LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #25

Will You Be an Italian-Speaking
Fool?

CONTENTS
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Italian
English
Vocabulary
Sample Sentences
Grammar

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ITALIAN
1.

Melissa:

Oh, sono veramente contenta, Siena mi piace molto, cos

affascinante. Ben fatto Alessio, seguir ancora i tuoi consigli!

2.

Alessio:

S, che giornata! Adesso sono proprio stanco.

3.

Melissa:

Stasera allora dormirai profondamente, ma prima devi riportarmi a

casa.

4.

Alessio:

Mmm, forse ti lascio qui!

5.

Melissa:

Hey, non fare lo scemo! Non sei divertente!

6.

Ilaria:

Sapete, siete proprio una bella coppia voi due.

7.

Melissa:

Chi?

8.

Alessio:

Noi due, ah ah ah!

ENGLISH
1.

Melissa:

Oh, I'm really happy. I like Siena very much; it's so fascinating. Well
done, Alessio, I'll follow your advice again.

2.

Alessio:

Yes, what a day! Now I'm really tired.

3.

Melissa:

You'll sleep deeply tonight, then, but you have to take me back
home first.

4.

Alessio:

Mmm, probably I'll leave you here!

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5.

Melissa:

Hey, don't be a fool! You're not funny!

6.

Ilaria:

You know, you two are a really cute couple.

7.

Melissa:

Who?

8.

Alessio:

The two of us, ha ha ha!

VOCABULARY
Italian

English

C lass

contento

happy, content

adjective

affascinante

fascinating

adjective

seguire

to follow

verb

profondamente

deeply, profoundly

adverb

lasciare

to let go, leave

verb

scemo

fool, idiot

noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES
Se vieni a casa la nonna sar contenta.

Sono contento.

"If you come home, grandmother will be

"I'm happy."

happy."
Paolo contento.

Che donna affascinante.

"Paolo is happy."

"What a fascinating woman."

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Luca un ragazzo piuttosto

affascinante.

Seguiamo le tracce!
"Let's follow the traces."

"Luca is a quite fascinating guy."

Quel tipo mi sta seguendo.

Sono innamorato profondamente.

"That guy is following me."

"I am deeply in love."

Lasciami in pace!

Sei proprio scemo!

"Leave me alone!"

"You're very stupid!"

GRAMMAR
The Focus of This Lesson Is on the Futuro Semplice Tense of Third Conjugation -ire
Verbs.
Seguir ancora i tuoi consigli.
"I'll follow your advice again."

In order to form the futuro semplice of third conjugation -ire regular verbs, we need to follow
the same procedure we employ for second conjugation verbs. Therefore, we need to drop the
final -e of the infinitive form and add the appropriate endings -, -ai, -, -emo, -ete, and -anno.
For Example:
seguire ("to follow")
Italian

"English"

Io seguir-

"I will follow"

Tu seguir-ai

"You will follow"

Lui/lei seguir-

"He/She/It will follow"

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Noi seguir-emo

"We will follow"

Voi seguir-ete

"You will follow"

Loro seguir-anno

"They will follow"

Here are some additional examples.

For Example:
1.

dormire ("to sleep")

Io dormir.
"I will sleep."

2.

uscire ("to go out")

Io uscir.
"I will go out."

3.

dire ("to say")

Io dir.
"I will say."

Certain -ire irregular verbs change the stem when conjugated at futuro semplice:
For Example:
venire ("to come")
Italian

"English"

Io verr-

"I will come"

Tu verr-ai

"You will come"

Lui/lei verr-

"He/She/It will come"

Noi verr-emo

"We will come"

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Voi verr-ete

"You will come"

Loro verr-anno

"They will come"

For Example:
1.

Verr da te stasera.
"I will come to your place tonight."

2.

Verrai alla mia festa di laurea?

"Are you coming to my graduation party?"

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