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*Per i viaggiatori. martedì, il ventidue luglio. Quinta Lezione.* *Italian for travellers. Tuesday, July 22. Fifth Lesson*
	*-Compiti* (homework) is at the bottom of this page. ____________________________________________________ *-Gli argomenti (the topics):* What we did in class, and more. We went over a lot of homework! -Verbi: We practiced some regular verbs, and one irregular verb: venire - to come. See handout 16. **-Imperative (command): "Noi" form "Andiamo!" - Let's go! "Mangiamo!" - Let's eat! "Prendiamo il treno!" - Let's take the train! The "noi" conjugation of the verb (present indicative) is exactly the same word as the "noi" imperative conjugation. It's really the intonation that lets people know the difference. -Preposizioni: "a", "in".** I want you to start noticing that sometimes you will use "in" and sometimes you will use "a". a - to or in a city: Vado a Portland. Siamo a Roma. I'm going to Portland. We're in Rome. in - to or in a country: Vado in Italia. Siamo in Germania. I'm going to Italy. We are in Germany. -La stazione: We practiced buying a train ticket, and using phrases from our handout number 18. -Parole per viaggiatori: We looked at some more words on our vocabulary list, handout 20. -Days of the week: lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, giovedì, venerdì, sabato, domenica È presto. - It's early. (in the day) È tardi. - It's late. (in the day) È in anticipo. - It's ahead of schedule. È in orario. - It's on time. È in ritardo. - It's behind schedule. troppo - too much (or) too molto - a lot (or) very abbastanza - enough piccolo - small -Modal verbs: volere, potere, dovere (click to listen) volere - to want to: voglio vuoi vuole vogliamo / volete / vogliono dovere - to have to, or "must": devo devi deve dobbiamo dovete devono potere - to be able to,to be allowed to: posso puoi può possiamo potete possono These three verbs can be used conjugated before an infinitive. A very easy and very useful way to express: Posso pagare con un carta di credito? Can I pay with a credit card? Possiamo fare una prenotazione? Can we make a reservation? Devo lasciare il passaporto? Do I have to leave a passport? Deve cambiare a Padova. You have to change (trains) at Padova. Voglio chiamare un tassì. I want to call a taxi. Vogliamo prendere l'autobus. We want to take the bus. (Remember *Vorrei... is a more polite form of voglio, expressing "I would like". You can use it in the same way as voglio* "I want". Vorrei comprare questo. I would like to buy this. Vorrei fare colazione. I would like to eat breakfast. Vorrei... (I would like...) una camera. - a room. una prenotazione. - a reservation. il menù. - the menu. il conto. - the bill. la lista dei vini. - the wine list. una mappa. (piantina). - a map. (a city map) Prendo... - (I'll have...) literally, "I'll take..." un’insalata - a salad una birra - a beer un bicchiere di vino - a glass of wine un caffè - a coffee un chilo di.. - a kilo of... un etto di.. - one-tenth kilo of... un po’ di... - a little bit of... Permesso - Excuse me, may I? (literally: "permission") May I come in? May I get by? Com'è andata... - How did it go? Quanto Le devo? - How much do I owe you? (formal) Posso fare una prenotazione? - Can I make a reservation? *-Al supermercato, Dal fruttivendolo, Faccio un salto all'alimentari* We used the scales and asked for due etti di formaggio, un mezzo chilo di fragole, un chilo di fagioli... *-Parole da ricordare* (interesting words that came up in class) Lasciami stare! - Leave me alone! ascoltare - to listen to restare - to stay centesimi - cents (one hundredth of a Euro) un etto - one tenth of a kilo (a little less than half-a-cup) due etti - two "etto"s un mezzo chilo di... - a half kilo of... Mi sono perso. Mi sono persa. - I'm lost. traghetto - ferry boat al supermercato - at, to the supermarket dal fruttivendolo - at, to the fruit vendor's all'alimentari - at, to the food store Faccio un salto all'alimentari - I'm making a quick trip to the grocery store. Ho una domanda... - I have a question... Posso fare una domanda? - Can I ask a question? Devo fare uno scalo? - Do I need to change trains? Devo cambiare? - Do I need to change? (trains) Ci sentiamo presto. - We'll talk soon! (literally: We'll hear from each other soon.) A presto! - See you soon! (literally: Until soon!) fra diavolo - Devil dressed as a monk, spicy chili pepper sauce, or Michele Pezza (click for Wikipedia) _____________________________________________ *-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 list of train-station vocabulary. On the back are a preposition exercise (Vado in Italia con* mio marito...)* and a sample train schedule. 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) Handouts from the fifth class session, July 22: 24. purple: "Ci vuole un fiore" (lyrics to the song by Sergio Endrigo) 25. blue: "Avete una camera?" words to use at the hotel 26. yellow: prepositions ____________________________________________________ *-Compiti* (homework) 1.Read the words on handout 25, for the hotel. Click here, listen and repeat. We'll practice these in class next week. 2. Look at handout 26 again; to familiarize yourself with the simple prepostions in Italian. We'll do the two way exercise on the back next week. 3. (From the back of handout 18). Translate the paragraph "Vado in Italia con mio marito..." into English. Use some of these simple prepositions to make up your own itinerary or description of a real or imaginary trip (present tense). (click here for translation) Vado in Italia con* mio marito.* Partiamo fra* tre giorni.* Vado a Roma. Restiamo a Roma per* una settimana.* Andiamo da Roma a Napoli in treno. Restiamo a Napoli per* cinque giorni.* Andiamo da Napoli a Taormina in vaporetto. Restiamo in Italia dal* due aprile al venti aprile.* And, for your information, the months are: gennaio, febbraio, marzo, aprile, maggio, giugno, luglio, agosto, settembre, ottobre, novembre, dicembre click here for an audio version of "Days, months, and seasons" 4. (From the back of handout 21). Use the subject pronouns (just to practice them) and the correct form of the verb, to translate the sentences into Italian. for example: "I'm coming to the party." Io vengo alla festa. Since we haven't learned sapere yet, just do the sections "venire" and "conoscere". 5. Using handout number 20 and the information on today's website, translate these sentences into Italian: a. The train is late. b. Today is Friday. c. It's too much! d. I want to find a hotel. e. Do I have to make a reservation? f. May I pay the bill? and, how would you say: a. Let's go! b. Let's talk! c. Let's eat! d. Let's look for the station! e. Let's pay the bill!