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Holiday Phrases

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Holiday Phrases

Buon Anno!	Happy New Year!
Buona Pasqua!	Happy Easter!
Buon compleanno!	Happy Birthday!
Buon Natale!	Merry Christmas!
Buone feste!	Happy Holidays!
Buona vacanza!	Have a good holiday!
Buon divertimento!	Have a good time!
Buon viaggio!	Have a good trip!

Commands

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Commands

	-are	-ere	-ire
tu form (sing. fam.)	-a	-i	-i/-isci
Lei form (sing. pol.)	-i	-a	-a/-isca
voi form (pol. pl.)	-ate	-ete	-ite
noi form (Let's ...)	-iamo	-iamo	-iamo

Note: To make a command negative, add non before the command. Except for the singular familiar commands, when you use non and the infinitive.

Irregular Commands
	andare	venire	fare	dare	dire	essere	avere	stare (to be, stay)
sing. fam.	va'	vieni	fa'	da'	di'	sii	abbi	sta'
sing. pol.	vada	venga	faccia	dia	dica	sia	abbia	stia
plural	andate	venite	fate	date	dite	siate	abbiate	state
Let's	andiamo	veniamo	facciamo	diamo	diciamo	siamo	abbiamo	stiamo

To Take, Eat or Drink

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To Take, Eat or Drink

Prendere - to take, eat or drink and Bere - to drink
prendo	prendiamo	bevo	beviamo
prendi	prendete	bevi	bevete
prende	prendono	beve	bevono
Past participle: preso		Past participle: bevuto

Note: You must express some in Italian even though we leave it out in English. Use the proper di contractions from the top of the page. Or you can use un po' di, which literally means a little bit. Bere is only used to mean to drink when it is used in the general sense, as is mangiare - to eat.

Fruits, Vegetables and Meats

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Fruits, Vegetables and Meats

fruit

apricot

pineapple

watermelon

orange

banana

cherry

strawberry

raspberry

lime

lemon

apple

pear

peach

plum

grape

vegetables

broccoli

carrot

cauliflower

cabbage

la frutta

l'albicocca

l'ananas

l'anguria (il cocomero)

l'arancia

la banana

la ciliegia

la fragola

il lampone

la limetta

il limone

la mela

la pera

la pesca

la prugna (la susina)

l'uva

i legumi / le verdure

i broccoli

la carota

il cavolfiore

il cavolo

cucumber

onion

bean

mushroom

lettuce (salad)

eggplant

olive

potato

celery

spinach

zucchini

meat

lamb

goat

rabbit

liver

pork

beef

bacon

ham

veal

il cetriolo

la cipolla

il fagiolo

il fungo

l'insalata

la melanzana

l'oliva

la patata

il sedano

gli spinaci

gli zucchini

la carne

l'agnello

il capretto

il coniglio

il fegato

il maiale

il manzo

la pancetta

il prosciutto

il vitello

Piacere ( to Like ) and Servire ( to need )

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Piacere and Servire

Piacere - to like and Servire - to need
piaccio	piacciamo	servo	serviamo
piaci	piacete	servi	servite
piace	piacciono	serve	servono

Piacere (a) literally means "to be pleasing," so to form a sentence you have to invert the word order. You must also use the prepositional contractions with a.

Maria piace a Giovanni. John likes Mary. (Literally: Mary is pleasing to John)
Gli studenti piacciono ai professori. The teachers like the students. (Literally: The students are pleasing to the teachers).

The most common forms are the third person singular and plural when used with object pronouns. The object pronouns that are used with these two verbs are somewhat similar to the reflexive pronouns:

mi	I (to me)	ci	we (to us)
ti	you (to you)	vi	you (to you)
gli / le	he / she (to him / her)	gli	they (to them)

So to say I like something, use Mi piace if it is singular and Mi piacciono if it is plural. Piaciuto is the past participle and it is used with essere. However, it always agrees with the subject (what is liked) instead of the person.

Mi piace cucinare. I like to cook.
Mi piacciono i treni. I like trains.
Mi è piaciuta la bistecca. I liked the steak.
Non mi sono piaciuti gli spaghetti. I didn't like the spaghetti.

Servire has the same construction as piacere. It is also used primarily in the third person singular and plural forms and takes an indirect object.

Ti servono della frutta? Do you need any fruit? (Literally: By you is needed some fruit?)
Il pane serve a Marco. Marco needs the bread. (Literally: The bread is needed by Marco.)

Mancare can be used in the same way as piacere and servire to mean to miss or to lack. If used in the regular way, it means to be missing or absent.

Mi manchi. I miss you.
Chi manca? Who is missing?

Food and Meals

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Food and Meals

breakfast	la colazione	(iced) tea	il tè (freddo)
lunch	il pranzo	bread	il pane
dinner	la cena	salt	il sale
fork	la forchetta	pepper	il pepe
spoon	il cucchiaio	steak	la bistecca
knife	il coltello	cake	la torta
plate	il piatto	chicken	il pollo
napkin	la salvietta / il tovagliolo	coffee	il caffè
cup	la tazza	fish	il pesce
glass	il bicchiere	french fries	le patatine fritte
ice	il ghiaccio	soup	il brodo / la zuppa
bottle	la bottiglia	jam	la marmellata
dessert	il dolce	rice	il riso
ice cream	il gelato	salad	l'insalata
water	l'acqua (minerale)	lemon	il limone
soft drink	la bibita	honey	il miele
juice	il succo	sugar	lo zucchero
chocolate	la cioccolata	peanuts	le noccioline
wine	il vino	olives	le olive
cream	la panna	potato chips	la patatine
pastries	le paste	snacks	i salatini

Essere Verbs

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Essere Verbs

arrive	arrivare
go	andare
go out	uscire
enter	entrare
cost	costare
come	venire (venuto)
be	essere (stato)
leave	partire
stay, be	stare (stato)
disappear	sparire
come back/return	tornare
be born	nascere (nato)
die	morire (morto)

These verbs that are conjugated with essere must agree with the subject. Irregular past participles are in parentheses.

Sample Essere Verb
Andare-to go
sono andato/a	siamo andati/e
sei andato/a	siete andati/e
è andato/a	sono andati/e

Note: Sono andato can mean I went, I was going, or I did go. Remember that -o is masculine and -a is feminine. The -i ending indicates all males or males and females; whereas the -e ending indicates only females.

Irregular Past Participles

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Irregular Past Participles

fare	to do / make	fatto	done / made
aprire	to open	aperto	opened
bere	to drink	bevuto	drunk
chiedere	to ask	chiesto	asked
chiudere	to close	chiuso	closed
conoscere	to know (people)	conosciuto	known
coprire	to cover	coperto	covered
dare	to give	dato	given
dire	to tell/say	detto	told / said
leggere	to read	letto	read
mettere	to put	messo	put
offrire	to offer	offerto	offered
perdere	to lose	perso / perduto	lost
prendere	to take	preso	taken
rispondere	to answer	risposto	answered
scrivere	to write	scritto	written
soffrire	to suffer	sofferto	suffered
spendere	to spend	speso	spent
vedere	to see	visto / veduto	seen
vivere	to live	vissuto	lived
scendere	to go down	sceso	gone down
rompere	to break	rotto	broken

Sample Avere Verb
Avere-to have
ho avuto	abbiamo avuto
hai avuto	avete avuto
ha avuto	hanno avuto

Note: Ho avuto means I have, I have had, or I did have.

Past Indefinite Tense (Passato Prossimo)

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Past Indefinite Tense (Passato Prossimo)

To form this compound tense (something happened, something has happened, or something did happen), conjugate avere or sometimes essere and add the past participle. To form the past participle, add these endings to the appropriate stem of the infinitives:

-are	-ato
-ere	-uto
-ire	-ito

Verbs that can take a direct object are generally conjugated with avere. Verbs that do not take a direct object (generally verbs of movement) are conjugated with essere and their past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject. Avere uses avere as its auxiliary verb, while essere uses essere as its auxiliary verb. Negative sentences with the past indefinite tense are formed by placing non in front of the auxiliary verb. Common adverbs of time are placed between avere/essere and the past participle.

Io ho visitato Roma. I visited Rome.
Tu non hai visitato gli Stati Uniti. You didn't visit the United States.
Abbiamo conosciuto due ragazze. We met two girls.
Maria è andata in Italia. Maria went to Italy. (Note the agreement of the past participle with the subject.)
Ho sempre avuto paura dei cani. I've always been afraid of dogs.

In addition, some verbs take on a different meaning in the past indefinite tense. Consocere means to meet and sapere means to find out (or to hear) when used in the past indefinite.

Irregularities in Regular Verbs

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Irregularities in Regular Verbs

Verbs ending in -care and -gare add an h before the -i and -iamo endings to keep the hard sound. Verbs ending in -ciare and -giare do not repeat the i in front of the -i ending.

cercare - to look for		cominciare - to start
cerco	cerchiamo	comincio	cominciamo
cerchi	cercate	cominci	cominciate
cerca	cercano	comincia	cominciano

Reflexive Verbs

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Reflexive Verbs

Reflexive verbs express actions performed by the subject on the subject. These verbs are conjugated like regular verbs, but a reflexive pronoun precedes the verb form. This pronoun always agrees with the subject. In the infinitive form, reflexive verbs have -si attached to them with the final e dropped.

Lavare is to wash, therefore lavarsi is to wash oneself. (Note that some verbs are reflexive in Italian, but not in English.)

Reflexive Pronouns
mi	ci
ti	vi
si	si

Common reflexive verbs:

to be satisfied with	accontentarsi di	to graduate (from college)	laurearsi
to fall asleep	addormentarsi	to wash up	lavarsi
to get up	alzarsi	to put on	mettersi
to be bored	annoiarsi	to get organized	organizzarsi
to get angry	arrabbiarsi	to make a reservation	prenotarsi
to be called	chiamarsi	to remember to	ricordarsi di
to forget to	dimenticarsi di	to make a mistake	sbagliarsi
to graduate (from high school)	diplomarsi	to feel (well, bad)	sentirsi (bene, male)
to have a good time	divertirsi	to specialize	specializzarsi
to shave (the face)	farsi la barba	to get married	sposarsi
to stop (oneself)	fermarsi	to wake up	svegliarsi
to complain about	lamentarsi di	to get dressed	vestirsi

Io mi lavo. I wash myself.
Noi ci alziamo presto. We get up early.
Si sveglia alle sette. She wakes up at seven.

The plural reflexive pronouns (ci, vi, si) can also be used with non-reflexive verbs to indicate a reciprocal action. These verbs are called reciprocal verbs and are expressed by the words each other in English.

to embrace	abbracciarsi	to run into	incontrarsi
to help	aiutarsi	to fall in love with	innamorarsi
to kiss	baciarsi	to greet	salutarsi
to understand	capirsi	to write to	scriversi
to meet	conoscersi	to phone	telefonarsi
to exchange gifts	farsi regali	to see	vedersi
to look at	guardarsi

Ci scriviamo ogni settimana. We write to each other every week.
Vi vedete spesso? Do you see each other often?

Conjugating Regular Verbs

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Conjugating Regular Verbs

To conjugate regular verbs, take off the last three letters (-are, -ere, or -ire) and add these endings to the stem:

Regular Verb Endings
-are		-ere		1st -ire		2nd -ire
-o	-iamo	-o	-iamo	-o	-iamo	-isco	-iamo
-i	-ate	-i	-ete	-i	-ite	-isci	-ite
-a	-ano	-e	-ono	-e	-ono	-isce	-iscono

Regular Verbs
-are		1st -ire
parlare	to speak	dormire	to sleep
cantare	to sing	partire	to leave
arrivare	to arrive	sentire	to hear
abitare	to live	aprire	to open
amare	to love	offrire	to offer
ascoltare	to listen (to)	servire	to serve
cominciare	to begin
domandare	to ask
giocare	to play (a game/sport)
guardare	to look (at)/watch
imparare	to learn
insegnare	to teach
lavorare	to work
mangiare	to eat
pensare	to think
studiare	to study
-ere		2nd -ire
scrivere	to write	finire	to finish
vedere	to see	capire	to understand
credere	to believe	preferire	to prefer
conoscere	to know/be acquainted with	colpire	to hit
leggere	to read	costruire	to build
mettere	to put	pulire	to clean
perdere	to lose	sparire	to disappear
prendere	to take
rispondere	to answer
scendere	to go down/get off
vendere	to sell
vivere	to live
correre	to run
dipingere	to paint
ricevere	to receive

Sample Regular Verb
Parlare-to speak
parlo	parliamo
parli	parlate
parla	parlano

The present tense and the preposition da may be used to describe an action which began in the past and is still continuing in the present. The present perfect tense is used in English to convey this same concept.

Da quanto tempo Lei studia l'italiano? How long have you been studying Italian?
Studio l'italiano da due anni. I've been studying Italian for two years.

Proprio can be used to emphazie something and it translates as really or just.

Ho proprio sonno. I'm really sleepy.
Arrivo dalla banca proprio adesso. I just now got back from the bank.

To Come and to Go

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To Come and to Go

Venire - to come
vengo	vehn-goh	veniamo	ven-ee-ah-moh
vieni	vee-en-ee	venite	ven-ee-teh
viene	vee-en-eh	vengono	ven-goh-noh
Andare - to go
vado	vah-doh	andiamo	ahn-dee-ah-moh
vai	vah-ee	andate	ahn-dah-teh
va	vah	vanno	vahn-noh

To make a verb negative, add non before it: Non vengo a scuola in macchina. I don't come to school by car.

If andare is followed by another infinitive, then a must be used before the infinitive. Vado a mangiare adesso. I'm going to eat now.

Other verbs conjugated in the same pattern as venire are:
avvenire - to happen, to occur
convenire - to convene
divenire - to become
provenire - to come from, to proceed
sovvenire - to help
svenire - to faint

Tenere (to keep) verbs are conjugated very similarly to venire too, except the voi form ends in -ete instead of -ite:
appartenere - to belong
contenere - to contain
intrattenere - to entertain
mantenere - to maintain
ottenere - to obtain
ritenere - to retain
sostenere - to sustain, to support
trattenere - to withhold, to detain

Countries and Nationalities

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Countries and Nationalities

Africa	l'Africa	African	africano
Australia	l'Australia	Australian	australiano
Canada	il Canada	Canadian	canadese
China	la Cina	Chinese	cinese
France	la Francia	French	francese
Germany	la Germania	German	tedesco
England	l'Inghilterra	English	inglese
Great Britain	la Gran Bretagna	British	britannico
Ireland	l'Irlanda	Irish	irlandese
Italy	l'Italia	Italian	italiano
Japan	il Giappone	Japanese	giapponese
China	la Cina	Chinese	cinese
Korea	la Corea	Korean	coreano
Mexico	il Messico	Mexican	messicano
Russia	la Russia	Russian	russo
Spain	la Spagna	Spanish	spagnolo
United States	gli Stati Uniti	American	statunitense
Switzerland	la Svizzera	Swiss	svizzero
Austria	l'Austria	Austrian	austriaco
Poland	la Polonia	Polish	polacco
Belgium	il Belgio	Belgian	belga
Norway	la Norvegia	Norwegian	norvegese
Sweden	la Svezia	Swedish	svedese
Denmark	la Danimarca	Danish	danese
Netherlands	i Paesi Bassi	Dutch	olandese
Finland	la Finlandia	Finnish	finlandese

Notes: If the adjective is referring to a language, it will always be the masculine form. If the adjective is referring to a woman instead of a man, then the adjectives ending in -o change to end in -a. The adjectives ending in -e do not change for gender. Also, the adjective americano usually refers to someone living anywhere in the American continent, but many people do use it to mean a person from the United States, instead of statunitense. When talking about your country of origin, it is more common in Italian to use the adjective of nationality. So, for example, instead of saying She is from Denmark, you would say She is Danish.

To Know Peoples and Places

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To Know People and Facts

Conoscere-to know, be acquainted with		Sapere-to know (facts)
conosco	conosciamo	so	sappiamo
conosci	conoscete	sai	sapete
conosce	conoscono	sa	sanno

Note: Conoscere is used when you know people and places. It is conjugated regularly. Sapere is used when you know facts. Sapere followed by an infinitive means to know how.

Subject Pronouns

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Subject Pronouns

io	ee-oh	I	noi	noy	we
tu	too	you (informal singular)	voi	voy	you (informal plural)
lui, lei	lwee/lay	he, she, you (formal singular)	loro	loh-roh	they, you (formal plural)

Note: The Lei form is generally used for you (singular), instead of tu, unless you're referring to kids or animals. Loro can also mean "you," but only in very polite situations.

Prepositions & Contractions

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Prepositions

for	per
beside	accanto
ahead	avanti
among	fra di
before	prima di
against	contro
over	sopra
under	sotto
with	con
without	senza
across	attraverso
after	dopo
during	durante
except	eccetto
toward	verso

Prepositional Contractions

		il	lo	l'	la	i	gli	le
a	at, to	al	allo	all'	alla	ai	agli	alle
da	from, by	dal	dallo	dall'	dalla	dai	dagli	dalle
di	of	del	dello	dell'	della	dei	degli	delle
in	in	nel	nello	nell'	nella	nei	negli	nelle
su	on	sul	sullo	sull'	sulla	sui	sugli	sulle
con	with	col	collo	coll'	colla	coi	cogli	colle

Note: The only contractions for con that are still used nowadays are col and coi. But even these contractions are optional.

Usually no article is used with in before words denoting rooms in a house or buildings in a city.

Di is also used when showing possession. Italian does not have the -'s construction that English uses, so you must say that whatever is possessed is of the person.
Questo cane è di Marco. This dog is Marco's. / This is Marco's dog. (Literally: This dog is of Marco.)

Formation of Plural Nouns & Possessive Adjectives

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Formation of Plural Nouns

If a word is masculine singular, change the last letter to an i. If a word is feminine singular, change the last letter to an e if it ends in a, or if it ends in e, change it to an i.

	Singular to Plural Nouns
	Masculine
	-o	-i
	-a	-i
	-e	-i
	Feminine
	-a	-e
	-e	-i

Note: Some nouns ending in -co and -go may or may not insert an h before changing the o to i. There is no general rule for it. All nouns ending in -ca and -ga insert an h before changing the a to e. Nouns ending in an accented vowel do not change for the plural. (la città (city) becomes le città) There are some masculine nouns that end -a, and these nouns change the -a to -i in the plural: il programma, il poeta, il pianete, il pilota, il poema, il sistema. The plural of l'uomo (man) is gli uomini, while the plural of la mano (hand) is le mani.

Possessive Adjectives

	Masc. Sing.	Fem. Sing.	Masc. Pl.	Fem. Pl.
my	il mio	la mia	i miei (myeh-ee)	le mie
your	il tuo	la tua	i tuoi (twoh-ee)	le tue
his/her	il suo	la sua	i suoi (swoh-ee)	le sue
our	il nostro	la nostra	i nostri	le nostre
your	il vostro	la vostra	i vostri	le vostre
their	il loro	la loro	i loro	le loro

Note: You may leave off the il and la before family relation words in the singular. All other times, you must use them. Notice that loro does not change.

To Be , To Have , To Do , To Make

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To Be and to Have

Essere - to be
I am	sono	soh-noh	We are	siamo	see-ah-moh
You are	sei	say	You are	siete	see-eh-teh
He/she/it is	è	eh	They are	sono	soh-noh

Note: You do not have to use the subject pronouns as the different conjugations imply the subject.

Past and Future of Essere
I was	ero	we were	eravamo	I will be	sarò	we will be	saremo
you were	eri	you were	eravate	you will be	sarai	you will be	sarete
he/she/it is	era	they were	erano	he/she/it will be	sarà	they will be	saranno

Avere - to have
I have	ho	oh	We have	abbiamo	ahb-bee-ah-mo
You have	hai	eye	You have	avete	ah-veh-teh
He/she has	ha	ah	They have	hanno	ahn-noh

Past and Future of Avere
I had	avevo	we had	avevamo	I will have	avrò	we will have	avremo
you had	avevi	you had	avevate	you will have	avrai	you will have	avrete
he/she/it had	aveva	they had	avevano	he/she/it will have	avrà	they will have	avranno

Avere is used with many idioms and expressions that normally use the verb "to be" in English:
avere fame - to be hungry
avere sete - to be thirsty
avere caldo - to be warm
avere freddo - to be cold
avere fretta - to be in a hurry
avere paura (di) - to be afraid (of)
avere ragione - to be right
avere torto - to be wrong
avere sonno - to be sleepy
avere bisogno di - to need
avere voglia di - to want, to feel like
avere (number) anni - to be (number) years old

To Do or Make

Fare-to do / make
faccio	fah-cho	facciamo	fah-chah-moh
fai	fah-ee	fate	fah-teh
fa	fah	fanno	fahn-noh

Che cosa fa? What do you do (as a profession)?
Che facoltà fa? What's your major?
Faccio l'architettura. I'm studying/majoring in architecture.

Idomatic expressions used with fare:
fare una domanda - to ask a question
fare un viaggio - to take a trip
fare un bagno - to take a bath
fare una passeggiata - to take a walk
fare attenzione - to pay attention
fare un piacere - to do a favor
fare una conferenza - to give a lecture
fare (profession) - to be a (profession)

Work and School

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Work and School

architect

author

banker

waiter

waitress

saleswoman

salesman

accountant

doctor (m)

doctor (f)

musician

barber

l'architetto

l'autore

il banchiere

il cameriere

la cameriera

la commessa

il commesso

il contabile

il dottore

la dottoressa

il/la musicista

il barbiere

teacher (m)

teacher (f)

professor (m)

professor (f)

hair stylist (m)

hair stylist (f)

secretary (m)

secretary (f)

soldier

journalist

office worker (m)

office worker (f)

il maestro

la maestra

il professore

la professoressa

il parrucchiere

la parrucchiera

il segretario

la segretaria

il soldato

il/la giornalista

l'impiegato

l'impiegata

SUBJECTS

biology

chemistry

economics

philosophy

physics

geography

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Commands ( Oral Communication )

course, class	il corso
department	la facoltà
subject	la materia
Listen	Ascoltate
Read	Leggete
Repeat	Ripetete
Answer	Rispondete
Write	Scrivete
Open your books	Aprite i libri.
Close your books	Chiudete i libri.
Do the exercise	Fate l'esercizio
Attention!	Attenzione!
Very good!	Molto bene / Benissimo!
oral exams	gli orali
written exams	gli scritti
semester / trimester	il semestre / trimestre
Correct!	Giusto!
Wrong!	Sbagliato!
All together!	Tutti insieme!
One more time.	Ancora una volta.
How do you pronounce...?	Come si pronuncia...?
How do you write...?	Come si scrive...?
How do you say...?	Come si dice...?
What does ... mean?	Cosa vuol dire...?
Repeat, please.	Ripeta, per favore.
OK.	Va bene.

How's the Weather ?

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How's the Weather ?

What's the weather today?					Che tempo fa oggi?
It's nice					Fa bel tempo
bad					Fa brutto tempo
raining					Piove
snowing					Nevica
cold					Fa freddo
cool					Fa fresco
hot					Fa caldo
freezing					Fa un freddo gelido
cloudy					È nuvoloso
foggy					C'è la nebbia
sunny					C'è il sole
windy					Tira vento
humid					È umido
muggy					È afoso
stormy					Il tempo è burrascoso
thundering					Tuona

ask for the TIME ?

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Time

What time is it?	Che ora è? / Che ore sono?	keh oh-rah eh / keh o-reh soh-noh
At what time?	A che ora?	ah keh oh-rah
It's 1:00	È l'una	eh loo-nah
at 1:00	all'una	ahl-loo-nah
(at) noon	(a) mezzogiornio	(ah) med-zoh-zhor-noh
(at) midnight	(a) mezzanotte	(ah) med-zah-noh-teh
2:00	Sono le due	soh-noh leh doo-eh
3:10	Sono le tre e dieci	soh-noh leh treh eh dee-ay-chee
4:50	Sono le cinque meno dieci	soh-noh leh cheen-kwah meh-noh dee-ay-chee
8:15	Sono le otto e un quarto	soh-noh leh awt-toh eh oon kwar-toh
7:45	Sono le otto meno un quarto	soh-noh leh aw-toh meh-noh un kwar-toh
1:30	È l'una e mezza	eh loo-nah eh med-zah
6:30	Sono le sei e mezzo	soh-noh leh say-ee eh med-zoh
sharp	in punto	een poon-toh
in the morning	di mattina	dee maht-teen-ah
in the afternoon	del pomeriggio	dell poh-mehr-ee-zhee-oh
in the evening	di sera	dee seh-rah
at night	di notte	dee noht-teh

Other Useful Grammar Words

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Other Useful Grammar Words

and	e	eh
or	o	oh
but	ma	mah
not	non	nohn
while	mentre	mehn-treh
if	se	seh
because	perché	pehr-kay
very, a lot	molto	mohl-toh
also, too	anche	ahn-keh
although	benché	behn-keh
now	adesso, ora	ah-deh-so, oh-rah
perhaps, maybe	forse	for-seh
then	allora, poi	ahl-loh-rah, poy
there is	c'è	cheh
there are	ci sono	chee soh-noh
there was	c'era	che-rah
there were	c'erano	che-rah-no
here is	ecco	ehk-koh
always	sempre	sehm-preh
often	spesso	speh-soh
sometimes	qualche volta	kwal-keh vohl-tah
usually	usualmente	oo-zoo-al-mehn-teh
especially	specialmente	speh-chee-al-mehn-teh
except	eccetto	eh-cheh-toh
book	il libro	lee-broh
pencil	la matita	mah-tee-tah
pen	la penna	pehn-nah
paper	la carta	kar-tah
dog	il cane	kah-neh
cat	il gatto	gah-toh
friend (fem)	l'amica	ah-mee-kah
friend (masc)	l'amico	ah-mee-koh
woman	la donna	dohn-nah
man	l'uomo	woh-moh
girl	la ragazza	rah-gat-sah
boy	il ragazzo	rah-gat-soh

Question Words

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Question Words

Who	Chi	kee
Whose	Di chi	dee kee
What	Che cosa	keh koh-sah
Why	Perché	pehr-keh
When	Quando	kwahn-doh
Where	Dove	doh-veh
How	Come	koh-meh
How much	Quanto	kwahn-toh
Which	Quale	kwah-leh

Note: When dove, come, and quale are followed by è (is), dove and come contract to dov'è and com'è; and quale drops its e to become qual è.

Definite and Indefinite Articles and Demonstratives

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Definite and Indefinite Articles and Demonstratives

Articles (a, an, the) are used before nouns, but in Italian, nouns have gender and the articles must agree with the gender. Masculine words generally end in -o and feminine words generally end in -a. Words that end in -e may be either, so you will just have to memorize the gender.

Definite Article - The
Masculine			Feminine
il	eel	sing., before consonants	la	lah	sing., before consonants
lo	low	sing., before z, gn, or s + cons.	la	lah	sing., before consonants
l'	l	sing., before vowels	l'	l	sing., before vowels
i	ee	plural, before consonants	le	leh	plural, before consonants and vowels
gli	lyee	plural, before vowels, z, gn, or s + cons.	le	leh	plural, before consonants and vowels

Indefinite Articles - A, an, some
	Masculine			Feminine
A, An	un	oon	before consonant or vowel	una	oon-ah	before consonants
A, An	uno	oon-oh	before z, gn, or s + consonant	un'	oon	before vowels
Some	dei	day	before consonants	delle	dell-eh	before vowels and consonants
Some	degli	deh-lyee	before vowels, z, gn, or s + cons.	delle	dell-eh	before vowels and consonants

Demonstratives - This, that, these, and those
This and these
	This	These
Masc.	questo	questi	before a consonant
	quest'	questi	before a vowel
Fem.	questa	queste	before a consonant
	quest'	queste	before a vowel
That and those
	That	Those
Masc.	quel	quei	before a consonant
	quell'	quegli	before a vowel
	quello	quegli	before z, gn, or s + consonant
Fem.	quella	quelle	before a consonant
	quell'	quelle	before a vowel

Note: If you use that and those as a subject, use these four forms: quello for masculine singular, quella for feminine singular, quelli for masculine plural, and quelle for feminine plural.

Animals

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Animals

dog	il cane
cat	il gatto
bird	l'uccello
mouse	il topo
rabbit	il coniglio
horse	il cavallo
cow	la mucca
donkey	l'asino
goat	la capra
sheep	la pecora
goose	l'oca
duck	l'anatra
pig	il maiale
hen	la gallina
deer	il cervo

Family Members

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Family Members

family	la famiglia
parents	i genitori
mother	la madre
father	il padre
son	il figlio
daughter	la figlia
brother	il fratello
sister	la sorella
grandfather	il nonno
grandmother	la nonna
grandson/nephew	il nipote
granddaughter/niece	la nipote
uncle	lo zio
aunt	la zia
cousin (m)	il cugino
cousin (f)	la cugina
husband	il marito
wife	la moglie
man	l'uomo
woman	la donna
boy	il ragazzo
girl	la ragazza
relatives	i parenti
father-in-law	il suocero
mother-in-law	la suocera
son-in-law	il genero
daughter-in-law	la nuora
brother-in-law	il cognato
sister-in-law	la cognata
stepfather	il patrigno
stepmother	la matrigna
step/half brother	il fratellastro
step/half sister	la sorellastra
married	sposato
divorced	divorziato
separated	separato
single (man)	celibe
single (woman)	nubile
bachelor	lo scapolo
widow	la vedova
widower	il vedovo

Seasons , Directions , Color & Shapes

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Seasons

Summer	l'estate	leh-stah-teh
Fall	l'autunno	low-toon-noh
Spring	la primavera	lah pree-mah-veh-rah
Winter	l'inverno	leen-vehr-noh

Note: To say in the (season), just use in. In estate is in the summer, in primavera is in spring. D'estate and d'inverno can also be used instead of in estate or in inverno.

Directions

North	nord	nohrd
South	sud	sood
East	est	est
West	ovest	oh-vest

Color

white	bianco/a	square	il quadrato
yellow	giallo/a	circle	il cerchio
orange	arancione	triangle	il triangolo
pink	rosa	rectangle	il rettangolo
red	rosso/a	oval	l'ovale
light blue	azzurro/a	cube	il cubo
dark blue	blu	sphere	la sfera
green	verde	cylinder	il cilindro
brown	marrone	cone	il cono
grey	grigio/a	octagon	l'ottagono
black	nero/a	box	la scatola

Note: Colors are adjectives and must agree with the nouns they modify; -o is the masculine ending, -a is the feminine ending. For example, rosso is masculine and rossa is feminine. Color words always go after the noun they describe.

Months of the Year

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Months of the Year

January	gennaio	jehn-nah-yoh
February	febbraio	fehb-brah-yoh
March	marzo	mar-tsoh
April	aprile	ah-pree-leh
May	maggio	mahd-joh
June	giugno	joo-nyoh
July	luglio	loo-lyoh
August	agosto	ah-goh-stoh
September	settembre	seht-tehm-breh
October	ottobre	oht-toh-breh
November	novembre	noh-vehm-breh
December	dicembre	dee-chem-breh
week	la settimana	lah sett-ee-mah-nah
month	il mese	eel meh-zeh
year	l'anno	lahn-noh

Note: Days and months are not capitalized. To express the date, use È il (number) (month). May 5th would be È il 5 (or cinque) maggio. But for the first of the month, use primo instead of 1 or uno.

To express ago, as in two days ago, a month ago, etc., just add fa afterwards. To express last, as in last Wednesday, last week, etc., just add scorso (for masculine words) or scorsa (for feminine words) afterwards. Un mese fa means a month ago and l'anno scorso means last year.

Days of the Week

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Days of the Week

Monday	lunedì	loo-neh-dee
Tuesday	martedì	mahr-teh-dee
Wednesday	mercoledì	mehr-koh-leh-dee
Thursday	giovedì	zhoh-veh-dee
Friday	venerdì	veh-nehr-dee
Saturday	sabato	sah-bah-toh
Sunday	domenica	doh-men-ee-kah
yesterday	ieri	yer-ee
last night	ieri sera	yer-ee seh-rah
today	oggi	ohd-jee
tomorrow	domani	doh-mahn-ee
day	il giorno	eel zhor-noh

Note: To say on Mondays, on Tuesdays, etc., use il before lunedì through sabato, and la before domenica.

Lesson 04 - Numbers / Ordinals

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Numbers / Ordinals

0	zero	dzeh-roh
1	uno	oo-noh
2	due	doo-eh
3	tre	treh
4	quattro	kwaht-troh
5	cinque	cheen-kweh
6	sei	say
7	sette	seht-teh
8	otto	aw-toh
9	nove	naw-vay
10	dieci	dee-ay-chee
11	undici	oon-dee-chee
12	dodici	doh-dee-chee
13	tredici	treh-dee-chee
14	quattordici	kwaht-tohr-dee-chee
15	quindici	kween-dee-chee
16	sedici	seh-dee-chee
17	diciassette	dee-chahs-seht-teh
18	diciotto	dee-choht-toh
19	diciannove	dee-chahn-noh-veh
20	venti	vehn-tee
21	ventuno	vehn-too-noh
22	ventidue	vehn-tee-doo-eh
30	trenta	trehn-tah
40	quaranta	kwah-rahn-tah
50	cinquanta	cheen-kwahn-tah
60	sessanta	sehs-sahn-tah
70	settanta	seht-tahn-tah
80	ottanta	oh-tahn-tah
90	novanta	noh-vahn-tah
100	cento	chehn-toh

Note: When you have a word that ends in a vowel, like venti, and another word that begins with a vowel, like uno; the first word loses its vowel when putting the two words together. Venti (20) and uno (1) make ventuno (21). One exception is cento; it does not lose its vowel. Cento (100) and uno (1) make centouno (101). And be aware that Italian switches the use of commas and decimals.

**Ordinal Numbers**
first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twentieth hundredth	primo (a) secondo (a) terzo (a) quarto (a) quinto (a) sesto (a) settimo (a) ottavo (a) nono (a) decimo (a) undicesimo (a) ventesimo (a) centesimo (a)

From eleventh on, just drop the final vowel of the cardinal number and add -esimo. For numbers like venitrè, trentatrè, add -esimo but do not drop the final e. Ordinal numbers are adjectives and must agree with the nouns they modify; -o is the masculine ending, -a is the feminine ending.

Lesson 03 - Alphabets & Pronunciation

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Pronunciation

Italian Letter(s)		English Sound
a		ah
e		eh
i		ee
o		oh
u		oo
ai		eye
au		ow
ei		ay
ia		yah
ie		yeh
io		yoh
iu		yoo
ua		wah
ue		weh
uo		woh
ui		wee
ci or ce		ch
gi or ge		zh
sci		sh
sch		sk
aia		ah-yah
aio		ah-yoh
iei		ee-yay
uio		oo-yoh
uoi		oo-oy
ch		k
h		silent
r		trilled

Note: Italian is a very phonetic language, so pronunciation is very easy. Most words are pronounced exactly like they are spelled.

Alphabet

a	ah	q	koo
b	bee	r	ehr-reh
c	chee	s	ehs-seh
d	dee	t	teh
e	eh	u	oo
f	eff-eh	v	voo
g	zhee	z	dzeh-tah
h	ahk-kah
i	ee	Foreign Letters
l	ehl-eh	j	ee loon-gah
m	ehm-eh	k	kahp-pah
n	ehn-eh	w	dohp-pyah voo
o	oh	x	eeks
p	pee	y	ee greh-kah (or) eep-see-lohn

Lesson 02 - Basic Italian Phrases

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Lesson 02 - Basic Italian Phrases

Parla italiano? par-lah ee-tahl-ee-ah-no Do you speak Italian? (formal)	Parli inglese? par-lee een-gleh-zeh Do you speak English? (informal)	[Non] parlo... [non] par-lo I [don't] speak...
Capisce? / Capisci? kah-pee-sheh / kah-pee-shee Do you understand? (formal / informal)	[Non] capisco. [non] kah-pees-koh I [don't] understand.	Non so. / Lo so. non soh / low soh I don't know. / I know.
Può aiutarmi? / Puoi aiutarmi? pwoh ah-yoo-tar-mee / pwoh-ee ah-yoo-tar-mee Can you help me? (formal / informal)	Certamente / D'accordo. cher-tah-mehn-teh / dah-kohr-doh Sure / OK.	Come? koh-meh? What? / Pardon me?
Desidera? / Desideri? deh-zee-deh-rah / deh-zee-deh-ree May I help you? (formal / informal)	Come si dice ____ in italiano? koh-meh see dee-cheh ____ een ee-tah-lee-ah-noh How do you say ____ in Italian?
Dov'è / Dove sono...? doh-veh / doh-veh soh-noh Where is / Where are... ?	Ecco... eh-koh Here is / Here are...	C'è / Ci sono... cheh / chee soh-noh There is / There are...
Cosa c'è? koh-zah cheh What's the matter? / What's wrong?	Non importa. / Di niente. nohn eem-por-tah / dee nee-ehn-teh It doesn't matter.	Non m'importa. nohn meem-por-tah I don't care.
Non ti preoccupare. nohn tee preh-ohk-koo-pah-reh Don't worry. (informal)	Ho dimenticato. oh dee-men-tee-kah-toh I forgot.	Devo andare adesso. deh-voh ahn-dah-reh ah-des-soh I have to go now.
Ho fame. / Ho sete. oh fah-meh / oh seh-teh I'm hungry. / I'm thirsty.	Ho freddo. / Ho caldo. oh freh-doh / oh kal-doh I'm cold. / I'm hot.	Mi annoio. mee ahn-noh-ee-oh I'm bored.
Salute! sah-loo-teh Bless you!	Congratulazioni! kohn-grah-tsoo-lah-tsee-oh-nee Congratulations!	Benvenuti! behn-veh-noo-tee Welcome!
Buona fortuna! bwoh-nah for-too-nah Good luck!	Tocca a me! / Tocca a te! tohk-kah ah meh / tohk-kah ah teh It's my turn! / It's your turn! (informal)	Ti amo. tee ah-moh I love you. (informal)
È pazzo! / Sei pazzo! eh pats-soh / seh-ee pats-soh You're crazy! (formal / informal)	Sta zitto! / Stai zitto! stah tseet-toh / sty tseet-toh Be quiet / Shut up! (formal / informal)	Va bene! vah beh-neh OK!

Notice that Italian has informal and formal ways of saying things. This is because there is more than one meaning to "you" in Italian (as well as in many other languages.) The informal you is used when talking to close friends, relatives, animals or children. The formal you is used when talking to someone you just met, do not know well, or someone for whom you would like to show respect (a professor, for example.) There is also a plural you, used when speaking to more than one person.

Also, the words pazzo and zitto refer to men. If you are talking to a woman, use pazza and zitta. If you are talking to more than one person, use pazzi and zitti.

Lesson 01 - Basic Italian Phrases

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Lesson 01 - Italian Basic Phrases

Buon giorno bwon zhor-no Hello / Good morning/afternoon	Buona sera bwoh-nah seh-rah Good evening	Buona notte bwoh-nah noht-teh Good night
Ciao chow Hi / Hello / Bye (informal)	Arrivederci ah-ree-vuh-dehr-chee Goodbye	ArrivederLa ah-ree-vuh-dehr-lah Goodbye (formal)
A più tardi ah pyoo tar-dee See you later	A presto ah press-toh See you soon	A domani ah doh-mahn-ee See you tomorrow
Per favore / Per piacere pehr fah-voh-reh / pehr pee-ah-cheh-reh Please	Grazie (mille) graht-zee-eh (mee-leh) Thank you (very much)	Prego preh-goh You're Welcome
Mi dispiace mee dee-spyah-cheh Sorry	Scusi / Scusa skoo-zee / skoo-zah Excuse me (formal / informal)	Andiamo! on-dee-ah-mo Let's go!
Come sta? / Come stai? koh-meh stah / koh-meh sty How are you? (formal / informal)	Sto bene. stoh beh-neh I am fine / well.	Non c'è male. nohn cheh mah-leh Not bad.
Abbastanza bene. ah-bah-stahn-tsah beh-neh Pretty good.	Così così. koh-zee koh-zee So so.	Sì / No see / noh Yes / No
Come si chiama? koh-meh see kee-ah-mah What's your name? (formal)	Come ti chiami? koh-meh tee kee-ah-mee What's your name? (informal)	Mi chiamo... mee kee-ah-mo My name is...
Piacere / Molto lieto. pee-ah-cheh-reh / mohl-toh lee-eh-toh Pleased / Nice to meet you.	Signore, Signora, Signorina seen-yoh-reh, seen-yoh-rah, seen-yoh-reen-ah Mister, Misses, Miss
Di dov'è? dee doh-veh Where are you from? (formal)	Di dove sei? dee doh-veh seh-ee Where are you from? (informal)	Sono di... soh-noh dee I am from...
Quanti anni ha? kwahn-tee ahn-nee ah How old are you? (formal)	Quanti anni hai? kwahn-tee ahn-nee ah-ee How old are you? (informal)	Ho ______ anni. oh ______ ahn-nee I am _____ years old.