Level One, Tuesday September 25 Lesson One Prima Lezione

-Compiti (homework)

 1.  Read pages 23 through 34 in your text.  Either do the exercises on these pages, or make up your own way to learn the material that is important to you in this section.

2.  Practice and memorize the conjugations of avere and essere.  Write them, and say them out loud while you’re walking the dog.

3.  Use the little booklet “Parlate con Noi” to answer the questions on the one-page handout.

4.  Memorize the numbers 1 through 20 (or 30?).  You can use pages 128 and 129 for exercises to help you learn them.

5.  Read the green handout on caffè and the four short dialogs on the other side.

 -What we did in class:

 -How to introduce yourself:

buon giorno – Good morning

buona sera – good evening

Mi chiamo _______ - my name is _________

come si chiama? – What is your name?

piacere – it’s a pleasure

Di dov’è? – where are you from?

Sono di ________ - I’m from __________

 

 -Saying hello:

Buongiorno – hello, or good morning, or good day

Buona sera – good evening

Ciao! – hello

Come sta? – how are you? (formal)

Come stai? – how are you? (familiar)

Sto bene – I’m well.

Benissimo! – very well!

Molto bene – very well

Così così – OK

Come va? – How is it going?

Va bene – it’s going well. (also means “OK””)

Non c’è problema. – No problem.

 

 -We learned:

signore – sir

signora – madam

signorina – miss

(remember, you don’t need to say “signore” after you say “hello” to someone you don’t know.)

examples:

to a woman: “Buongiorno, signora.”

to a young woman: “Buongiorno signorina.”

to a man: “Buongiorno.”

To introduce someone to somebody else, “Ti presento ________” (familiar)

or “Le presento __________” (formal)

 

-Other words and phrases:

e Lei? – and you? (formal)

e tu? – and you? (familiar)

anche - also

anche io sto bene. – I, too, am well.

Ecco.... – Here is ...   (when pointing out something or someone)

questo - this

questa - this (feminine)

-some question words:

che cosa? – what?

cosa? – what?

che? – what?

chi? – who?

 

Che cos’è? – What is that?

È un libro. – It’s a book.

Chi è? – Who is it?

È Mario. – It’s Mario.

 

-Words for asking for information:

Capisco. – I understand.

Non capisco. – I don’t understand.

Ho una domanda. – I have a question.

Come si dice “lemonade?” – How do you say “lemonade?”

Cosa vuol dire “una limonata?” – What does “una limonata” mean?

 

 -L’articolo indeterminativo.  Indefinite article (a, an in English)   In your book on page 53.

	Maschile	Femminile
Before a consonant	un giornale	una chiave
Before a vowel	un albero	un’insegna
Before z,  s + consonant	uno studente	una studentessa

 

masculine nouns usually end in –o  or  -e

feminine nouns usually end in –a  or  -e

 

 

 verbi:

 avere – to have

ho,  hai,  ha.  abbiamo, avete, hanno.

 

essere – to be

sono, sei, è.  siamo, siete, sono.

 

(see page 32, 33, 34 in your text for avere and essere)

 

-numeri:

zero

uno

due

tre

quattro

cinque

sei

sette

otto

nove

dieci

undici

dodici

tredici

quattordici

quindici

sedici

diciassette

diciotto

dicianove

venti

ventuno

ventidue

ventitrè

ventiquattro

venticinque

ventisei

ventisette

ventotto

ventinove

trenta

 

“Qual è il numero (di telefono)? – what’s the phone number?

 

How to ask the waiter for something:

Scusi – excuse me

un cappuccino, per favore – a cappuccino, please

grazie – thank you

grazie mille – thanks a lot

prego – you’re welcome  (literally, “I pray.”)

 

 

Other words to remember:

Tutto a posto? – Is everything OK?

Tutto a posto – Everything’s OK

In bocca al lupo! – Good luck!   (response: “Crepi!)

Abbastanza - enough

euro - euro (singular, or plural)

 

 

A preview of future topics:

 -some ways to say good-bye:

arrivederci – good bye

arrivederLa – good-bye (formal)

buona notte – good night

ci vediamo – we’ll see each other

a presto – see you soon

ciao – good-bye (familiar)

A domani – until tomorrow

 

-more question words:

dove? – where?

perchè? – why?

quale? – which?

come? – how?

 

Di dov’è? – Where are you from?

Come si chiama? – What is your name? (literally, “How do you call yourself?”)

Qual è il numero? – What is the number?

 

-Compiti (homework)

1.  Read pages 23 through 34 in your text.  Either do the exercises on these pages, or make up your own way to learn the material that is important to you in this section.

2.  Practice and memorize the conjugations of avere and essere.  Write them, and say them out loud while you’re walking the dog.

3.  Use the little booklet “Parlate con Noi” to answer the questions on the one-page handout.

4.  Memorize the numbers 1 through 20 (or 30?).  You can use pages 128 and 129 for exercises to help you learn them.

5.  Read the green handout on caffè and the four short dialogs on the other side.