Level One, Tuesday October 16 ___________Quarta Lezione (fourth lesson)
-Compiti (homework)
1. Memorize the conjugation of "fare" (to do, to make) faccio, fai, fa. facciamo, fate, fanno. Write it out, say it out loud.click on "play triangle">
2. practice sets 21, 22, and 23: read and do. Starting from "Comminicare al presente" on page 76, up to (but not including) "Un Bar Italiano" on page 83. Pay special attention to where to place the stress when pronouncing the verbs, spelling changes (cercare, giocare, pagare). Also pay special attention to the verbs on pages 79 and 80 which are not followed by a preposition (unlike their English equivalents) and verbs that require a preposition (whose English equivalents do not).
3. Handout (yellow) - "Provide the correct form of essere" "...and avere"
4. verb conjugations: write out the conjugations of -are verbs from page 76. Say them out loud. Do as many verbs as you have time for, and learn their meanings.
(example) aspettare (to wait for): click on "play triangle">
- aspetto___________aspettiamo
- aspetti___________aspettate
- aspetta___________aspettano
5. pages 69, 70, 71 - The Definite Article and Nouns (singular and plural): read pages 69 and 70, and do practice set 20 (parts A,B, and D). Don't worry about memorizing all the vocabulary in Part B: it looks as though some of the words were just included for pronunciation practice. There is a glossary in the back of the book.
6. preview - Handout (blue) -"To ask the price of..." (with audio). We'll be using this vocabulary next week in class.
7. (optional) practice set 17 - A review of topics we've covered so far.
8. (optional) "Reading and Comprehension" on pages 72 and 73.
9. (optional) Handout (blue) "Parole da ricordare: le persone" (with audio)
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What we did in class:
Titles: When you're talking about somebody, the definite article is used before the title. Il signor Conti. If you're talking to him, you do not use a definite article: "Buongiorno signor Conti." (see page 60)
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ripasso: we did this two-way translation exercise in class:
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Homework handout from last week with the map of Italy: "Prova un po'". Remember that, when you're asking -
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"Is there...?" you use "C'è...?"
"Where is...?" you use "Dov'è...?"
"Are there...?" you use "Ci sono...?"
"Where are...?" you use "Dove sono...?"
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Plural nouns: we learned some exceptions -
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When a noun ends with an accented letter, (la città, il tassì, il caffè, il tè)
or ends in a consonant, (il film, la email, il bar)
or is an abbreviation (la foto (fotografia), la moto (motocicletta), la bici (bicicletta))
these nouns do not change their endings in the plural. You can tell when they are plural when they have a plural article:
la città -le città
il film - i film
la foto - le foto
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Piove, piove... We sang this filastrocca:
Piove, piove,
La gatta non si muove.
Si accende la candela,
Si dice, "Buona sera."
Buona sera, buona notte,
Le patate sono cotte.
Sono cotte nella pentola,
Viva, viva, Cenerentola!
It's raining, it's raining,
the cat is not moving.
One lights the candle,
One says "Good evening."
Good evening, good night,
The potatoes are cooked.
Cooked in the pot,
Long live Cinderella!
- Verbi: there are three types of regular verbs in italian, defined by their endings:
- -are, -ere, and -ire.
We'll learn the -are verbs first. Take the infinitive: example - parlare (to speak).
The stem is parl- and the ending is -are
Take the stem, and change the endings for each person, in this pattern:
- -o___________-iamo
- -i___________-ate
- -a___________-ano
So, for example, the regular -are verb parlare (to speak) is conjugated:
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- parlo__________parliamo
- parli___________parlate
- parla___________parlano
The regular -are verb aspettare (to wait for) is conjugated:
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- aspetto___________aspettiamo
- aspetti___________aspettate
- aspetta___________aspettano
We learned -are verbs which have spelling changes to preserve the sound of the stem. Cercare, dimenticare, pagare, mangiare....
Cerco, cerchi, cerca. Cerchiamo, cercate, cercano
Dimentico, dimentichi, dimentica. Dimentichiamo, dimenticate, dimenticano
Pago, paghi, paga. Paghiamo, pagate, pagano.
Mangio, mangi, mangia. Mangiamo, mangiate, mangiano.
The verb fare. (to do, to make) This verb is used in a lot of expressions. Memorize its conjugation:
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- faccio_________facciamo
- fai____________fate
- fa____________fanno
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