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*Livello tre. mercoledì, il primo ottobre. Prima Lezione.* *Level three. Wednesday, October 1, 2008. First lesson.*
		*-compiti* (homework) is at the bottom of this page. ____________________________________________________ *-Gli argomenti (the topics):* What we did in class, and more. -Warmup: We introduced ourselves -"Sono Siciliano" Click here for this short dialogue - Ripasso (review) topics: -review quiz -irregular verbs: essere, avere, stare, fare, andare, dare, venire, uscire, rimanere -pulire (a regular verb) pulisco, pulisci, pulisce. puliamo, pulite, puliscono. -modal verbs: sapere, volere, dovere, potere Click here for the two-way translation that we did in class. -verbs which take a preposition in English, but not in Italian: Cerchiamo Mario. - We're looking for Mario. Luisa aspetta* il treno. -* Luisa is waiting for the train Ascolto la musica. - I'm listening to the music. (more listed on page 79) -verbs which don't take a preposition in English, but which do in Italian: Gioco a calcio. - I play soccer. (more listed on pages 80, 99, 100) -passato prossimo. In our text (Italian: The Easy Way by Marcello Danesi) the passato prossimo is discussed on pages 213-222 (practice sets 83-87). The main thing is that you have to choose whether you will use essere or avere as the auxiliary. If it's essere, the past participle has to agree in gender and number with the subject. *-New topics:* *-Verbi reflessivi.* Many verbs in Italian can be used reflexively. Reflexive pronouns are used when you want to show that an action is being done to him or herself: I get myself up. - Mi alzo. You are having yourself a good time. - Ti diverti. She finds herself in Rome. He finds himself in Rome. - Si trova a Roma. We get ourselves up. - Ci alziamo. You are having yourselves a good time. - Vi divertite. They find themselves in Rome. - Si trovano a Roma. In the plural, the ci, vi, and si pronouns are also* used to indicate an action that people are doing to each other.* This use is called *reciprocal* rather than *reflexive. Ci vediamo. -* We will see each other. Vi salutate. - You guys say hello to each other. Si incontrano. - They get together, they meet up. Sometimes, verbs which do not seem reflexive to us will nevertheless require a reflexive pronoun in Italian: Mi lamento. - I complain. Mi rilasso. - I'm relaxing. Mi sono mossa a compassione per la guerra. - I was moved to pity by the war. In the tenses we are sudying (the present tense and the passato prossimo) the reflexive (or reciprocal) pronoun comes before the verb in the sentence unless it is an infinitive. The infinitive of a reflexive verb is formed by attaching the reflexive pronoun at the end: Mi siedo. - I sit down. Posso sedermi? - May I sit down? Si scambiano delle email. - They exchange emails. Preferiscono scambiarsi delle email. They prefer to exchange emails. 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). Here are a few of the reflexive verbs which came up in class: annoiarsi - to become bored lamentarsi - to complain divertirsi - to amuse oneself, to have fun rilassarsi - to relax muoversi - to hurry up, or to be moved emotionally *-Un canzone: "Tu Sei" (Vittorio Grigolo) click here to watch on youtube* La canzone mi ha mosso. Secondo Hoai, in inglese la canzone è diventata un Soap Opera From Hell. Vittorio preferisce Zucchero. *-Futuro. In Italian, the future tense is used when there is a sense of uncertainty or hypothesis about a future event. If a future event is certainly going to happen, the normal present tense is usually used in Italian. click here for "How to form the Futuro."* -Parole da ricordare (Words to remember) pigro-lazy una crociera - a cruise dappertutto - everywhere sbagliato - incorrect, wrong giusto - correct, right inoltre - also, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore appena - just recently ogni giorno - every day tutti i giorni - every day tradire - to betray l'alba - dawn l'aurora - dawn _____________________________________________ *-Handouts.* These are the handouts for this week: 1. Reflexive verbs (pink) 2. Reflexive verbs/ Tommaso's Day (pink) 3. Passato prossimo (yellow, two sheets) 4. Passato prossimo, auxiliary avere... (oggi/ieri) (yellow) 5. "Tu sei" lyrics(white) ______________________________________________ *-Compiti* *1. Verb review.* Study the conjugations of all the verbs that you got wrong on the quiz. ( including sapere) *2. Reflexive and reciprocal verbs in the present tense.* Page 192 in the text (Italian: the Easy Way. Marcello Danesi.) Read and do Practice Sets 70 and 71. Check your answers in the back of the book. *3. Reflexive verbs.* Read both sides of Handout 2: Tommaso's Day. Describe in Italian what he is doing in each frame. *4. Reflexive and reciprocal verbs.* Handout 1. Read, and do the exercises. Note: for all the exercises on this sheet, the pronouns precede the verb, except for 3.c. which use an infinitive. click here for the answers. Look up the irregular verb "togliersi" in your verb book. The way that its spelling changes is very interesting. *5. Passato prossimo.* Read handout 3 (yellow, two sheets). Do all the exercises except E6. Remember that reflexive verbs take essere. click here for the answers. *6. Passato prossimo.* Handout 4. If you have time, do the exercises on both sides. (You don't have to write them out in the present progressive.) We have two weeks to do this handout. *7. Futuro.* click here to see how to form the future tense. You can also look at page 244 in the text. Paula will present five vocabulary words next week for us to practice.