Livello tre. Mercoledì, il sette maggio. Sesta Lezione
Level Three. Wednesday, May 7, 2008. Sixth Lesson
- -Compiti is at the bottom of this page
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- -Gli argomenti: The topics.
- What we did in class, and more!
- -Warm-up: "Numeri grandi!"
- Quanto costa? -
- mille euro = €1.000
- due milla euro = €2.000
- un milione euro = €1.000.000
- due milioni euro = €2.000.000
- -Indirect object pronouns, (say out loud, turn off your brain).
- Rispondo a Maria. Le rispondo.
- Dico a Giorgio. Gli dico.
- Voglio bene a te. Ti voglio bene.
- Domando a voi. Vi domando.
- Chiedo alle ragazze. Gli chiedo.
- Telefono ai cugini. Gli telefono.
- -Stare per... This is an idiomatic expression: "Stare" per... plus the infinitive, which means "to be about to do something."
- Stiamo per uscire. - We are about to go out.
- Sta per chiudere. - It's about to close.
- -Irregular past participles: See fifth box on the white handout "Al Bar".
- -"Il mondo del calcio" We read this article.
- -Negative expressions:
- ...ancora...? -
- ...non più. -
- Stai ancora mangiando? - Are you still eating?
- Sì, sto ancora mangiando. - Yes, I'm still eating.
- Non, non mangio più. Non sto più mangiando. - No, I'm not eating anymore.
- Suoni ancora la chitarra? - Do you still play guitar?
- Sì, la suono ancora. - Yes, I still play it.
- Non, non la suono più. - No, I don't play it anymore.
- If you have a verb tense which is a single word (such as the present, or the future, or the imperfetto), you can put an adverb like "mai", "ancora", or "più" right after the verb:
- Non vado mai al cinema. - I never go to the cinema.
- Îf it's a two-word verb tense, such as present progressive or passato prossimo, you can put these adverbs between the auxiliary and the main verb:
- Non ho fatto mai una torta. - I have never made a cake.
- -Imperfetto:
- We practiced getting the emphasis right on these tricky verbs. Look for the dots on page 237.
- We went over how imperfetto is used for:
- 1. an action in the past which is habitual or repeated.
- 2. an action in a moment which does not have a defined endpoint.
- 3. two contemporaneous ongoing actions.
- 4. an action which is interrupted.
See lavendar handout for the difference in meaning of sapere and conscere in the passato prossimo and the imperfetto.
- -Mad-Libs: Passato prossimo, or imperfetto? We made up stories by filling in the blanks and translating into Italian (click here).
- - Parole da ricordare
- pieno - full
- vuoto - empty
- mezzo - half
- urlare - to shout, to yell
- abbastanza - enough
- scambiare - to exchange
_____________________________- -Compiti
- 1. Pronomi tonici. Do the exercise on the back of the ivory handout. click here for this exercise.See page 247 practice set 101 for a list of the stressed pronouns (click here for the answers)
- 2. Imperfetto. (white handout). Translate the sentences on the side of the page which begins: "3. Secondo voi, quando usiamo l'imperfetto...?" (click here for exercise: imperfetto) (click here for the answers). Also, finish the other side (exercises 6, 7, and 8). (click here for exercise: imperfetto 2) (click here for answers).
- 3. Imperfetto Using chart number 3 from the white handout, do part 4 on the yellow handout (click here), which begins, "4. Osservando la tabella...". (click for answers). Read part 5. Then, try to fill in the blanks on the paragraph.
- 4. Participi passati irregolari.
- chiedere
- rispondere
- proporre
- vedere
- rimanere
- Translate into Italian. Caution: not all of these are in the passato prossimo!
- 1. I asked Giorgio for a glass. (Attenzione! (Giorgio is an indirect object) (glass is the direct object))
- 2. I answered the gentleman. (the gentleman is the indirect object)
- 3. I propose that we go. (proporre di...plus the infinitive)
- 4. Luigi proposed a solution. (una soluzione)
- 5. I'm staying home.
- 6. They stayed home.
- 7. We saw the bear.
- (click for answers)
- 5. (optional) Practice Set 47, page 139 and 140. (Molto...abbastanza.)