Italian Language Game: È libero questo posto

Italian Language Game: È libero questo posto? - Is this seat free?
In this quick Italian online game, you'll learn and practice 16 Italian phrases in the context of a mini-story.
This brief episode tells about Marco's train trip from Pisa to Florence.
The mini-story is also part of our Italian 1 course.
(You can play the complete course for FREE by registering HERE.)
As you play the game, say the Italian OUT LOUD.
Once you know the words, don't translate, just try to understand! 
After you've practiced and recalled some of the individual words, you'll hear the mini-story again.
This time "shadow" the sentences, by saying them together with the speaker in natural speed.
Note that in Italian, the words for "I, you, he, she" etc. are often dropped, unless they are needed for clarity or emphasis.

Phrases in Italian Mini-Story Language Game

• va - he goes [andare]
• al bianario tre - to track three
• non deve - he doesn't have to
• aspettare a lungo - to wait long
• prima che il treno arrivi - before the train arrives [prima che + subjunctive]
• sul treno - on the train
• trova subito - he finds right away [trovare]
• un posto al finestrino - a seat at the (train) window
• proprio mentre - just as
• inizia a leggere - he begins to read
• la guida turistica - the travel guide
• sente - he hears [sentire]
• È libero questo posto? - Is this seat free?
• una giovane donna - a young woman
• si siede - (she) sits down [sedersi]
• di fronte a lui - opposite to him

After playing the game, look at the words again and read them aloud.
For more easy games see also our post: 5 Easy Italian Language Games.
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More Than an Italian Language Game

And don't forget: You can practice Italian online for FREE with our 36-Scene Italian 1 Travel-Story: "Marco in Italia".
In it you learn and practice all the words, phrases and sentences you also hear in the Italian 1 podcasts. Just login HERE.
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