Learn Italian Ep.30 - The Italian Imperative Mood | l'Imperativo

[@patriciagrande6879]

Tom is a great teacher of Italian. Many times Italian teachers explain in Italian which is equally hard to understand, He explains in English , very clever ! I also like how he breaks it down to a manageable amount to comprehend.

I'm very happy to hear it! Thanks!

[@bettylyonga6887]

Tom you a great teacher, your explanation is very clear and understandable. Am a beginner thank God that l discovered your page. God bless you

[@rullamoves]

Such a life savior, man i love u!

[@maxyi2672]

Wow . Thank you. Your explanation is always the most clear I can find online. Besides, Italian is so beautiful in sound and straightforward in grammar. It’s such a lovely language. More people should be speaking it IMO.

[@marcmanion4264]

Hey everyone! I have seen this lesson quite a few times and every time I watch it(read the blog) my grasp of Imerativo and Double Object Pronound simnks deeper into my everyday language! Tom says he doesn’t know why there are so many requests for this one - simple because it is a mood we use all the time in the spoken language and is suitable in most situations - because we can add bits to make things polite, funny, urgent and speak genuine Italian! Works well in Sicilia and Calabria - proof of concept!!

[@lunamontez7630]

this saved me on my test. thank you so much. I'm now a subscriber and gonna stay up some nights with this guy to pass my Italian language study.

[@braydenrazavi838]

Grazie tom per tutto, sono un ragazzo canadese e ho studiato in Firenze per quasi nove mesi e credo che i tuoi video mi ha aiutato molto con il vocabolario e la grammatica, pero solo adesso sto "subscribing", mai mollare Italian prof

[@jasonlove8733]

This was great!! Very informative 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😊😊😊

[@soran1461]

Hi Tom Well explained! You are the " fine tuner of Italian language" I have a teacher ! But you are my reference book when I am clouded. Gratzie mile

[@poladmammadov3867]

I love your saying "weila weila raga", thats why I am here to watch)) Grazie mille

[@arpagnotta]

Love Tom 's lessons. Very easy to understand. My third year studying Italian.

[@janamarkley1736]

Hi Alan. I am in your current Italian Class with Carol. I see that you are a Tom Weila fan too. I enjoy his videos and listening to him helps with understanding. See you in class.

[@jasonlove8733]

In French, the imperatives with objects always remain as separate words but we add “ des traits d’union” but the idea is the same!😊

[@LeeWall1992]

Ciao Tom! Sono italiano, sei molto bravo a spiegare. Devi preparare un video connesso con questo: i fantastici 6 "mi consenta/permetta, consentimi/permettimi", "lasci perdere/stare, lascia perdere/stare", "ascolti, ascolta" "guardi, guarda", "senta, senti", "scusi, scusa".

[@keronica]

Thank you so much for uploading the direct, indirect and double object pronouns review 4 days days ago! I am a forever grateful to you Tom! Grazie mille! Following your study video series my Italians friends have seen lots on improvements in my Italian!

[@Rispolikid]

You have an amazing and concise way of teaching! Grazie mille!

[@ashokkumargandhi7144]

Wthanks for the good lecture make us very much comfortable to understand. Mille grazie.

[@adamhollis226]

Incredible video, man! So simple to understand when you explain it so well, grazie mille!

Grazie a te Adam!

[@francesyau751]

THE BEST LESSON I LEARNT ABOUT IMPERATIVO! GRAZIE MILLE

[@primitivochapa7837]

Tom you were born to teach love your videos. Mi piace il suo canele bastante ciao

[@hannahcauchi4113]

Amazing videos .. seriously pulling me through my Italian exams could you please please do a video on pronomi relativi ? Il quale, le quale, i cui, da cui, ciò che etc. I understand when to follow using il congiuntivo in fact thanks to your videos i now love the congiuntivo!!

[@EllaMMadonna]

Hannah Cauchi what's the problem with pronomi relativi?

[@Gianluca-fn9dr]

Such a talented teacher. Grazie.

Grazie a te!

[@janetcc60]

Wow - great video. So clearly explained. Grazie mille 🙏🏻

[@SamanthaHallam]

God you're such a good teacher, thank you! You make this beautiful language much easier to understand; really helpful and really well organised. Grazie mille!

[@eurueka]

I'm spaniard and this channel is cool because I can improve the two languages I'm learning

Fantastic!! :)

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I'm moving to Rome in September, your videos are unlocking a lot of things for me xD keep up the good work!

[@andrewbuonpastore3455]

really like the videos!! im in an italian class in college and your videos help a ton! really helps me understand the material

[@lolavalkyrie]

This is amazing! :D your channel will be very useful to me so I'll follow. You explain the topic very well, background is cool, very fresh. I'm a native spanish speaker, but learned english like 5 years ago and I consider this was way easier to get than the explanations from spanish speakers I've seen, don't know why jaja :)

[@ibrasegbor3035]

You are extremely good, tu sei molto bravissimo.

[@moarif5698]

Enjoyed this video, learnt a lot about Imperativo commands. Grazie mille!

[@chemietoetoe6416]

man thanks for your videos. Ive been learning italian for the past 7 months and ive learned so much and now i can say that i am almost fluent but i learned it very fast thanks to my spanish that is my second language because i live here in the Dominican Republic but i am american from buffalo Ny but with italian fam so thats man .

[@bobmetzger51]

This video is brilliant! Thank you so much!

[@ciancleary4075]

Best wishes for 2017, Tom. And congrats on arriving at 60000 subs, well-deserved.

Cheers Cian! Happy New Year!

[@abdoukarim8205]

wish you the same Tom may it be successful year for all

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Your channel is amazing. Thanks for it!

[@littledrumminboy5779]

Happy New year, Tom! thanks for all the help with Italian this year.. and best of luck with French in 2017

[@EfratEliahu]

really love your lessons so clear! thanks!!!

[@mattyam4371]

Hai fatto davvero un gran lavoro quest anno sul tuo canale complimenti Buon anno tom e attendiamo con ansia i tuoi super tips sul canale anche nel 2017!!👍😃

[@elenamaa9168]

Oh thank you👍i'm from germany and was able to understand this topic.

[@damianomammino1]

Was it snowing? Che bello! Comunque sei stato bravissimo a spiegarlo!

Grazia mille Damiano! Yes! It was snowing just a bit while I was filming ;)

[@mutarrjallow6245]

I like the way you teach, stay bless

[@donschneider7953]

Molto utile. You are such a good teacher! Buon anno 2017.

[@HarpreetKaur-eq3em]

u r superb... explained very well.. Love u

[@มันทิราบุญโท]

Thank you so much Tom. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@markpeaceman9305]

Molto utile, Tom. Grazie mille!

[@jelenatintor2430]

Buon anno! I commend your work and the decision to help us. Can you give me advice which tenses are the most important, that I have to learn for normal conversation? :)

[@legaleagle46]

The Present, the Imperfect, the Passato Prossimo,, the Future, and the Conditional, in that order. And don't try to learn them all at once. Learn them well one at a time, including the rules for using them.

[@jelenatintor2430]

Lee Cox Thank you a lot 😁

[@legaleagle46]

Jelena Tintor Prego prego! :)

[@elsassirasy4501]

fai tanti nuovi vlog in italiano per favore...mi piace molto guardarli. così possano migliorare my listening in italiano. grazie😊

[@neginfarahmand]

Grazie mille. si insegni nel migliore dei modi ✨👌🏼

[@la-civetta]

Grazie! L'imperativo, utile non soltanto per gli imperatori...! :-)

[@mariaelenajimenez2683]

Auguri per il nuovo anno! 🎇🎇. Desidero un anno pieno di felicità e pace a te e tua famiglia. Grazie per tutto che fai per noi

[@VivaLaVittoria]

Love your videos!

[@dinasa9796]

Buon anno Tom.Grazie

[@carlcrawford4380]

Great video. Does anybody know where I can get some exercises to practice this?

[@hauspedro]

Buonissima le vostre classes e videos. Una domando, lo posso dire - mi dai una coca-cola - anche per ordinare qualcosa in ristorante ad esempio? Mi piace molto suo canale, sono brasiliano e sto vedendo tutti contenuti!! Buon 2020!!

[@benjo972]

Tom be careful with Fammelo vedere! and... above all with Fammela vedere! Me la dai? Dammela! Dammelo! ahahahah nice video as usual :)

[@marriusmal]

Ahahahahaha

[@alexmga9303]

benjo972 watch out! Hahahaha

[@bambinoandmore46]

explain please sorry

[@richfratello8181]

But he explained them prity well with examples. Good video, Tom.

[@anyakimpton4336]

I was wondering why the spelling changes in the negative form? from fammelo vedere to non farmelo vedere. Thanks

[@The97Pasquale2]

Una piccola cosa. Si può dire sia: "Non dirmelo" che "Non me lo dire", "Non darmelo adesso" ma anche "Non me lo dare adesso". Comunque bel video e buon 2017 ^^

[@marriusmal]

Tutti e due sono corretti

[@The97Pasquale2]

marriusmal Non era una domanda, ma un'affermazione xD ^^

[@marriusmal]

Ah chiedo venia XD

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+Pasqu ale Giamundi

[@twiggymay]

this may sound like a stupid question; so now i am in italy now and i do hear things a lot like 'dimmi, dammelo,etc'. but, is it only verbs like fare,dire,dare i can use the imperative mood? i cant really think of any other ways i would use this with verbs like mangiare, dorimire, etc. but i just want to be sure im understanding the use of this manner correctly.

+maylyn bert Ciao Maylyn! The Imperative tends to be used with just a handful of verbs all the time. So you're right on the money! Keep up the good work!

[@JoshAntorini]

Tom puoi fare nuovi video sullo slang americano? Li trovo molto interessanti

[@s.thomas6954]

Okay, stupid question. Why is it "fammelo" and negative "non faRmelo"? Double m vs. rm. Why?

[@sandradicioccio2352]

Excellent as usual :-)

[@dary9595]

Sei veramente bravissimo a spiegare ma quando farai le lesson di inglese?

[@leebeeskee]

Hey Tom. When you say voi as in "a group" do you literally mean a group or is voi used for 2 or more people?

+Lee Squires Hey Lee! Right, just for 2 or more people :)

[@legaleagle46]

I take it that the reason you didn't introduce the formal Imperative (the "Lei" and "Loro" forms), even though those are the forms that students of Italian should REALLY concentrate on learning, since they're not likely to be talking to intimate friends or family in Italy unless that's whom they're specifically visiting there, is that those forms are borrowed from the Present Subjunctive, which I see you introduce in the next lesson. Am I right?

[@medussa4]

I will make the question even if it is a stupid question in my opinion.... you send in pervious videos that mi+li = me li , and mi +lo= me lo, but here I see only IL... sorry but I am completely beginner on this , is it because IL refers to masculine?

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If you watch this video long enough, you may see how it starts snowing... :))

[@christinechen4875]

grazie mille! really appreciated your video

[@KoikoiYu]

grazie mille, tom! e molto utile

[@hywong1546]

Thank you for sharing !!!

[@olfatety]

very helpful thank YOU

[@NickyEmpress123]

Thanks for this video,it explains alot

[@wongkhahaphonphatphanipak3204]

Grazie mille..🙏🇮🇹

[@carolz5019]

Comment while watching hahaha love your videos!!!!

You're too kind :)

[@legaleagle46]

The Passato Remoto and Trapassato Prossimo are the Simple Past and the Past Perfect (or Pluperfect), respectively. If you've studied Spanish or French, you may recognize the Passato Remoto as the Italian counterpart to the Preterite or to the French Passé Simple. It is normally used in conversation to refer to long-ago completed historical events, and in formal written Italian, it replaces the Passato Prossimo to refer to ANY completed action in the past. The Trapassato Prossimo is made by using the Imperfect of "avere" or "essere" with the past participle of the main verb, and it is used to show that something happened in the past before some other thing that happened in the past. For example, "Sono riuscito l'esame perché avevo studiato molto in preparazione." "I passed the exam because I had studied a lot in preparation."

[@roxana6354]

Great video like always. Happy new year 2017. I wish you the best Tom.

[@_jace_9199]

where are the videoooos? 😭😭

[@mariamejia7994]

muchas gracias , thans, Grazie mille

[@abhisheksamanta1]

the -fai one (fammelo vedere) was too good. Wish you a happy New Year - 2017.

[@errh007]

Mile grazie per la lezione ho dimanticato um po il lingua che vediamo ala prosima volta Luciano Rossi - Israel

[@ciaoitalo]

Is the difference between 'dici' and 'dimi' that 'dimi' means "tell me" and 'dici' means "tell us"

[@valelv1932]

Yes, but you have to put the double consonant: DIMMI (tell me) and DICCI (tell us).

[@StefanoC1152]

So if you use fare for show me, when do you use mostrare? BTW. Come sempre, bravissimo video.

Hey Stephen, thanks! Mostrare is your standard translation for "to show". If you were to say "mostramelo" it would mean "show it to me" but in the sense of "present it to me". "Fammelo vedere" is also like saying "let me see it." These sorts of translations are really just super technical and up for interpretation. Just think of "fammelo vedere" as meaning "show it to me" only in the context of like "show me what you're hiding" or "show me the thing you've been talking about". You can also say "fammi vedere" (which I didn't cover in this video) which means "let me see" or "fammi sapere" which means "let me know". Verbs can be pretty versatile in these sorts of ways. Hope this helps! Happy New Year! :)

[@ok_star81]

@ Je vous aime beaucoup, mon ami. Bonne année 2020!

[@victorreyna7174]

Hi!! I have a question. ho una domanda hahaha What´s the diffrence between lasciarmi e lasciami? When should I choose each one of these? Are both of them in imperativo tense? because if I use the imeprative conjugation + a riflessivi pronomi it should be lasciami, right? I really hope you can help me please. This question is killing me. Saluti dall Messico btw I´m suscribing to your channel right now.

Ciao Victor! So the difference is "lasciarmi" is "to leave me" and "lasciami" is a command for "leave me." I could say for example, "non dovevi lasciarmi cosi" = "you didn't have to leave me like that" and "lasciami stare" = "leave me a lone." Hope this helps! :)

[@jerickfreyre]

Ciao! I assume that the negative imperative would be "non lasciarmi" in this case? Grazie mille :)

[@LT8601]

Thanks Tom!

[@mbembadrammeh6744]

thanks for everything 👍

[@lindalangeheine5787]

I really apreciate your videos! But I'm freezing watching you in the wind and snow.

[@legaleagle46]

Oh, and by the way, the most common (and easiest) translation of the "noi" command is "Let's _____!" "Parliamo italiano!" "Let's speak Italian!" "Mangiamo il pranzo adesso!" "Let's eat lunch now!" "Leggiamo questa storia adesso!" "Let's read this story now!" "Non andiamo alla cinema stasera!" "Let's not go to the movies tonight!" "Non leggiamo questa storia adesso!" "Let's not read this story now!" You were translating it the HARD way!

[@johnblaine1479]

Pranzare is the verb to have lunch so “Ora pranziamo” might be another way.

Thanks. QUESTION: How to say "LET'S DO SOMETHING", like: "LET'S play soccer", "LET'S watch television", "LET'S invite Maria", "LET'S buy a new car"?

[@AngelinaRoz]

Why is it fammelo vedere but in negative 'non farmelo vedere'? why not 'non fammelo vedere'?

[@DBGabriele]

Farmi: fare (~to do) + mi (me/myself) Fammi: is the second person imperative plus "mi" In the same way: Frmelo: fare + a me (to me) Fammelo: is the second person imperative plus "a me"

[@valentinaonorati2471]

Sei un mito simpaticissimo

[@adimikimkoydu]

felice anno nuovo 2017 :)

[@primitivochapa7837]

Easy. Facile parlo spagnole e eguale....

[@abderraouflalla]

''Mi dai il pane'' , then ''Me lo dai'', why ''Mi'' became ''Me'' ? PS: Great way of explaining. Ho capito tutto.

[@macjonesnotbestoftheclass2021]

With double object pronouns the first pronoun always takes the "e" ending, like "te lo," "ve li" and "ce ne." In "Mi dai il pane," "mi" is the only pronoun so it's still mi.

[@HumourSyndicate]

Grazie x

[@messiasfernandes2177]

very good!

[@francescapontecorvi3228]

forse non l'hai detto nel video ma hai dimenticato l'esempio del 'venga qua' che é formale e non informale come 'vieni qua'

[@askadia]

Tom, when you use the pronounces "lo" and "la" without a specific antecedent/referent, most of the time they are interpreted as if they would have referred to genitalia. So, if you say something like "Fammelo vedere!" out of the blue, without a specific context, we Italian may understand it as "Show me your penis". I'm pretty sure other Romance languages work like that, though.

[@franziv4593]

Good to know, sometimes you really want to express your wish to see the genitals of the other person. I want knowledge about such stuff, like buying a hooker, buying drugs, initiating a fistfight and saying sorry for all that of course. it can't be all just pizza, there must be some other fun too :)

[@askadia]

@@franziv4593 Actually, I'm agree with you. When you delve into another culture, interact with natives in their country, you're basically a child unable to defend yourself from insults, innuendos, bad puns, or even avoid what's deemed inappropriate behavior. People is generally nice and tolerant with foreigners and all, but sometimes you can get a 'vaffanculo' without even knowing why 😅

[@joaoantonio4562]

Posso dire "Me fai vederlo" o è sbagliato?

[@valelv1932]

No, it's wrong. You can say: "Me lo fai vedere?".

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Good

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No dislike for this video

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Bravo

[@monteladjomade1538]

veramente mi piace questa lezione molto però purtroppo non ho capito spiegazione bene e perché non parlo inglese

[@spideraxis5582]

Perfetto!