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Episode 7: Subjunctive - Someone's in the kitchen with Pulcinella

Episode 7: Subjunctive - Someone's in the kitchen with Pulcinella

FromRadio Arlecchino: Italian Grammar and Culture Podcast


Episode 7: Subjunctive - Someone's in the kitchen with Pulcinella

FromRadio Arlecchino: Italian Grammar and Culture Podcast

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode

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asset title: Episode 7: Subjunctive - Someone's in the kitchen with Pulcinella
filename: ra_07.mp3
track number: 7/22
time: 9:04
size: 7.44 MB
bitrate: 112 kbps

In 'Someone's in the kitchen with Pulcinella,' we conclude our discussion of the subjunctive with a summary of all the rules. Remember the WHEIRDO verbs? We'll review all the tenses of the subjunctive: the presente, passato, imperfetto, and trapassato and contrast these with the use of the formal imperative. Pulcinella will get down with the imperative as he cooks up a delicious spaghetti frittata! Gnam, gnam, gnam. Let's listen ...DialogFrittata di spaghettiBenvenuti, radioascoltatoriAl programma di cucina di PulcinellaVolete un piatto di gnocchetti?E invece no!Vi farò una frittata di spaghetti!Prenda, signora, cinque uova,Della frittata son la prova,Unisca pepe, sale e pecorinoNon troppo, solo un pochinoGli spaghetti cari amici Son allegri e son felici Di poter essere unitiAd ingredienti assai squisiti.Tagli 80 grammi di salame--Napoletano, il migliore del reame--E in cubetti regolari Della provola di BariMa non è finita qui, amici cari:Se la provola non è abbastanza, Possa il provolone dar la sostanza.Ecco a voi la frittata di Pulcinella!Non vi sembra che sia bella?Ah, no? Volete un altro ingredienteQualcosa di più potente?E allora, signora, aggiunga un bel peperoncino calabrese--Ma attenzione che la vostra bocca farà fuoco per un mese!Spaghetti FrittataWelcome, radio listeners,to Pulcinella's kitchen programAre you wanting a plate of little gnocchi?No, instead,I'll make you a spaghetti frittata!Take five eggs, ma'am,They're the proof of the frittata,Add pepper, salt and pecorinoNot too much, just a bit.Spaghetti, dear friends,Is merry and happyTo be brought togetherWith such exquisite ingredients.Cut 80 grams of salame--Neapolitan, the best in the land--And some provola from BariIn uniform little cubes.But that's not the end, dear friends:If the provola's not enough,Let provolone lend it substance.Behold Pulcinella's spaghetti frittata!Don't you think it looks grand?Oh no? You want some other ingredient?Something more potent?Well, then, ma'am, add a lovely Calabrese pepper--But watch out! your mouth will be on fire for a month!
Released:
Jul 6, 2007
Format:
Podcast episode

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Radio Arlecchino provides mp3 podcast lessons that illustrate specific Italian grammar points. Grammar examples and dialogs are built upon the escapades of Arlecchino, Pulcinella, and other masks of the Italian Commedia dell'arte. Radio Arlecchino is produced at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin. Website URL: http://coerll.utexas.edu/ra/