See the definite article and the grammatical rules in order to determine the grammatical gender of a noun (for details see LESSON #4 – ADJECTIVES, GENDERS, NEGATIVE and FOOD and LESSON #6 – ARTICLES and PLURAL ), for more difficult ones and for exceptions it will be specified (maschile – masculine or femminile – feminine). The verbs are always in their infinitive form “to + verb”.
LESSON #1 – GREETINGS and BASIC PHRASES
arrivederci bye-bye (formal) bene I’m fine. / well buon giorno hello, good morning (formal) ciao hi, hello (informal) Come stai? How are you? Come ti chiami? What’s your name? Di dove sei? Where are you from? grazie thank you Mi chiamo… My name is…. Quanto costa? How much does it cost?
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LESSON #2 – NUMBERS 1/2
cinque five dieci ten due two Euro (l’) Euro (€) nove nine numero (il) number otto eight quattro four sei six sette seven tre three uno one zero zero
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LESSON #3 – PERSONAL PRONOUNS, VERB TO BE and BAR
caffè (il) coffe caffè latte (il) latte cappuccino (il) cappuccino espresso (l’) expresso essere to be io I latte (il) milk lei she loro they lui he noi we tu you (singular) voi you (plural)
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LESSON #4 – ADJECTIVES, GENDERS, NEGATIVE and FOOD
americano (l’) American bello beautiful bravo good, capable buono good, tasty che what a…, how…. cornetto (il) croissant e and gelato (il) ice-cream giovane young grande big italiano (l’) Italian ma but non not nuovo new pasta (la) pasta per favore please piccolo small, little pizza (la) pizza prego you’re welcome questo this vecchio old
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LESSON #5 – PRONUNCIATION
caldo warm, hot cena (la) dinner domani tomorrow energia (l’) energy entrata (l’) entrance farmacia (la) pharmacy freddo cold ieri yesterday mare (il) sea oggi today pesce (il) fish pizzeria (la) pizzeria, pizza restaurant pranzo (il) lunch ristorante (il) restaurant spaghetti (gli – maschile, plurale) spaghetti straniero (lo) foreigner uscita (l’) exit
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LESSON #6 – ARTICLES and PLURAL
acqua (l’) water amica (l’) friend (feminine) amico (l’) friend (masculine) autobus (l’ – maschile) bus bianco white bici / bicicletta (la) bike / bicycle città (la) city donna (la) woman greco Greek macchina (la) car madre (la) mother mamma (la) mum metro (la) underground, tube moto / motocicletta (la) motorbike / motorcycle nemico (il) enemy padre (il) father papà (il) dad porco (il) pig ragazza (la) girl ragazzo (il) boy sale (il) salt simpatico nice, likeable tram (il) tram treno (il) train università (l’ – femminile) university uomo (l’) man zucchero (lo) sugar
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LESSON #7 – VERBS TO HAVE and TO GO
a in, at, to andare to go avere to have casa (la) house, home fame (la) hunger gelateria (la) ice-cream shop, ice-cream parlor no no scuola (la) school sete (la) thirst sì yes
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LESSON #8 – VERBS class -ARE
abitare to live, to stay aiutare to help aiuto (l’) help amare to love cenare to have dinner comprare to buy inglese English (adjective, person and also language) lavorare to work parlare to speak pensare to think pranzare to have lunch studiare to study telefonare to call, to telephone
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LESSON #9 – MONTHS and DAYS
anno (l’) year agosto August aprile April dicembre December domenica Sunday febbraio February fine (la) end fine settimana (il) weekend gennaio January giovedì Thursday giugno June luglio July lunedì Monday maggio May martedì Tuesday marzo March mercoledì Wednesday mese (il) month novembre November ottobre October quando when Quanti anni hai? How old are you? sabato Saturday settembre September settimana (la) week venerdì Friday
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LESSON #10 – VERBS TO DO/MAKE, TO COME and PREPOSITIONS
che cosa what colazione (la) breakfast con with da from, since destra right (direction, hand) di of, from dopo later, after, afterwards fare to make, to do in in tazza (la) cup mattina (la) morning notte (la) night per for pomeriggio (il) afternoon sera (la) evening sinistra left (direction, hand) su on, onto, up tavole (il) table venire to come
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LESSON 11 – BUONO, BELLO, QUELLO, POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS and FAMILY
appetito (l’) appetite, hunger bambino (il) child buon appetito Enjoy your meal! c’è there is celibe single (male) cugina cousin (female) cugino cousin (male) famiglia family felice happy figlia (la) daughter figlio (il) son fratello (il) brother gemello (il) twin genitore (il) parent (mother / father) loro their marito (il) husband matrimonio (il) marriage mio my moglie (la) wife nipote (il / la) grandson, nephew, granddaughter, niece nonna (la) grandmother nonni (i) grandparents nonno (il) grandfather nostro our nubile single (female) sorella (la) sister sposato married studente (lo) student suo his, her tuo your (singular) vostro your (plural) zia aunt zio uncle
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LESSON #12 – NUMBERS 2/2
alcuni (plurale) a few centesimo (il) cent cento 100 cinquanta 50 diciannove 19 diciasette 17 diciotto 18 dodici 12 dollaro (il) dollar ($) duemila 2.000 miliardo (il) 1.000.000.000 (a billion) milione (il) 1.000.000 (a million) mille 1.000 molto a lot novanta 90 ottanta 80 percento or per cento (il) percent (%) poco few, little qualche (singolare) a few quaranta 40 quattordici 14 quindici 15 sedici 16 sessanta 60 settanta 70 soldi (i – maschile, plurale) money tredici 13 trenta 30 un po’ a little bit undici 11 venti 20 venticinque 25 ventidue 22 ventinove 29 ventiquattro 24 ventisei 26 ventisette 27 ventitré 23 ventotto 28 ventuno 21
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LESSON #13 – VERBS class -ERE
accendere to turn on, to switch on chiedere to ask chiudere to close conoscere to know, to get to know leggere to read perdere to lose prendere to take scrivere to write vedere to see vincere to win vivere to live
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LESSON #14 – VERBS class -IRE and ADVERBS of FREQUENCY
a volte sometimes aprire to open capire to understand costruire to build di solito usually dormire to sleep finestra a window finire to finish insieme together mai never offrire to offer ogni every, each ora (l’) hour, now (without article) partire to leave, to set off preferire to prefer pulire to clean, to tidy up raramente rarely sempre always sentire to hear, to feel, to smell spesso often
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