Italian for English speakers Townhall · Lesson 4

Bus tours

Tourism in Italian — Organizzate gite in montagna? (Do you organize mountain tours?) — and Una volta sì (once yes).

Conversation

  1. Muri Muri

    Buongiorno, organizzi visite turistiche in montagna?

    Good morning, do you organize touristic tours in the mountains?

    Tip: <la visita> = the visit (noun) <organizzo> = I organize <organizzi> = you organize

  2. Bob Bob

    Gli anni scorsi sì

    In the past years, we used to

  3. Muri Muri

    Quindi quest'anno no, vero?

    So this year you don't, right?

  4. Bob Bob

    Esatto. Mi dispiace

    Exactly. I am sorry

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you ask about tours in Italian?

Organizzate + tour type? Or Fate gite turistiche? = 'do you do tourist excursions?'. Voi form for businesses.

What is una gita?

'A trip / excursion'. Una gita scolastica = school trip. Una gita in montagna = mountain trip.

Past habitual in Italian?

Imperfetto: facevamo (we used to do). Different from passato prossimo (specific past action). Una volta lo facevamo = 'we used to do it'.