattern will look familiar if you have met the Spanish version.

The future is not only about the future. Point it at now and it stops meaning later and starts meaning probably.