Narrator Opening
Benvenuti, cari amici! Welcome to Act 20. I know you can’t wait to hear what Connor has been up to lately. I’m looking forward to this new installment, too! So, as you’ll probably remember, last time Silvia and Connor had lunch together at Max, Silvia’s favorite Italian restaurant in town. It’s a small family-run sandwich shop which serves delicious home-made sandwiches. Connor had a grilled chicken panino. He absolutely loved it and now says he wants to try them all. Well, anyway… healthy Italian food is not the only charm of this joint! Max is gorgeous, with decor that features small wooden tables, a counter topped with pink marble, oak paneling and lots of pictures on the walls…
Cari ascoltatori, I hope you studied our grammar segment and did all the exercises on our website. As we have seen, it is quite common in Italian to use the present tense to describe future actions, especially when the action is imminent and paired with an expression conveying future time. Although, in case you were wondering, yes, there is also a formal future tense in Italian. But this is just one of the grammar topics we’ll be discussing today! So, in order to find out what else is coming up... you’ll have to listen to the show!
Cari ascoltatori, I hope you studied our grammar segment and did all the exercises on our website. As we have seen, it is quite common in Italian to use the present tense to describe future actions, especially when the action is imminent and paired with an expression conveying future time. Although, in case you were wondering, yes, there is also a formal future tense in Italian. But this is just one of the grammar topics we’ll be discussing today! So, in order to find out what else is coming up... you’ll have to listen to the show!