5 Minute Italian

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Get the bonus materials for this episode: http://joyoflanguages.com/difference-between-da-per-italian/ Practise your Italian in our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5.minute.italian Today's Italian words Da quanto tempo = how long Da quanto tempo studi l'italiano? = how long have you been studying Italian for? Da = since Quanto = how much Tempo = time Studi = you study l'italiano = the italian Studio l'italiano da due anni = I've been studying Italian for two years Studio = I study L'italiano = the Italian Da = since Due = 2 Anni = years. Studio l'italiano da due anni = I've been studying Italian for two years Ho studiato l'italiano per due anni = I studied Italian for two years (but I don't anymore). Aspetto da 10 minuti = I've been waiting for 10 minutes Ho aspettato per 10 minuti = I waited for 10 minutes (but I'm not waiting anymore).