Al bar (At the bar) An Italian bar is not really a pub or a bar in the American sense. What is an Italian Bar?   Watch How Italians have Breakfast & Drink Coffee     Listen to the dialogue and try to put the pictures in order (1, 2, 3, etc)  based on the matching…

Ripasso (Review)    Listen to the words. Write down all the words you hear and make them plural. Review the Articulated Prepositions with Lucrezia What date it is? Tell the date of the circled days.   

Some activities   Listen to the dialogue   Now take the following true-false quiz. John è uno studente T   F John ha una ragazza T F  L’Odeon è una biblioteca T F  John ha bisogno di una posta (= ufficio postale) T F    Now answer the following questions.  Dove abita la famiglia di…

La data (The date) First listen to the words and date expressions and repeat them several times. Then write down all of them in a notebook.  At this point read and pronounce the new words date expressions. (la) data (i) giorni della settimana days of the week  (il) lunedì Monday (il) martedì Tuesday
 (il) mercoledì Wednesday…

Prepositional phrases In Italian some special phrases can function as prepositions. Below is a list of the most common with examples of their use: accanto a (‘next to’) Stai accanto a Marco (‘Stay next to me’) davanti a (‘in front of’) Lui sta davanti a Maria. Lei non vede niente (‘He stays in front of…

Prepositioni articolate (Articulated prepositions) Grammar Sometimes prepositions are followed by a definite article. In this case, the prepositions di, a, da, in, su join the article to form a single word: an articulated preposition. For example, instead of saying a il ristorante, or da la strada one says al ristorante (‘to the restaurant’) or dalla…

Il cibo (The food) First listen to the words and repeat them several times. Then write down all the words in a notebook.  At this point read and pronounce the new words. (l’) aceto vinegar (l’) acqua water (l’) aglio garlic (l’) ananas pineapple (l’) arancia orange (la) banana banana (la) bevanda drink, beverage (la)…

Ripasso (Review) Complete the following statements with the appropriate form of andare, stare, dare, or fare in the blanks. Io ho un amico in Francia. Domani  a Parigi. Noi non molto bene oggi. Chi una foto a Michele? Per favore, un amico  del tu a un amico. Marta è una studentessa seria; lei sempre attenta…

Una canzone (A song)   First fill in the blank using the correct preposition. Then listen to the song to verify your answers. Allora quindi è vero, è vero che ti sposerai Ti faccio tanti, tanti cari auguri, se non vengo capirai E se la scelta è questa è giusta lo sai solo tu E’…

Simple prepositions Prepositions are short words which express conditions, directions, specifications, such as of, over, to, from, etc. The basic Italian prepositions are di, a, da, in, con, su, per, tra/fra. Di, a, da, in, su, and per can be simple, when they are used alone, without article; or articulated, when they are tense with…