Autunno 2009

5 La quinta lezione, il 4 novembre 2009


- Presente + "da" + espressioni di tempo. We used your mini-dialogues:

Use "da" plus the present tense for something that started in the past and you still do.
A: "Mi piace dipingere." - I like to paint.
B: "Da quanto (tempo) dipingi?" - How long have you been painting?
A: "Dipingo da cinque anni." - I have been painting for five years.
Use "Mi piace" plus infinitive. Then ask the question (using "Da quanto..." plus present tense verb.) Then answer using "da" plus the present tense.

Use "per" with something you used to like to do, but you don't do it any more.
A: "Mi piaceva giocare a baseball." - I used to like to play baseball. (imperfetto plus infinitive)
B: "Per quanto (tempo) hai giocato a baseball?" - How long did you play baseball?
A: "Ho giocato a baseball per cinque anni." - I played baseball for five years.
Use "Mi piaceva" plus infinitive. Then ask the question using "Per quanto" plus passato prossimo. Then answer using "per" plus the passato prossimo.


- Gioco: "Buono o cattivo? Bene o male?" We had to choose when to use an adjective (modifies a noun) and when to use an adverb (modifies an adjective or a verb): buono o cattivo (adjectives) vs. bene o male (adverbs).
1.            Gioca __ __ a golf.
2.            Parli __ __  l’italiano.
3.            Sharon cucina __ __.
4.            Paula ha preparato una __ __ cena.
5.            Mannaggia! La settimana è andata __ __.
6.            Il cane __ __ ha morso il gatto.
7.            Piove piove piove!  Che __ __ tempo!
8.            Non ho passato l’esame. L’esame è andato __ __.
9.            Questa birra è costosa, ma è __ __.
10.        È un uomo molto __ __.
11.        La conosco molto __ __.

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- tanto, molto, troppo, poco. These four words can be used as adverbs, or as adjectives. Adverbs are always invariable: they do not change their endings.
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Il ragazzo è tanto furbo.
La ragazza è molto furba.
I ragazzi sono troppo pigri.
Le ragazze sono tanto pigre.
(all of those are examples of invariable adverbs modifying adjectives which have to agree with the noun)
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Le scarpe costano molto.
Quanto costano le scarpe?
(molto and quanto are both adverbs modifying a verb.)
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Ci sono molte scarpe.
Ci sono troppi topi.
C'è tanto rumore.
C'è poca gente.
(in these sentences, they are used as adjectives, which agree with the noun they modify.)

You did an activity where you looked at multiple-choice sentence structures and made up possible sentences using tanto, molto, troppo, and poco, sometimes as adverbs and sometimes as adjectives.


-Appi auer. We asked each other formally if we liked something. Le piacciono i formaggi? Le piace il vino? Le piace la musica? Le piacciono le pere?
"To you are pleasing the cheeses? (etc.)

- Com'è andata la settimana? Ed e Gina ci hanno raccontato delle loro avventure. Mary-Lynn ci ha raccontato del suo viaggio in Hawaii. Che bravi studenti!!!

- Vestiti. We did the two-way translation exercise.

- Dario e Sara in macchina. Susanna la seconda e Teresa la seconda, e Toni e Edoardo hanno recitato il dialogo di Nadine. Che divertente!!! Che bravi attori!!!

- Parole da ricordare:
fare trekking - to go hiking
da quando ero giovane... - since when I was young
mi sta male - it doesn't look good on me
basta - (a verb): suffices, is enough. You can say "Basta." by itself ("That's enough.") or in a complete sentence: To us is sufficient the bread. - (We have enough bread.) Ci basta il pane.
abbastanza - (adjective or adverb) "enough, sufficient" Hai abbastanza soldi? (even as an adjective, it's invariable)


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- Handouts. (click on the link if you need the handout)
11. (pink, double sided) "C'è / ci sono" and "Preposizioni" review (side 1) (side 2)

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i compiti:


1. The pink handout. There are two exercises:

"C'è and ci sono." For the first exercise, look carefully at the example. You are rewriting the sentences, changing the order of the words, and REPLACING the verb in the sentence with either "c'è" or "ci sono". The location comes first, then either "c'è" or "ci sono", then the subject.
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"Preposizioni": We do not expect that you know all of these already!
You can probably guess the ones you don't know by going with what sounds right to you.
Make a mark in the column of the preposition which can take the place of the "x" in the sentence. If there is one "x", there is one preposition possible.
Some sentences have two or three possible prepositions. So, for example, the first sentence could be:
"A Firenze in luglio fa un gran caldo."
"A Firenze di luglio fa un gran caldo."
"A Firenze a luglio fa un gran caldo."
All three are correct (some are regional). So you would put a mark in each of those three columns: in, di, a.
In the first section ("Tempo") the following numbers have prepositions which combine with the definite article: 5, 8, and 12.
Don't do the back yet. We'll save that for next week.


2. "Avverbi" do esercizi A B and C on pages 183 and 184. We didn't have time to cover all of these points in class, so you may want to reread pages 182 and 183 about the formation and the placement of adverbs before you do esercizi A B and C on pages 183 and 184.


già - already, yet
mai - ever
non... mai - never
ancora - still
sempre - always
non... ancora - not yet
non... più - not any more
Parli mai con Luisa? - Do you ever talk to Louise?
No. Non parlo mai con lei. - No, I never talk to her.
Hai già finito i compiti? - Have you finished the homework yet?
No, non ho ancora fatto i compiti. - No I haven't done the homework yet.



Adverbs are formed by adding -mente to the singular feminine form of the adjective.
examples:
ottima - ottimamente
valorosa - valorosamente
gelosa - gelosamente
Many adjectives ending in "e" simply add -mente without any change.
enorme - enormemente
paziente - pazientemente
cortese - cortesemente
Adjectives ending in -le and -re drop the final "e" before -mente is added.
regolare - regolarmente
particolare - particolarmente
probabile - probabilmente
difficile - difficilmente

esercizi A B and C on pages 183 and 184.(click here for the answers)

3. Listen to audio CD units through unit 26. This is NOT new. We'll review 23, 24, 25 and 26 next week in class.


4. Read about big numbers! pages184 and 185


5. Continued from last week: Memorize the dialogue "Dario e Sara: in macchina". (or click here for dialogue with translation) (click here for silent video of the gestures)


6. Who wants to present to the class next week? You can write something out, and email it to Nadine for corrections. Grazie mille!!