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Livello tre. Mercoledì, il nove aprile. Seconda Lezione

Level Three. Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Second Lesson
-Compiti is at the bottom of this page
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-Gli argomenti: The topics.
What we did in class, and more!
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-Warm-up: Students came up with phrases that you need when you're looking for something.
Scusi...
Ho bisogno di...
Cerco...
Dove...?
C'è un _______ qui vicino?
Then we looked for la farmacia, la stazione, il posteggio dei taxi, un autonoleggio, un'entrata della metro, la tabaccheria.
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-Stare and present progressive.
Sto cantando.
Stai lavorando?
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-Mai and non mai.
Mai and non mai in the passato prossimo:
Avete mai scalato Mount Hood? - Have you ever climbed Mount Hood?
No, non l'abbiamo mai scalato. - No, we've never climbed it. (Notice the pronoun comes before the auxiliary verb, and the "mai" comes between the auxiliary and the past participle)
Si, l'abbiamo scalato una volta. - Yes, we climbed it one time.
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Siete mai stati in Sardegna? - Have you ever been to Sardegna?
No, non ci siamo mai stati. - No, we've never been there.
Sì, ci siamo andati due anni fa. - Yes, we went there two years ago.
Mai in the present tense:
Prendi mai il treno? - Do you ever take the train?
No. Non lo prendo mai. - No. I never take it.
Sì, lo prendo qualche volta. - Yes, I take it sometimes.
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-Partire, lasciare, andare via, uscire. We discussed the differences. (lavendar handout)
Partire (per) - depart
lasciare - to leave somebody or something behind
andare via - to get going, to get out, to go away
uscire (da, di, con) - to exit, to go out
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Participi passati irregolari. (white handout: "Al Bar")
We reviewed and practiced present tense and passato prossimo of dire, fare, scrive, correggere, leggere. Their past participles are detto, fatto, scritto, corretto, letto.
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-Two verbs in a sentence. (From the white handout "Appendix")
"Venire a" plus the infinitive.
"Riuscire a" plus the infinitive.
Vengo a trovarti. - I'm coming to visit you.
Sono riuscita a venire a trovarti. - I managed to come and visit you. I succeeded in coming to see you.
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-Review: Direct object pronouns, Indirect object pronouns, Reflexive pronouns, a little bit of "ci"
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-Imperative (noi, voi, tu) with pronouns, and Irregular imperative. (yellow handout: "Imperativo")
Vai dal pescivendolo! - Vacci!
Non andare dal pescivendolo! - Non andarci!
Mettiti i jeans!
Non metterti i jeans!
Vai in Italia! - Go to Italy.
Vacci! - Go there!
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-Cosa prendiamo? We practiced ordering food (working in pairs) from our dialogs from Buongiorno Italia. We listened to a "Prova un po'" where we tried to answer the waiter. "Tell him you'll have the courgettes!"
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-Words that came up in class
nelle Dolomiti - in the Dolomites
volare - to fly
succedere - to happen
vestirsi - to dress one's self
svestirsi - to undress one's self
farsi la barba - to shave
fare la doccia - to take a shower
qui vicino - near here
l'aiuto - the help
un bancomat - a bank machine, an ATM
il pescivendolo - the fishmonger ("Would you like courgettes with that haddock?")
occhiali - eyeglasses
peccato - sin
Che peccato! - What a pity!
una prenotazione - a reservation
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- Compiti (Homework)

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1. Imperative. Finish the translations on the back of the two-page yellow handout. The exercises start with: "Imperative (translate); Noi Let's sing!"

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2. Imperative (continued)

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Remember: when the imperative forms of da’, fa’, sta’, va’, and di’ are used with a pronoun, the initial consonant of the pronoun is doubled (except for gli)  Examples: Dimmi di si!     Vacci!    Fallo ora!

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Translate into Italian.
(Tu)
1.     Tell him!
2.     Give her the book!
3.     Do it!
4.     Go there!
5.     Tell me “Yes”!  (di sì)
6.     Give her a big kiss! (un bacione)
7.     Give him a big kiss!
 
More “tu, noi, voi”
1.     Don’t give him a big kiss!  (tu)
2.     Be quiet! (tu)  (stare zittto, zitta)
3.     Leave me alone!  (tu) (lasciare stare)
4.     Let’s eat it!
5.     Let’s rest!  (riposarsi)
6.     The bill?  Let’s pay it!
7.     Don’t walk! (voi)
8.     Don’t walk! (tu)
9.     Hurry up! (voi) (muoversi)
10.  Hurry up! (tu)  (muoversi)
11.  Help me! (tu)
12.  Help us! (tu)
13.  Wait a second! (tu) (un attimo)
14.  Wait a second! (voi)
15.   Relax! (tu)
16.   Relax! (voi)
17.  Don't worry! (tu)
18.  Don't worry! (voi)
19.  Stay calm! (tu) (tranquillo/a)
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3. venire a, riuscire a, aspettare, cercare, mai, non mai, dire, fare, scrivere, correggere, leggere, lasciare, uscire, andare via, partire. Translate these sentences into Italian. Some information on the use of the verbs can be found on the lavendar handout, the white handout "Appendix", and the white handout "Al Bar". This is also an exercise in using object pronouns: if there is an infinitive and an object pronoun in the sentence, drop the final "e" and attach the object pronoun to the infinitive. trovare + ci = trovarci. Remember: "ci" can mean "there" or "us".

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1.     He's coming to get us at the station. (prendere)
2.     They came to visit us. (venire a trovare)
3.     We waited for him for an hour.
4.     I looked for him for fifteen minutes.
5.     Dottore, have you ever taken the train? No, I have never taken it! Yes, I always take it!
6.     Do you often read this magazine? (tu, spesso, rivista) No, I never read it! Yes, I sometimes read it. (qualche volta)
7.     Do you often go to town? (voi) No, I never go there. Yes, I always go there.
8.     I managed to finish in time.
9.     I can’t manage to see without glasses.
10.  She corrected the homework.
11.  We wrote to her.
12.  We read the magazines.
13.  Did you take a walk? (voi)
14.  He told her his name.
15.  We’re leaving for London tomorrow.
16.  Do you want to go out?
17.  Leave the luggage here!  (tu)
18.  Go away! (tu)
19.  I'm about to leave the house.
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4. I pasti italiani. Read the gold handout.
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5. Dialog #3: from the white handout "Cosa prendiamo?", re-read this dialog ALOUD, and make it into a SONG!