Livello Due. lunedì, il quattordici aprile. Terza Lezione
Level Two. Monday, April 14, 2008. Third Lesson
-Compiti are at the bottom of this page
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- -Parole da ricordare:
- Ogni giorno, sempre meglio. - "Every day, always better"
- Auguri! (or) Tanti auguri!- Best wishes! (for birthday, wedding...)
- È la mia preferita. - It's my favorite. (we were talking about cake, torta, which is feminine)
- Quando è il tuo compleanno? - When is your birthday?
- Il mio compleanno è il 17 aprile. - My birthday is April 17.
- il primo aprile - April first
- telefonare a... - to telephone
- chiamare - to call, or to call on the telephone
- trovare - to find
- fare colazione - to eat breakfast (or) to make breakfast
- pranzare - to eat lunch
- cenare - to eat dinner
- la (prima) colazione - breakfast
- il pranzo - lunch
- la cena - dinner
- il CD - "chee dee" the CD
- la guida - guidebook
- la carta - map
- la rivista - magazine
- il giornale - newspaper
- dire bugie = mentire - to lie (falsehood)
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- -What we did in class:
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- - I Romani e i turisti. We practiced using scusi, c'è, ci sono, dov'è, dove sono, cerco, ho bisogno di.
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- - Words from page 118 Sempre, Spesso, Invece, Mai, Non mai. the safest place to put an adverb in a sentence is after the verb. "Non" comes before the verb.
- Prendi mai l'autobus?
- No. Non prendo mai l'autobus.
- Sì. Prendo spesso l'autobus.
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- - Review:
- Avere idioms.
- Lasciare, uscire, partire.
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- -Preposizioni: We added two new meanings for prepositions:
- besides "from" da can mean "at the place of". Da Mario. - Mario's house.
- besides "between" or "among", tra / fra can also mean "in..." in the sense of "The play begins in ten minutes."
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- -sapere, conoscere We did a quick intro to these verbs. Remember, both mean "to know" in Italian,
- Sapere means "to know how to..." or "to know..." a fact.
- Conoscere means "to know or be familiar with..." something or someone, or "to meet..." someone for the first time.
- If you can substitute the word "familiar with" when you're trying to translate "to know" from English to Italian, use conoscere instead of sapere.
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- -bene, buono Bene is an adverb, buono is an adjective. Bene doesn't agree (because it modifies a verb). Buono changes to agree with the noun it modifies. Sometimes the final "e" will be dropped from bene : As in Benvenuto. (or) Benvenuta.
- La torta è buona. (The cake is good.)
- Paula cuoce bene. (Paula bakes well.)
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- -Possession: Di chi è questo libro?
- È di Luisa. È il suo libro.
- Di chi è questa penna?
- È di Edoardo. È la sua penna.
- Notice how you can show passession using "di" plus the name of the person, or using the possessive adjective plus the noun. The difficult part for English speakers is to remember that the possessive adjective is really two words, and agrees with the noun, not with the gender of the possessor person.
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-Compiti
1. Memorize conjugations of sapere and conoscere. Write them out, and say them aloud. Even though we had only a quick intro to these two verbs, I'm sure you can do Practice Set 28 on page 101. Sapere is irregular. It is conjugated on page 100. Conoscere is regular (page 99) but you will notice that the sound changes between a hard c and a soft c. click here for audio
2. Preposizioni. Translate these sentences (use "da" or "tra / fra"):
a. We're going out in ten minutes. (uscire)
b. Do you (tu) feel like going to Francesca's? (andare)
c. We're lunching at Mateo's.
d. The concert is starting in fifteen minutes.
3. Verbs that take an indirect object in Italian. Read page 80. Do Practice Set 22.
4. Pensare a, Pensare di... (Page 80) Translate these sentences into Italian:
a. What do you (Lei) think of Berlusconi?
b. I'm thinking about pizza.
c. Are you (voi) thinking of playing soccer?
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4. Irregular Verbs: Page 158. Practice Set 56.
5. Possessive. Practice Set 88. (page 223 through the middle of page 226)
6. Aggettivi possessivi. Read this ivory handout (parts 1,2,and 3) We'll do the exercises on the back together in class.
7. Verbi. Translate this verb handout into Italian. Use the present tense. click here for answers
8. Look over the "Dove" blue handout again. We'll be using these in class again next week.
9. (optional) Read the interview with Eros Ramazzotti.