To be retired
Essere ritirato
- Talk about activities and lifestyle changes after you retire.
- Talk about ongoing actions in the future.
Explore everyday conversations on retirement routines and activities in Italian, learning useful words like "pensione" (retirement), "passeggiate" (walks), and "viaggiare" (to travel). This lesson focuses on expressing future plans and new hobbies after retirement.
Exercises Share Copied!
These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Esercizio 1: Conversation exercise
Istruzione:
- How long have you been working and when will you retire? (How long have you been working and when will you retire?)
- What activities will you keep doing when you are retired? (What activities will you keep doing when you are retired? )
- What changes will you be making when you retire? How will you use your free time? (What changes will you be making when you retire? How will you use your free time?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Lavoro da 10 anni. Voglio andare in pensione quando avrò 60 anni. I have been working for 10 years. I want to retire when I am 60. |
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Ho iniziato il mio lavoro 5 anni fa. Non so quando andrò in pensione. I started my job 5 years ago. I don’t know when I will retire. |
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Voglio continuare a imparare l'inglese e praticarlo ogni giorno. I want to keep learning English and practicing every day. |
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Voglio continuare a incontrare i miei amici e fare esercizio. I want to keep meeting my friends and do exercise. |
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Voglio viaggiare in nuovi posti e rilassarmi di più. I want to travel to new places and relax more. |
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Prenderò delle lezioni di arte e visiterò spesso la mia famiglia. I will take some art classes and visit my family often. |
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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 3: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Dopo la pensione, mi piacerebbe ______ più tempo con la famiglia.
(After retirement, I would like to ______ more time with the family.)2. Se avessi più tempo libero, ______ un corso di cucina italiana.
(If I had more free time, I would ______ an Italian cooking course.)3. Quando sarò in pensione, ______ una casa in campagna.
(When I retire, I will ______ a house in the countryside.)4. Se potessi, ______ più spesso con i miei amici al bar.
(If I could, I would ______ more often with my friends to the bar.)Exercise 4: Life after retirement
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Celebrare - Celebrate
Presente
- io celebro
- tu celebri
- lui/lei celebra
- noi celebriamo
- voi celebrate
- loro celebrano
Preparare - Prepare
Presente
- io preparo
- tu prepari
- lui/lei prepara
- noi prepariamo
- voi preparate
- loro preparano
Pensare - Plan
Presente
- io penso
- tu pensi
- lui/lei pensa
- noi pensiamo
- voi pensate
- loro pensano
Leggere - Read
Presente
- io leggo
- tu leggi
- lui/lei legge
- noi leggiamo
- voi leggete
- loro leggono
Fare - Take
Presente
- io faccio
- tu fai
- lui/lei fa
- noi facciamo
- voi fate
- loro fanno
Piacere - Like
Presente
- (a me) piace
- (a te) piace
- (a lui/lei) piace
- (a noi) piace
- (a voi) piace
- (a loro) piace
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About This Lesson: Talking About Retirement in Italian
This lesson is designed for A2 level Italian learners who want to practice discussing retirement and the changes it brings to daily life. You will learn how to talk about new routines, hobbies, travel plans, and social activities after retiring. The content includes dialogues that simulate natural conversations, useful vocabulary, and verb conjugations to express plans, wishes, and habits related to retirement.
Key Themes Covered
- Daily routines after retirement: How a typical day changes, including activities like walking, yoga, cooking, and socializing.
- Travel and leisure plans: Talking about places to visit and hobbies to try during retirement.
- Social conversations: Practicing polite exchanges at places like bars and cafes.
Important Words and Expressions
- in pensione — retired
- passare tempo — to spend time
- fare passeggiate — to take walks
- andare al mercato — to go to the market
- partecipare a un corso — to attend a course
- visitare i nipoti — to visit grandchildren
Verb Conjugations and Usage
This lesson focuses on present tense verbs and future intentions, especially regular verbs ending in -are, as well as expressions with modal verbs and conditional forms. For example:
- celebrare (to celebrate): io celebro, tu celebri
- preparare (to prepare): io preparo, tu prepari
- pensare (to think): io penso, tu pensi
- Modal verbs and future forms like passerò (I will spend), frequenterei (I would attend) appear in multiple-choice exercises to practice expressing future plans and hypothetical situations.
Language Differences and Useful Phrases
Since both the instruction and the language studied is Italian, no translations of individual words are included here; instead, the focus is on understanding usage. Italian often uses reflexive verbs and specific expressions for daily activities, like fare una passeggiata (to take a walk), which corresponds closely to English but is a fixed phrase.
Some useful phrases for discussing retirement plans are:
- Sono in pensione da due mesi. — I have been retired for two months.
- Come passi le giornate adesso? — How do you spend your days now?
- Ho iniziato a cucinare. — I have started cooking.
- Andrò al mercato domani. — I will go to the market tomorrow.
Notice that expressing future plans in Italian often uses the simple future tense (andrò, visiterò) similarly to English "I will go", or conditional for hypothetical expressions (frequenterei - I would attend).
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