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Level One. Ninth Lesson. Tuesday, May 18, 2010.

-aggettivi (adjectives)
Remember an adjective that ends in o has four forms (-o , -i , -a , -e)

for example, alto
È un ragazzo alto. - He is a tall boy.
È una ragazza alta. - She is a tall girl.
Sono due ragazzi alti. - They are two tall boys.
Sono due ragazze alte. They are two tall girls.

an adjective that ends in e has two forms: singular and plural (-e , -i)

For example: felice
È un ragazzo felice. - He is a happy boy.
È una ragazza felice. - She is a happy girl.
Sono due ragazzi felici. - They are two happy boys.
Sono due ragazze felici. - They are two happy girls.

- Parole da ricordare: Words and phrases to remember:
Lasciami stare! - Leave me alone!
Fare un viaggio -
To take a trip.
Fare una prenotazione - to make a reservation
poi... - then... (as in "and this happened next...")
un isolato - one block
al ristorante - to (or at) the restaurant
al supermercato - to (or at) the supermarket
alla stazione - to (or at) the station
all'una - at one o'clock
alle otto - at eight o'clock
alle nove - at nine o'clock

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-Compiti. (homework)

1. On the back of the purple handout. This is a Two-Way Translation exercise, so fold the paper in half down the middle. Do the translations, and check your answers on the other half.

2. Listen to the audio CD, unit 10.

3. Aggettivi. Read pages 48 through 52 and try to learn this material. Memorize as much as you can. On page 53 do B and C only.

4. Click here to listen to the vocabolario from page 48 and 49.

5. Review. I want you to think about any topics that you'd like to cover again together. Days of the weeks? Names of the months? Numbers? Verbs? Dates?

6. Numeri (review). C
lick the "play triangle" to listen to selected numbers one through one hundred: