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In this lesson you will learn different ways to say "maybe" in Italian. | In this lesson you will learn different ways to say "maybe" in Italian. | ||
"Magari" can replace "forse" without big changes of meaning: | "Magari" can replace "forse" without big changes of meaning: |
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In this lesson you will learn different ways to say "maybe" in Italian.
"Magari" can replace "forse" without big changes of meaning:
- magari stasera vado al cinema / forse stasera vado al cinema
maybe tonight I'm going to the cinema
"piuttosto" can also replace "forse" without big changes of meaning:
- piuttosto vado solo, ma con lui non viaggio / magari vado solo, ma con lui non viaggio
maybe I'll go alone, but I don't travel with him
Also "magari" is an exclamation used to express desire or regret
- magari avessi un mese di ferie!
maybe I had a month's leave!
- magari mi avessero già pagato per quel lavoro!
Maybe they had already paid me for that job!
- Non vai in montagna domenica? No, magari!, devo lavorare
Don't you go to the mountains on Sunday? No, maybe, I have to work