Livello Due, lunedi, il ventisei novembre, Nona Lezione

Level Two, Monday, November 26, Lesson 9

Remember! Next week's class is at Ed and Gilan's house. The address is in the class e-mail.

-Compiti (homework)

1. Practice Set 59: Preposizioni. Read the section, and do all the exercises.

2. Read the handout (pink) on reflexive verbs. We'll do the cartoon exercise on the back "Tommaso's Day" in class next week.

3. Practice Sets 70 and 71: Reflexive and Reciprocal Verbs. Read both sections, and do all the exercises.

4. Finish the Handout (gold): preposizioni from last week. Finish parts C,D,E, and F. We'll read part B out loud in class next week. Clicca qui for the answers.

5. Write a few original sentences using some of the words from Practice Set 47: molto, tanto, poco, troppo, parecchio, abbastanza, quasi, tutto...

6. Part H of Practice Set 62: Matching and review.

7. review and memorize the list of past participles below.

8. (optional) Check out the soccer team of Italian pop-stars: clicca qui

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-What we did in class:

Come va? How's it going?

Com'è andata? How'd it go?

Com'è andato il viaggio? How'd the trip go?

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Past participles:

We used some new verbs in the passato prossimo from this list which was part of last week's homework:

infinitive (translation) past participle:

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abbracciare (to hug) abbracciato

abitare (to live in) abitato

accendere (to light, to turn on) acceso

accettare (to accept, to agree to) accettato

affittare (to rent a house or apartment) affittato

aiutare (to help) aiutato

alzare (to raise) alzato

amare (to love) amato

andare (to go) andato *

annoiare (to bore, to annoy) annoiato

aprire (to open) aperto

arrivare (to arrive) arrivato *

ascoltare (to listen to) ascoltato

aspettare (to wait for) aspettato

assistere (to attend, to be present at) assistito

attraversare (to go across) attraversato

aumentare (to increase) aumentato **

avere (to have) avuto

baciare (to kiss) baciato

ballare (to dance) ballato

bere (to drink) bevuto

cadere (to fall) caduto *

cambiare (to change) cambiato**

camminare (to walk) camminato

cantare (to sing) cantato

capire (to understand) capito

cenare (to dine) cenato

cercare (to look for) cercato

chiacchierare (to chat) chiacchierato

chiamare (to call) chiamato

chiedere (to ask for, to ask about) chiesto

chiudere (to close) chiuso

cogliere (to gather, to pick) colto

 * requires "essere" as the auxiliary

** can take "avere" (when used transitively: Il negozio ha aumentato il prezzo del pane.) or "essere" (when used intransitively: Il prezzo del pane è aumentato. )

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Preposizioni: We went over last week's homework.

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Verbi reflessivi: When the action of a verb reflects back toward the subject of that verb, then that verb is reflexive:

I get myself up. Mi alzo.

I have myself a good time. Mi diverto.

You find yourself in Rome. Ti trovi a Roma.

The infinitive of a reflexive verb is indicated by placing the suffix -si at the end:

alzarsi

divertirsi

trovarsi

To conjugate a reflexive verb, you will also be changing the reflexive pronoun:

mi lavo, ti lavi, si lava. ci laviamo, vi lavate, si lavano.

If you use a reflexive verb in the passato prossimo, you always use essere as the auxiliary, and the past participle agrees with the subject:

Maria si è divertita molto. Maria had a good time.

Ci siamo annoiati. We became bored.

Mi sono confusa. I got confused (feminine).

-Eros Ramazotti. We listened to an interview with this cantautore italiano. The vocabulary included:

purtroppo - unfortunately

inoltre - besides

qualche volta - sometimes

intimo - intimate

fare una gita - to go on an outing

pescare - to fish

essere in tournée - to be on tour

all'estero - outside the country

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-Parole da ricordare

dire bugie - to lie

mentire - to lie

vigneto - vinyard

azienda vinicola - winery

degustazioine dei vini - wine tasting

gasolio - diesel fuel

carburante diesel - diesel fuel

benzina - gasoline