5 things you didn't know about the verb 'volere' in Italian
5/25/20267 min
You probably already know that volere means "to want", but there are still a few secrets hiding in this everyday verb. In this episode, Francesca shares five interesting things to know about volere, from the tricky 'gl' sound and using it as a noun to choosing between ho voluto and volevo in the past. How many of them are new to you?
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First 90 secondsFrancesca· Host0:00
Ciao, come stai? Sono Francesca di Coffee Break Italian. And up next, we are going to explore some interesting facts about the modal verb volere, to want. Allora, io sono pronta, quindi dai, cominciamo. [upbeat music] Numero uno. First of all, something important about volere in the present tense is pronouncing correctly the first-person singular, the io form, and the third-person plural, the loro form. But why is that? Well, it's because the two forms contain that very Italian sound, /ʎ/, the same sound we can find in the article gli, for example, as in gli amici, the friends, or in words such as famiglia, family. So let's try together. I want is voglio, voglio. Make that effort to pronounce the /ʎ/ sound, which I know is not the easiest. The same applies to they want, vogliono,