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Frases Comunes Vocabulary in Italian 1
Frases Comunes Vocabulary in Italian 1
English Italian
black nero/a
NUMBER IN PRONUNCIATION IN white bianco/a
ENGLISH ITALIAN gray grigio/a
brown marrone/i
0 zero red rosso/a
1 uno orange arancione/i
2 due yellow giallo/a
3 tre
green verde/i
4 quattro blue azzurro/a
5 cinque purple viola
6 sei
SENTENCES Plural Nouns
Plural Nouns
Basic Sentence Structure
There are three groups of nouns in Italian.
Subject + Verb + Object
The first is masculine, the second is
Negative Sentences feminine, and the third can be of either
Italian uses double negatives. gender. The plurals are made by dropping
never => non...mai (non goes before the final vowel and replacing it as follows:
the verb, mai goes after the verb) 1st group (masculine): libro = book, libri =
neither...nor => non...nè...nè books
no longer, no more => non...piu` 2nd group (feminine): casa= house, case=
nobody => non...nessuno houses
not even => non...neanche 3rd group (m or f): insegnante= teacher,
nothing => non...niente
insegnanti= teachers
ADJECTIVES
For example,
ADJECTIVES AGREE WITH THE
Maira is taller than her. => Maria e` più
NOUNS TO WHICH THEY REFER.
alta di lei.
THEY FOLLOW THE SAME PATTERN
I am smarter than you. => Sono più
AS NOUNS
astuto di voi.
Peter runs less quickly than me. => SingPlur
Peter corre meno velocemente di me.
The kitchen is as big as the living room. -O -I Ex: bambino/i bravo/i
=> La cucina é tanto grande quanto il -A -E Ex: casa/e bella/e
salotto.
I have more books than her. => Ho piu` -E -I Ex: ragazza/e intelligente/i
libri di lei.
We have as many cars as him. => Possessive Adjectives
Abbiamo tante automobili quante ne ha
lui. My => il mio/la mia = i miei/le mie =
singular plural
ARTICLES
Your => il tuo/la tua = i tuoi/le tue =
Definite Articles (the) singular plural
Masculine: il, lo, l', i, gli
Feminine: la, l', le His/Hers/Its => il suo/la i suoi/le sue =
sua = singular plural
Indefinite Articles (a) Our => il nostro/la i nostri/le
Masculine: un, uno nostra = singular nostre = plural
Feminine: una, un'
Their => il loro/la loro = i loro/le loro =
NOUNS singular plural
For the demonstrative adjectives this,
that, these, those use questo, questa, To form adverbs drop the last vowel of
quest' and quel, quell', quello, quella. a feminine noun and add -mente.
For example,
this/that bed => questo/quel letto For example:
(masculine noun) natural => naturale => naturalmente
this/that apple => questa/quella mela slow => lento => lentamente
(feminine noun) easy => facile => facilmente
this/that bird => quest'/quell' uccello probable => probabile =>
(word begins with vowel) probabilmente
these/those jackets => queste/quelle
giacche
PREPOSITIONS
ADVERBS