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	3 Terza Lezione. mercoledì, il sei aprile. *Level* *Four. Third Lesson. Wednesday, April 6, 2011.*
	- *Compiti* (homework) is at the bottom of this page. ___________________________________________________ - *Ben venuta Kim!* *- Gli argomenti (the topics):* What we did in class, and more. **- Preposizioni: Vorrebbe andare al cinema con me? Sì, ci vorrei andare con Lei.** We used the plan of the town, and the map of Europe to ask each other what we would like to do. You can use the word "ci" to substitute for "in or at a place". Vorrebbe andare nelle Dolomiti con me a giugno? Sì, ci vorrei andare con Lei. Vorrei andare a Parigi con Lei. in Italia, in Francia, in Spagna, in Inghilterra... andare in vacanza, in montagna, in piazza... andare in treno, in bici, a piedi, in traghetto... andare a Roma, a Barcellona, a casa, a cena... andare al cinema, al bar, al ristorante, andiamo al mare... da Mario, da un amico... *- L'Alfabeto.* We reviewed the letters of the Italian alphabet. *- Pronomi doppi: oggetti diretti.* We acted out handing objects to each other in order to express double-object pronouns: I'm giving you the nutcracker. - Ti do il schiaccianoci. I'm giving it to you. - Te lo do. Pass me the forks? - Mi passi le forchette? Pass them to me, please? - Me le passi, per favore? Eccole! *- L'imperfetto* (Click here for the imperfetto We conjugated many verbs in the imperfetto. *chiacchieravo, chiacchieravi, chiacchierava, chiacchieravamo, chiacchieravate, chiacchieravano.* *- Il Bastimento a Tre Piani.* We continued reading this fable, retold in modern Italian by Italo Calvino in his "Fiabe Italiane". *-Parole da ricordare:* Ha piovuto. - It rained. È piovuto. - It rained. (It makes no difference whether you use essere or avere with piovere.) Pioveva. - It was raining. Faceva bello. - The weather was lovely, beautiful. ...il mio migliore amico / la mia migliore amica - my best friend schiaccianoci - nutcracker evitare - to avoid *-Handouts. (click for the handout)* handout 21 (front): Pronomi doppi esercizi handout 21 (back): esercizi continued _____________________________________________ -*Compiti* (homework) 1. Listen and repeat with Audio: LEVEL TWO, unit 12. We'll practice it in class. Let me know if you need it! 2. Handout number 21 (front). and (back). On the front, do part B. On the back, do part D. For part D, remember that the past participle agrees with the direct-object-pronoun. (See point number 3 on page 264 of our text). If you don't remember how "bello" changes before a noun, see page 59. Part B, directions in English: "Yes, I'll buy it for you. You are very helpful, and you do everything that the others ask of you. Answer "yes" to all of their requests." Part D, directions in English: "Who gave that to you? Carlo talks to a friend who gives him compliments on his clothes, and asks him who gave them to him. Carlo always responds that his girlfriend gave them to him." 3. Read ahead in Il Bastimento a Tre Piani to near the bottom of page 12, "... e per di più vecchio cadente." Optional: Find a simple question or sentence using this verb in context. Look up a sentence in a verb book, or on wordreference.com, or check it with a native speaker, so that we know that we are practicing current and common usage. appoggiare appoggiarsi 4. The following exercise is from last week's compiti, we'll go over the answers in class: Here is an esercizio for you: Change the underlined words to double-object pronouns. example: Non regalo il libro a Gianni. > Non glielo regalo. 1. Ho comprato quel vestito per mia sorella. > _________ 'ho comprato. 2. Mi ha raccontato la sua storia. > _________ 'ha raccontata. 3. Presti il libro a Giorgio? > ___________ presti? 4. Ti porta il cane domani sera. > __________ porta domani sera.