Level One, Tuesday, October 23, Lesson 5

-Compiti (homework)

1. Handout (gold) - "Verbi". Do both sides. Clicca qui for side 1. Check your email for side 2 (if you weren't in class). On the side that starts "Give the correct form of the verb, and translate the sentences into English..." A lot of these are idiomatic expressions that you haven't had, so you can just fill in the verb form, and read the translations in the answers.

2. Memorize all the irregular verbs we've learned: essere, avere, stare, fare, andare, dare, venire. Write out their conjugations (over and over). The new ones this week are dare, andare, venire.

3. Memorize the meaning of the question words: dove, come, che cosa, chi, perche, quale, quando, quanto (page 96).

4. Handout (blue) -Both sides - side one: "To ask the price of". side two: "Parole da ricordare: l'orario". Practice both sides. Both handouts have audio: click on the line above.

5. Handout (ivory, white) do the side that starts: "4 A. Date una risposta negativa" _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _clicca qui for handout___ clicca qui for answers

6. Memorize the days of the week: lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, giovedì, venerdì, sabato, domenica (p.117) and ieri, oggi, domani. (yesterday, today, tomorrow) (p. 118)

7. Question words: practice set 26. (Don't do part A or part B if it is too confusing. Part A and Part B are more complicated ways of asking for something.) If you have time, do the dialogue and comprehension activity on pp. 95,96.

8. (optional) Polite words, Agreeing and disagreeing: practice set 18 and 19.

9. (optional) Reading and comprehension: practice set 24 (pp. 84, 84, 85) Read pages 41, 61. (two dialogues)

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-What we did in class:

-pronunciation. la trattoria, la farmacia, l'osteria, la gelateria, la panetteria, la fattoria. In every case, the stress is on the penultimate syllable: trattoria

-polite expressions. scusi, permesso, prego, avanti, s'accomodi, le dispiace?, non importa, salute. (see page 63)

-agreeing and disagreeing: Si, è vero. No, non è vero. Già. Ma va! Capisco. Non capisco. Va bene! Non va bene. Non ce problema. Non lo so. D'accordo. Non sono d'accordo. (see page 65)

-regular -are verbs. By "regular", we mean that they are all conjugated in this pattern:

For -are verbs: (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

(see page 76.) Clicca qui for the two-way exercise. (I'm looking at the fountain)

-Verbi: We introduced three new irregular verbs. By "irregular", we mean that they are not conjugated following the pattern of all the regular -are verbs. Either the stem changes, or the endings do not follow the pattern precisely. All irregular verbs have to be memorized.

andare (to go) vado, vai, va. andiamo, andate, vanno.

venire (to come) vengo, vieni, viene. veniamo, venite, vengono.

dare (to give) do, dai, da. diamo, date, danno.

-interrogative words: dove, come, che cosa, chi, perche, quale, quando, quanto (page 96)

-al negozio. We listened to three dialogues, and then we played store.

Vorrei una cartolina e un francobollo. Quanto costano?

Ho bisogno di una mappa. Quanto è?

Prendo questo. (I'll take this one.)

-lettura (reading) We read page 17 from "Parlate con Noi".

Sono in ritardo. - I'm late.

Siamo in ritardo. - We're late.

Siamo pronti. - We're ready

Non sono pronta (Non sono pronto) - I'm not ready (feminine, masculine)

Non sono ancora pronto. (pronta) - I'm not ready yet.

Come mai? - How come?

Il film comincia fra alcuni minuti. - The film is starting in a few minutes.

Allora... - Then,

-Dove review: We did this two-way translation exercise on asking directions.

-Fare (to make, to do): We did this two-way translation exercise.

-I giorni: (days of the week) lunedì, martedì, mercoledì, giovedì, venerdì, sabato, domenica (p.117)

ieri, oggi, domani. (yesterday, today, tomorrow) (p. 118)

-Parole da ricordare:

cin cin - cheers! (while toasting)

calcio - soccer

gioco a calcio - I play soccer

Sono stanco (Sono stanca) - I'm tired.

Mi dispiace. - I'm sorry.

È tardi - It's late.

La colazione - breakfast

Il pranzo - lunch

La cena - dinner

siesta - siesta

soldi - money

denaro - money

vorremmo... - we would like...

andiamo - let's go!

aspettiamo - let's wait!

mangiamo - let's eat!

(note: Any of the "noi" (first person plural) forms of any verb in Italian can mean can mean either "we are _________" or "let's _________" depending on context and tone of voice.)