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Yesterday we learned how to make (fare, irregular verb) questions (domande, f. plur.) and how to answer (rispondere, irr. verb).
Leggi, ascolta e ripeti:
Read, listen and repeat
Chi (who/whom) - Di chi (whose)
Chi ha scritto la Divina Commedia? (who wrote - lit. has written - the Divine
Comedy?)
Il poeta Dante Alighieri (the poet Dante Alighieri)!
Dante is also called il Sommo Poeta (the supreme poet, he is righteously considered to be one
of the/the greatest Italian poets). Ha scritto is the present perfect of the irr. verb
scrivere, to write
Chi è Corrado? (who is Corrado?)
Corrado è mio cugino (Corrado is my cousin - m. sing.).
Di chi è questa tazza? (Whose mug is this?)
Questa tazza è dell'Experimental Study Group (this mug belongs to - lit. is of the- ESG).
Is tazza feminine or masculine?
A chi piace leggere? (who likes to read?)
Cosa/che cosa/che (what)
Note: Cosa lit. means thing (f. sing.).
Che cosa/cosa/che mangiamo oggi? (what do we eat today?)
Oggi mangiamo gli gnocchi.
Che cosa/cosa/che fai domani sera? (what do you do tomorrow night?)
Dormo (I sleep)!
(Tu) fai is the 2nd person singular indicative present of the verb fare (to do/to make).
Notice that when we are talking about some events happening domani we should use the
future simple verb tense. However, if you use the present tense nobody will complain, not
only because you are making an effort to learn Italian, but also because this is how most
Italians speak =P
Che ore sono? (lit. what hours are they?-> what time is it?)
Non (lo) so (I do not know (it)).
In this context che is an interrogative adjective: it stands for what kind and it cannot
be substituted by che cosa or cosa.
Come (how)
Come si dice dog in Italiano? (how do you say dog in Italian?)
Si dice cane.
Dice is the 3rd person singular indicative present of the irr. verb dire (to say).
Si+3rd person of a verb gives the impersonal construction.
Come vuole pagare? (how do you want to pay?---formal)
In contanti (cash) or Con carta di credito (with credit card).
PagARE is a regular verb, while volere is irregular. Vuole is the 3rd person singular
indicative present of volere. If you were asking informally, you would use the 2nd person:
come vuoi pagare?
Com'è (=come è) Boston? (How is Boston?)
Boston è una bella città (Boston is a beautiful city).
Boston è bellissima (= molto bella, very beautiful)!
Dove (where)
Dov'è (dove è) la forchetta? (Where is the fork?)
La forchetta è sulla sedia (the fork is on the chair).
Sulla=su+la (on+the).
Dov'è (dove è) Michele? (where is Michael?)
Michele è a Waltham, sta cantando. (Michael is in Waltham, he is singing)
A very common natural error to avoid is to say: Michele è in Waltham. Nooo! Waltham is
a town: we use A.
Quando (when)
Quando sei arrivato? (when did you arrive?)
Ieri (yesterday) mattina (morning).
Sei arrivato is the present perfect of the verb arrivARE, to arrive.
If you were asking a woman, you would say: quando sei arrivata?
How would you say if you were asking a group of people?
Quando va a casa? (when do you go home?-- formal)
Domani (tomorrow) pomeriggio (afternoon).
Va is the 3rd person singular indicative present of the irr. verb andare (to go). If you
were asking informally, you would use the 2nd person: quando vai a casa?
Perchè (why, because)
Perchè hai sonno? (Why do you have sleep?-> why are you sleepy?)
Perchè non dormo abbastanza (because I do not sleep enough).
Perchè no? (why not?)
Studio troppo (I study too much).
Esercizi
1- Leggi (read), ascolta (listen) e ripeti (repeat) ad alta voce (lit. at high voice -> aloud):
Leggi, ascolta e ripeti
La pa-ta-ta
L'ac-qua
La fa-ri-na
L'uo-vo
Il lat-te
Il for-mag-gio gor-gon-zo-la
La pas-sa-ta di po-mo-do-ro
Il se-da-no
La ci-pol-la
L'a-glio
La ca-ro-ta
Lo zuc-che-ro
Il ba-si-li-co
2- Ask reasonable domande for the following risposte (answers) and translate them.
- Oggi Stefania è a Madrid.
- Susan Hockfield è il Presidente del MIT.
- Madrid è in Spagna.
- Mangio la pasta con il pomodoro.
- Non lo so.
- Perche' mi piace.
- Stasera.
- Mi piace al dente.
- Paola insegna Fisica e Italiano.
- Questo quaderno è di Lucia.
3- Group exercise (in groups of 2 or more). Write a short skit and practice
acting it. If you need help, ask me! You will be sharing your skit with the rest of the class next week!
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