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3 Terza Lezione. martedì, il quattordici aprile.

Level One. Third Lesson. Tuesday, April 14, 2009.

-Compiti (homework) is at the bottom of this page.

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-Gli argomenti (the topics):
Come si chiama l'albergo? Qual è il numero (di telefono)? Qual è l'indirizzo? (number practice)

-Verbi:
stare: to stay___(click on "play triangle" to listen) ____
sto (I stay), __stai (you stay), __sta (you formal stay)
stiamo (we stay), _state (you plural stay), _stanno (they stay)
essere: to be   (click on "play triangle" to listen)
sono, sei, è.  siamo, siete, sono.
avere: to have _
ho,  hai,  ha.  abbiamo, avete, hanno.
-Plurals of nouns
-From our homework: We went over the homework: the handout with pictures. We practiced how masculine and feminine nouns change to plural.
"Cos'è? È una porta.
Cosa sono? Sono due porte."

Singolare

Plurale

 

nouns ending in o: libro __>

change to i: libri

masculine

nouns ending in e: chiave (f), ___giornale (m)________>

change to i:  chiavi (f), giornali (m)

feminine or masculine

nouns ending in a:  casa__>

change to e: case

feminine
Here are a few exceptions to the general rules of plurals:
un film - due film
un caffè - due caffè
un euro - due euro
un cinema - due cinema

Reading: "Al Bar". Pronunciation and vocabulary. We reviewed the indefinite article with this vocabulary.

Vorrei una birra. Prendo un' acqua minerale. Prendo due caffè.
Avere (to have) - ho, hai, ha. abbiamo, avete, hanno.
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Hai bisogna di qualcosa? (familiar singular: tu)_____Ho bisogno di un tassì.
Ha bisogna di qualcosa, signor Erardi? (formal singular: Lei) __Ho bisogno di un libro d'italiano.
Avete un libro? (plural: voi)___________Si, abbiamo un libro.
Hanno una penna? (they: loro)__________No, non hanno una penna.
-Avere idioms
Expressions which use the verb "to have" (avere) in Italian. (In English, we use the verb "to be" in most of these idioms).
(click on "play triangle" to listen)
Ho sete. - I'm thirsty. - (literally: I have thirst)
Hai fretta? - Are you in a hurry. - (lit: Do you have haste?)
Maria ha paura. - Maria is afraid. - (Maria has fear.)
Abbiamo freddo. - We're cold. - (We have cold.)
Avete fame? - Are you (plural) hungry? - (Do you have hunger?)
Hanno voglia di una pizza? - Do they feel like having pizza? - (Do they have the desire of a pizza?)

Avere bisogno di... (to need)
Ho bisogno di un bancomat. - I need an ATM. - (I have need of an ATM.)

-Definite article: "the"
To use the definite article, you will use either il, l’, lo, la, i, gli, or le before a noun, depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural, and what letter the noun starts with.

 

singular

plural

 

 

il ragazzo

i ragazzi

masculine

l’amico

gli amici

 

lo studente

 

 

gli studenti

 

feminine

la ragazza

le ragazze

 

l’amica

le amiche
-Definite article: "the"
The definite article agrees with its noun in number and gender:
il (the) is used with masculine, singular nouns: il ragazzo. - the boy
la (the) is used with feminine singular nouns: la ragazza. - the girl
l' (the) is used instead of il or la when the next word begins with a vowel:
l'amico, l'amica, l'americano, l'americana.
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Nouns ending in -o are nearly all masculine. il ragazzo.
Nouns ending in -a are generally feminine. la ragazza.
Nouns ending in -e are masculine or feminine. il padre. la madre. - the father, the mother.
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il becomes i (the) in the plural. i ragazzi.
la becomes le in the plural. le ragazze.
l' (before a masculine noun) becomes gli in the plural. gli amici. gli americani.
l' (before a feminine noun) becomes le in the plural. le amiche. le americane.
nouns ending in -o or -e form their plural by changing -o or -e to -i. i ragazzi, i padri. le madri.
nouns ending in -a form their plural by changing -a to -e. le ragazze.
lo (the) is used with masculine nouns which begin with s plus consonant, or with z, or with y:
lo specchio, lo studente, lo zero.
gli is the plural of lo. gli specchi, gli studenti, gli zeri.
lo. gli specchi, gli studenti, gli zeri.
-"Dove" words. We went over the Dove words from the blue handout.
-Map exercise. We used the floor-map of the town to ask each other for directions using our dove words.
-Words that came up in class:
Sono stanca. - I'm tired. (fem)
Sono stanco. - I'm tired. (masc)
una camera - a room, a bedroom, a hotel room
una stanza - a room
Prendo... - I'll have... I'll take...
amico, amica, amici, amiche - friend, friends

- Handouts.- the handouts from this week:
12. "Avere idioms" (yellow, double-sided)
13. "Dove vocabulary" and "Luoghi - places" (blue, double-sided)
14. "Dove" dialoghi. (green, double-sided)

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-Compiti. (homework)

1. click to listen to an audio version of the front of your blue handout (#13)"Dove vocabulary"

2. click to listen to an audio version of the back of your blue handout (#13)"luoghi (places)". Some of the words on your list use the definite article "the", some use the indefinite article "a". There is no significance to which words use which article, it is just a way to practice both types of article.

3. Avere idioms. Read the yellow handout (#12), and do the exercises on the back. The answers are included, so check your own answers, please.

4. Dialoghi. Read through the dialogues on the green handout (#14). We'll listen to these in class.

5. Listen to the CD, units 3 and 4.

6. Numeri. Keep practicing your numbers! (Here they are again!)


7. (optional) Translate these sentences which use the avere idioms that we talked about in class. Remember to conjugate the verb avere, and add the noun (caldo, bisogno di, fame, fretta, paura...).

For example:
I'm cold. - Ho freddo.
Are you (voi) hungry? - Avete fame?
Do you (Lei) need a taxi? - Ha bisogno di un tassì?
1. Giuseppe is hungry.
2. We are in a hurry.
3. Francesca is thirsty.
4. Are you (tu) cold?
5. Chiara is afraid.
6. They are sleepy.
7. I feel like a beer.
8. I need a pharmacy.
9. She needs a ticket.
10. I feel like a gelato.
11. Do you (tu) feel like a glass of wine? (un bicchiere di vino)
12. They need a glass of wine.

8. (optional) Essere and avere:
Provide the correct form of essere (to be):
 
1.    ______________ di Milano? (Lei)
2.    ______________ di Milano? (tu)
3.    ______________ dottore. (lei)
4.    ______________ in piazza. (noi)
5.    ______________al ristorante. (voi)
6.    ______________ a Roma. (io)
7.    ______________professori (loro)
 
Provide the correct form of avere (to have).
 
1.    ______________ un’amica italiana. (io)
2.    ______________ una macchina? (a car) (Lei)
3.    ______________ cinquantotto euro. (tu)
4.    ______________ un cappuccino e un caffè. (noi)
5.    ______________ due birre e due paste. (loro)
6.    ______________ due biglietti. (tickets) (voi)
 
Translate into English.  Take a guess!
 
1.    Ecco il mio passaporto.
2.    Scusi, c’è un bancomat qui vicino?
3.    Avete il numero dell’albergo?
4.    Ci sono due signori lì.
5.    La cameriera ha il conto. (the bill)

Answers:  Provide the correct form of essere (to be):
1.     È
2.     Sei
3.     È
4.     Siamo
5.     Siete
6.     Sono
7.     Sono
 
Answers:  Provide the correct form of avere (to have).
1.    Ho
2.    Ha
3.    Hai
4.    Abbiamo
5.    Hanno
6.    Avete
 
Answers:  Translate into English.  Take a guess!
1.    Here’s my passport.
2.    Excuse me, is there an ATM nearby?
3.    Do you have the phone number of the hotel?
4.    There are two men there.
5.    The waitress has the bill.