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What's That Name You Used to Call Me in Italian?

Italian English Vocabulary Grammar Points

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Italian
Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Pronto? Pronto, Ire sono io. Oh ciao sorellona! Da dove chiami? Da Nairobi. Com' andato l'esame? Ah, bene bene. Un altro trenta? S Che secchiona! Ma no... Invece s! Lo sei sempre stata, dalle elementari... Quando ricevesti quel premio per la piccola scienziata dell'anno. Vuoi dire il premio di miglior esperimento dell'anno. S, s, quello! Comunque volevo dirti che ci vediamo sabato a pranzo dal babbo. Ah, bene. Ciao a sabato allora!

English

Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene Claudia Irene

Hello? Hello, Ire, it's me. Oh, hi, sister! Where are you calling from? From Nairobi. How did the test go? Ah, well, very well. Another thirty? Yes What a swot! No way... It is so! You have always been since primary school When you received that prize for little scientist of the year. You mean the prize for best experiment of the year. Yeah, that one! By the way, I wanted to tell you that we'll meet on Saturday at Dad's for lunch. Ah, okay. Bye, see you on Saturday then!

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Vocabulary
Italian chiamare secchione elementare ricevere scienziato, scienziata esperimento sabato babbo English to call, to phone swot, grind, dweeb elementary to receive, to get scientist experiment Saturday dad, father Class verb noun adjective verb noun noun noun noun

Vocabulary Sample Sentences

Da dove chiami? Ti chiamo domani sera. Chiama la polizia! Sei proprio un secchione! Questo un corso di matematica elementare. Ho ricevuto una cartolina da Singapore. Ho ricevuto delle rose per San Valentino. Mi piacerebbe essere uno scienziato. La scienziata cerca le formiche. Questo esperimento pericoloso. Andiamo al cinema sabato? Il babbo di Elisa la sta cercando. Il mio babbo si chiama Enrico. "Where are you calling from?" Ill call you tomorrow evening. "Call the police!" "You are really a swot!" "This is a course in elementary mathematics." "I received a postcard from Singapore." "I received some roses for Saint Valentines day." "I'd like to be a scientist." The scientist searches for ants. "This experiment is dangerous." "Are we going to the movies on Saturday?" "Elisas dad is looking for her." "My dads name is Enrico."

Grammar Points
The Focus of This Lesson Is on the Passato Remoto Tense of Second Conjugation Regular Verbs. Lo sei sempre stata, dalle elementari... Quando ricevesti quel premio per la piccola scienziata dell'anno. "You have always been since primary school... When you received that prize for little scientist of the year."

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We form the passato remoto of second conjugation regular verbs by dropping the infinitive suffix and adding the appropriate endings: (io) -ei, (tu) -esti, (lui/lei) -, (noi) -emmo, (voi) -este, and (loro) erono. However, some of the first and the third singular and the third plural persons have an alternative ending that can replace the ones we mentioned above: (io) -etti, (lui/lei) -ette, and (loro) -ettero. Consequently, several verbs have a double form, as happens with the regular ricevere ("to receive"). ricevere ("to receive") Italian Io ricev-ei/etti Tu ricev-esti Lui/Lei ricev-/ette Noi ricev-emmo Voi ricev-este Loro ricev-erono/ettero Examples with other -ere regular verbs: credere ("to believe") For Example: "English" "I received" "You received" "He/She/It received" "We received" "You received" "They received"

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Crederono per anni a un culto magico./Credettero per anni a un culto magico.

"They believed for years in magic worship." vendere ("to sell") For Example: Mi ricordo che vendei la mia macchina molti anni fa./Mi ricordo che vendetti la mia macchina molti anni fa. "I remember I sold my car many years ago."

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