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Livello Due. Mercoledì, il sei febbraio. Quarta lezione

Level Two. Wednesday, February 6. Fourth Lesson

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

-What we did in class:
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- l'alfabeto: We recited the alphabet.
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- dialog: "Chi è il tuo professore preferito?" from the "Aggettivi possessivi" handout from week two. Then, we practiced asking each other questions:
Qual è il tuo libro preferito? Il mio libro preferito è "The Reluctant Tuscan."
Qual è la tua canzone preferita? La mia canzone preferita è "Resta Cu'mme".
Chi sono i tuoi attori preferiti?
Chi è il tuo candidato preferito?
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- We went over the homework:
exercises from the dialog on the green handout: "Di dove sei?"
Practice Set 57: Preposizioni
Practice Set 35: Useful words. We had an impromptu conversation using some of this vocabulary: "Vado sempre in macchina. E tu? Io, invece, prendo spesso Max. Non prendo mai l'autobus. Io vado spesso in bici, quando fa bello."
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- Possessivi with family members. People brought family photos. We described them to each other:
Eccomi. - Here I am.
notice that you do not use the definite article "il, la, i, le" with your relatives:
Questa è mia nuora. - This is my daughter-in-law.
Questo è mio genero. - This is my son-in-law.
you do use the definite article "il, la, i, le" with someone you are not related to
Questo è il mio insegnante. - This is my teacher.
Ecco la mia ragazza. - Here is my girlfriend.
you do use the definite article "il, la, i, le" with plural relatives, modified relatives, or "their" (il loro, la loro, i loro, le loro) relatives.
Ecco le mie cugine. - Here are my girl cousins.
Ecco il mio suocero buffo. - Here is my funny father-in-law.
Ecco la loro figlia. - Here is their daughter.
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- We read from Parlate Con Noi (our little booklet). Page 20:
  • Com'è? Come sono? (What is he/she/it like? What are they like?)
  • Aggettivi: if an adjective ends in an "o", it has four forms. if it ends in an "e", it has two forms.
Page 22: the preposition "di" plus the definite article: del, dell' , dello, della, dei, delle, degli
The first seven pictures illustrate di plus article when it is used to mean possession.
The last two pictures illustrate di plus article when it is used to mean "some" (the partitive).
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- Stare plus the gerundio: using the present progressive to say what you are doing right now. (the "cell phone" tense)
Sto parlando. - I am talking.
Stai uscendo? - Are you going out?
State leggendo? - Are you (plural) reading?
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-ire and -ere verbs have the same endings: -endo.
-are verbs end in -ando.
There are a few irregular stems. See page 182 and the gold handout (below).
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- volerci means to be needed, to take (time).
The thing that is needed, or the time that it takes will determine whether the verb is conjugated in third-person-singular "vuole" or third-person-plural "vogliono".
Ci vuole un'ora per andare a Firenze. - It takes one hour to go to Firenze.
Ci vogliono due ore per andare a Firenze. - It takes two hours to go to Firenze. so the verb is conjugated third-person-plural: vogliono.
Ci vuole un euro. - It takes one euro.
Ci vogliono due euro. - It takes two euros.
- Endearments (words for your valentine)
talking to your sweetheart:
caro / cara - dear
tesoro - my treasure
amore mio - my love
amore - love
talking about your sweetheart:
il mio ragazzo /la mia ragazza - my boyfriend / girlfriend
il mio moroso / la mia morosa / my sweetheart / boyfriend / girlfriend
il mio fidanzato / la mia fidanzata - more serious than boyfriend / girlfriend, but not necessarily engaged
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- il tempo:
tuona - It is thundering.
il tuono - thunder
tuonare - to thunder
tira vento - it's windy (lit: it is pulling wind!)
more on page 119.
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- Parole da ricordare (these are useful words that come up during class)
preferito - favorite
trovare - to find
usare - to use
camminare - to walk
suonare - to play (a musical instrument)
giocare a calcio - to play soccer
aspettare - to wait
Che bel cappello! - What a great hat!
Hai ragione. - You're right!
classe - class (people)
aula - classroom
lezione - lesson (class session)
Classe is the group of all participants in a class. It's also widely used for classroom - although the right word for it is aula.

La mia classe di tedesco è simpatica, ma troppo numerosa. (People in it are...)
In che classe sei? In seconda o già in terza?
Sono in classe (= in the classroom. It should be sono in aula, but that's a sort of set phrase)

Lezione is a period of time in which you are taught something.

Ho lezione di tedesco tutti i giorni alle 5.
Le lezioni iniziano la settimana prossima.
Sono a lezione (= I am in class).
pianoforte - piano
andare in macchina - to go by car
andare in bicicletta - to go by bike
passatempo - hobby, or passtime
qualche volta - sometimes
buffo - funny
appena - just (as in: just now)
insegna - a sign
rigo - a line of text
foglio - piece of paper
foglia - leaf
tutte - all (when you're talking about only feminine things or people)
tutti - all (when one or more of the things or people is masculine)
unico - only, or unique
genero - son-in-law
nuora - daughter-in-law
suocero - father-in-law
suocera - mother-in-law
davanti a - in front of
prima di - before
dopo - after
vicino a - near to
accanto a - next to
amico, amica, amici, amiche - friend (m) (f) friends (m) (f)
da - from (Vengo da Milano. - I am coming from Milan. I come from Milan.)
da - to the place of... (Vado dal dentista. - I am going to the dentist.)
be' - well...
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-Compiti (homework). The answers to all these Practice Sets are in the back of the text. Check your answers, and bring your questions to class. Questions are good.

1. Practice Set 40, pages 133, 134: The partitive. Read the section, and do the Practice Set. You also get to practice colors and agreeing them. The colors are on page 114. Read that section about colors, because some colors are invariable (they do not agree with the noun they modify). These invariable colors are: blu, arancione, marrone, rosa, viola. But, bianco can have four forms: bianco, bianca, bianche, bianchi. Verde has two forms: verde (singular) and verdi (plural).

2. Practice Set 41, page 134. Using nessuno with a singular noun to mean "not any". Read the section and do the Practice Set.

3. Practice Set 66, pages 182, 183. the present progressive tense: "Sto guardando..." Read page 182, and do the Practice Set on page 183. Also read the little box: "answering a phone call."

4. Handout (gold): Stare + il gerundio. click here for the handout. Write out the translations, check your answers on the back.

5. Practice Set 58, page 162. Preposizioni. Read and do.