Scusi, Lei è di qui, di Milano?

No, sono di Palermo. Sono siciliano. (siciliana.)

Le piace Milano?

Così cosi. È un po' troppo grande. E a Lei?

Sono americano. (americana). Sono di Portland. Ma Milano mi piace molto!

È qui in vacanza, o per lavoro?

Sono qui in vacanza.

Buonviaggio.

Grazie.

-are verbs ending in -care or -gare change their spelling to keep the sound of the g or c consistent for each person.

-ere verbs do not do this: verbs ending in -gere or -scere are pronounced with a hard g or c sound in the io and loro forms.

conosco _________conosciamo

conosci__________conoscete

conosce__________conoscono

Here are a few -are verbs which have spelling changes to preserve the sound of the stem. Cercare (to look for), dimenticare (to forget), pagare (to pay for), mangiare (to eat)....

Cerco, cerchi, cerca. Cerchiamo, cercate, cercano

Dimentico, dimentichi, dimentica. Dimentichiamo, dimenticate, dimenticano

Pago, paghi, paga. Paghiamo, pagate, pagano.

Mangio, mangi, mangia. Mangiamo, mangiate, mangiano.

• color                                una ragazza bionda
• form or shape                  un ragazzo alto
• nationality                       un amico americano

-Handouts

Here is a list of the handouts you should have from class. All of these are double-sided. They are numbered here so that you can tell which one I'm talking about in the homework listed below.

From the first class session, June 24:

1. white: "Alfabeto e suoni" (the alphabet and pronunciation) (2-page handout)

2. ivory: "Numeri da uno a cento" (numbers from one to 100)

3. green: "Buongiorno! (How to ask for something)" (four dialogs on the front, "Vita Italiana" on the back)

4. green: Dialogs 5 through 11.

5. green: Homework exercises 1,2,3,4. And on the back, exercises 1,2,3,4,6 and a map.

6. blue: "More basic expressions (How to ask for something) Scusi..."

7. blue: "Dove..." and, on the back, "Places"

Handouts from the second class session, July 1:

8. yellow: "Avere idioms"

9. gold: "The verbs andare, dare, fare, stare"

10. green: "Dov'è: How to ask where something is" (dialogs 1 through 5)

11. purple: Two-way translation which starts: "Scusi, c'è un bagno qui?" and a "matching" exercise on the back.

Handouts from the third class session, July 8:

12. blue: "To ask the price of..." and, on the back "Parole da ricordare: Al Negozio"

13. white: (with drawings) "1. Uno Prima lezione. Ecco una casa..."

14. pink: (with drawings) "1. A. Rispondete alle domande..."

15. ivory: "1. Scusi, dov'è la stazione Termini?" and, on the back "What are you (tu) doing?"

16. pink: 2 stapled sheets. "Regular verbs" and "Top 50 verbs"

17. white: "Read the passage about cafés in Italy..." (with drawings of food items)

Handouts from the fourth class session, July 15:

18. blue: "L'orario". On the front is a word list to memorize this week's homework.

19. green: "Lucia has to go to Padua..." dialog and exercises.

20. blue: "Le parole per i viaggiatori".

21. pink: "Che ora è? Che ore sono?"

22. yellow: "Se vuoi chiedere qualcosa..."

23. purple: "Alla Fiera dell'Est." (lyrics to the song by Angelo Branduardi)

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-Compiti (homework)

1. Practice numbers from 100 to 9000. Write out the following numbers and say them out loud:

a. 395

b. 600

c. 800

d. 101

e. 150

f. 250

g. 999

h. 1.000

i. 2.000

j. 6.500

k. 7.700

l. 2008

m. 1968

2. handout 18: words to use at the train station. click here to Listen and Repeat. We'll practice these some more in class next week.

3. handout 19: Read the dialog, and read about "i treni" on the front of the page. On the back of the page, try the exercises on the top half of the page. We haven't gone over these words in class yet, so see what you can figure out and bring your questions to class. (advanced students can try to answer the questions on the bottom half)

4. handout 20: We went over the words in the first column. click here for the audio version. See if you can use those words and some of the verbs and vocabulary we've learned so far, to translate the following sentences into English:

a. Vado in centro adesso.

b. Parlo con Luigi più tardi.

c. Prima, vado alla stazione. Dopo, vado al mare.

d. La prossima settimana, andiamo a Venezia.

e. È aperto, il ristorante? No, è chiuso.

f. Domani facciamo una passeggiata.

5. handout 21: Telling time. Do the front side of the handout. Read part 1, then do parts 2 and 3.

6. handout 22: Question words. Read the front, and do the matching exercises on the back.

7. handout 16 (from last week). Write out and say aloud as many times as you can, the conjugations of these verbs: cercare, pagare, conoscere, venire, mangiare, lasciare. Venire is the only one of these verbs that is really irregular. The others have spelling changes or change their sound.

8. When we were in the Piazza, we used only the first person singular: "I am..." "I am doing this" "I am doing that." Now, here are some of those same verbs in different "persons". See if you can translate:

1. Siamo in piazza.
2. Enrico sente la Dolce Vita.
3. Guardate la gente?
4. Bart entra nell'autobus.
5. Loro fanno una foto.
6. Chi paga il caffè?
7. Trovo un buon ristorante.
8. Sofia parla con amici.
9. Ascoltiamo la musica.
10. Bevi una birra? (bere is irregular)
11. Maria compra una bicicletta.

8. (optional) Write out the conjugations for these verbs. They are all regular in the present tense. They will follow the pattern of the verbs on the front of handout 16.

-are verbs: arrivare, (to arrive), aspettare (to wait for), portare (to bring), comprare (to buy), trovare (to find)

-ere verbs: mettere (to put), perdere (to lose), prendere (to take), vedere (to see)

-ire verbs: partire (to depart), sentire (to feel, to hear)

-ire verbs (with "isc") capire (to understand), finire (to finish)

9. (optional) Memorize the dialog on handout 19. Any volunteers to perform in class next week?