Ripasso (Review)  Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the definite articles. grattacieli biblioteca strada farmacia musei alberghi fontane negozio stadio  zoo supermercato stazione teatro Review the Italian Verb AVERE (to have) and the idiomatic expressions. Some more about the Verb AVERE (to have) and the idiomatic expressions. Fill in the blanks with…

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Questo e quello (This and that) Grammar  The Demonstratives indicate the position of someone or something from the point of view of the speaker. In Italian there are two demonstratives: “Questo” (this) and “Quello” (that). All the demonstratives agree in gender and number with the noun they refer to. As in English, they precede the…

Espressioni Idiomatiche (Idiomatic expressions)   Grammar Avere is used in many idiomatic expressions (espressioni idiomatiche) that indicate people’s feelings or convey physical sensations. They are formed with avere (to have) + noun . The equivalent English expressions are generally formed with to be (essere) + adjective. Note the difference: Io ho freddo = “I am…

Grammar Quanti anni hai? (How old are you?) To express age, Italian uses avere (to have) instead of essere (to be): ‘Ho dodici anni’ (I have twelve years) rather than ‘I am twelve’. So to say the age in Italian you must use the phrase: avere + cardinal number + anni: Io ho venti anni…

Il verbo avere (The verb “to have”) Grammar  The verb avere (‘to have’), like essere (‘to be’), is an irregular verb that must be memorized. Below are indicated the forms of avere: Like the English equivalent “to have” the Italian avere can indicate: possession: Ho una bella casa (‘I have a beautiful house’), Lei ha…

L’articolo determinativo (The definite article) Grammar  The Italian definite articles correspond to the English ‘the’. These articles, unlike their English counterparts, vary according to the gender, number, and initial letter(s) of the noun or adjective they precede: lo, like uno, is used for singular masculine nouns beginning with z (lo zaino ‘the backpack’, lo zio…

La città (The city) Guess the Italian nouns for these places. They are very close to the English equivalent nouns (in one case the noun is exactly the same). 1  , 2  , 3  , 4  , 5  , 6  . First listen to the words and repeat them several times. Then write down all…