4 Quarta Lezione. martedì, il ventuno aprile.
Level One. Fourth Lesson. Tuesday, April 21, 2009.
-Compiti (homework) is at the bottom of this page.
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- Sono oftalmalogo. - I'm an ophthalmologist.
- Faccio l'insegnante. - I'm a teacher.
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Singolare |
Plurale |
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nouns ending in o: libro __> |
change to i: libri |
masculine |
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nouns ending in e: chiave (f), ___giornale (m)________> |
change to i: chiavi (f), giornali (m) |
feminine or masculine |
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nouns ending in a: casa__> |
change to e: case |
feminine |
-Reading: "Parlate con Noi". We continued with unit 3 of the little book with drawings.
- -Avere idioms. We reviewed our homework.
-Verbi:- -Verbi click here to listen to the conjugations
- stare: to stay_____
- sto (I stay), __stai (you stay), __sta (he/she stays, you formal stay)
- stiamo (we stay), _state (you plural stay), _stanno (they stay)
- avere – to have
- ho, hai, ha. abbiamo, avete, hanno. (I have, you have, he/she has (or you formal have). We have, you (plural) have, they have.)
- essere – to be
- sono, sei, è. siamo, siete, sono. (I am, you are, he/she is (or you formal are) . We are, you (plural) are, they are.)
- andare: to go
- vado, vai, va. andiamo, andate, vanno. (I go, you go, he/she goes (or you formal go). We go, you (plural) go, they go.)
dare: to give- do, dai, dà. diamo, date, danno. (I give, you give, he/she gives (or you formal give). We give, you (plural) give, they give.)
- fare: to make, to do
- faccio, fai, fa. facciamo, fate, fanno (I do, you do, he/she does (or you formal do). We do, you (plural) do, they do.)
- andare, dare, fare, stare. The four irregular -are verbs.
- -Interrogative words. We went over the question words from the yellow handout.
- dove, che cosa, cosa, che, quando, come, perché, chi, quanto...
Here's David singing:- David sings "La Canzone del Sole", with subtitles
-Number practice: "Tombola!" Bingo!
- -Words that came up in class:
- soldi - money
- denaro - money
- Sono di Portland. - I'm from Portland.
- Vengo da Portland. - I come from Portland. (or) I'm coming from Portland.
- Vado a Siena. - I'm going to Siena.
- Sono a Siena. - I'm in Siena.
- Sono qui per lavoro. - I'm here for work.
- Sono qui per studiare. - I'm here to study.
- Sono qui in vacanza. - I'm here for vacation.
- Che lavoro fa? - What work do you do?
- Sono oftomalogo. - I'm an ophthalmologist.
- Faccio l'insegnante. - I'm a teacher.
- qualcosa - something
- Ho un sacco di tempo. - I have lots of time.
- Ho un sacco da fare. - I have a lot to do.
- (click here for an audio page of "Persone")
- ragazzo - boy
- ragazza - girl
- figlio - son
- figlia - daughter
- madre - mother
- padre - father
- marito - husband
- moglie - wife
- fratello - brother
- sorella - sister
- genitori - parents
- amico - friend (masc)
- amica - friend (fem)
- Accidenti!! - Darn it!
- Che bello!! - How great! How nice! (or) How beautiful!
- - Handouts.- the handouts from this week:
15. "Progetto italiano 1" (pink)- 16."Dov'è il giornale?" Parlate con Noi (white)
- -Avere idioms. We reviewed our homework.
- 17. "3 A. Substitute the indefinite article..." Parlate workbook (pink)
- 18. Stare, fare, dare, andare (gold)
- 19. "Se vuoi chiedere qualcosa..." (yellow)
- 20. "Vita Italiana" (white)
- 18. Stare, fare, dare, andare (gold)
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- -Compiti. (homework)
1. Getting to know you. Use the pink handout, and write out how you would say these:- a. "My name is..."
- b. "What's your name?"
- c. "Where are you from?"
- d. "I'm American. I'm from (city)."
- e. "What work do you do?"
- f. "I'm a ..."
- g. "Where do you live?"
- h. "How long have you been in Italy?"
2. Parlate con Noi (our handout with the little drawings) This is unit 3 "3 Tre Terza lezione". Use the white handout (#16) to answer the questions on the pink handout (#17) This is a practice with definite and indefinite articles, singular and plural nouns, also showing posession, using the preposition "di". "di Chiara" means "of Chiara", "Chiara's" (belonging to Chiara). (click for answers)
3. Andare, Dare, Fare, Stare. Use the gold handout (#18) to practice and memorize the conjugations of these four irregular -are verbs. (click here for translations and answers)
- 4. Interrogative words. Do the exercise on the back of the yellow handout #19 "Se vuoi chiedere qualcosa..." to help you memorize these interrogative words.
5. Reading. Read handout #20 "Vita Italiana" (white). Read about the regions of Italy, what a scalo is, and where you will buy your bus tickets.
6. click to listen to an audio version of the front of your blue handout (#13)"Dove vocabulary"
7. click to listen to an audio version of the back of your blue handout (#13)"luoghi (places)". Some of the words on your list use the definite article "the", some use the indefinite article "a". There is no significance to which words use which article, it is just a way to practice both types of article.
8. Listen to the CD, units 7 and 8.
9. Numeri. Keep practicing your numbers! (Here they are again!)