Venere by Sandro Botticelli To view "Galleria degli Uffizi" click on Venus (Will open in a
new window)
David by Michelangelo To view "Galleria dell'Accademia"
click on David (Will open in a
new window)
Buongiorno
Buongiorno
Io
mi chiamo Venere.
Io mi chiamo David.
Io
sono Italiana
Io sono
Italiano
Io sono
una donna molto bella e famosa
Io sono
un uomo molto bello e famoso
Io abito
in Italia
Anch'ioabito in Italia
Io lavoro
a Firenze in un museo
Anch'io
lavoro a Firenze
dialogo completo
dialogo completo
anche = also, too anch'io
= me too, I also
Pratica 1
PRACTICE
WRITING in italiano COPY the dialogue lines
Buongiorno
Io mi chiamo
Io sono italiana
Io sono italiano
Una donna italiana
Un uomo italiano
Molto bello, molto bella
Famosa,
famoso
Io abito in Italia
Io lavoro a Firenze
Anch'io abito...
Test your pronunciation
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SPEECHNOTES
You must use GOOGLE CHROME
You will be able to pronounce any word
and see it written.
You will be able to check if the computer
correctly recognized the words you pronounced.
Pratica 2
Test your memory:
translate
Buongiorno
Io sono
Io sono italiana
Io sono italiano
Una donna
Un uomo
Molto
Bella, bello
Famosa, famoso
Io abito in
Italia
Io lavoro a
Firenze
Anch'io abito...
Pratica 3
Test your memory:
translate into Italian
Goodmorning, good
day
I am
I am Italian (F)
I am Italian (M)
A woman
A man
Very
Handsome,
beautiful (M, F)
Famous (M,F)
I live in Italy
I work in
Florence
I also live in
Florence (I live in Florence too)
CULTURA
The Galleria
degli Uffizi in Florence
is one of the world's most
important museums CLICK HERE
Michelangelo's
DAVID,
one of the world's best known
masterpieces is located
in the MUSEO DELL'ACCADEMIA
in Florence CLICK HERE
In
Italian,
NOUNS are either
Masculine
of Feminine.
Generally:
nouns ending with - O are
masculine
nouns ending with - A are
feminine
UOMO ("man" ) is a
MASCULINE
noun DONNA ("woman") is a FEMININE
noun
NOUNS ending
with -E
Some are
masculine, some feminine. You must learn the nouns and
their gender. The simplest way, is to memorize the noun
and the article that goes with it. The article will
reveal the GENDER.
Approximately
70% of nouns in Italian end with -o or
-a.
About 30% end
with -e.
Click the link
in the sidebar to view a list of the most common words
ending with -e
MASCHILE
E FEMMINILE also apply
to
ADJECTIVES
MASCHILE
FEMMINILE
italiano
bello
famoso
italiana
bella
famosa
The
adjective MUST agree with the gender of the noun.
Uomo
italiano
Since UOMO
is MASC.
the adjective must be in the
MASC.
form.
ADJECTIVES that end with - E
Esempio:
INTELLIGENT- E
This
form is both for the
MASCULINE and the FEMININE
unuomo
intelligent-e
una donna
intelligent-e
Maschile e
Femminile
2
These videos are also repeated
in the next pages
WHAT ARE NOUNS
ADJECTIVES and VERBS? ipad video
5 PAROLE
maschile
famminile
nome
noun
aggettivo
adjective
dispensa
hand-out
LIST OF MOST COMMON NOUNS
ENDING WITH -E
Esercizio 1
Esercizio 2
Esercizio 3
Esercizio 4
Using the dialogue as model, write sentences about
these personages using the correct form
(Masculine/Feminine) of the article and the adjective
VENERE is
un/una
donna
italiano/italianabello/bella e famoso/famosa
DAVID
is
un/una
uomo
italiano/italianabello/bella e famoso/famosa
