Italian for Beginners

Introduction
Welcome to the Italian course! Italian is a Romance language and is spoken by 75 million people,
mostly in Italy. It's one of the official languages in Switzerland and it is also known and spoken in
Albania and Malta. We want to help you learn this great foreign language and we hope this little
course can help. Of course we also have a big grammar reference and a list of vocabulary available
for you to study. This course in part one is intended for absolute beginners who need a little
assistance with starting to learn some basics. So this is not a complete course, when we've showed
you the most important basics we'll let go you and then you can explore our grammar reference all
by yourself.
Before you continue you must do two things, first of all, make sure you are familiar with all the
basic grammar terms, do you know what a noun is? What a verb is? What an adverb is? The second
thing you should do is to learn how to pronounce things in Italian. We'll ask you to study a number
of words in each lesson and you can practice the grammar and vocabulary with some exercises.
After you've done the exercises you can check whether your answer is correct using the following
solutions. Buon divertimento!
Part One - The Basics
Lesson 1: To Be
21 letters compose the Italian alphabet. It's missing j, k, w, x and y. If you know the IPA, it will help
you a lot since the words are pronounced as they're written. We'll start by teaching you how to
introduce yourself in Italian, take a look at the following Italian sentence and its English translation.
All Italian text will be written in blue and the English translation in green.
Io sono Davide
I am David
Here we see your very first Italian sentence where you introduce yourself as Davide; you should of
course replace the name with your own name. Although the sentence consists of only three words
we are going to carefully examine each word. The first word "Io" is the Italian equivalent of the
English word "I", also referred to as 1st person singular; it's a subject pronoun. The second word
"sono" is a verb; it's a conjugation of the irregular Italian verb "essere", which is one of the Italian
equivalents of "to be". Note that, in Italian, the subject pronoun is optional, and it's usually omitted.
So you could also say: "Sono Davide", because the verb "sono" already indicates that it is "I" who's
saying it. So remember, only use a subject pronoun such as "Io" when you really want to imply that
it's absolutely that person who's doing something.
Now we've seen how to introduce yourself using "sono" but we can also introduce other people,
take a look at the following examples; we've put the subject pronouns between brackets because
they are usually omitted:
(Io) sono Davide. I am Davide.
(Tu) sei Davide. You are Davide.
(Lui) è Davide. He is Davide.
(Lei) è Giovanna. She is Giovanna.
È Davide. It is Davide.
(Noi) siamo Davide e Giovanna. We are Davide and Giovanna.
 (Voi) siete Davide e Giovanna. You are Davide and Giovanna.
(Loro) sono Davide e Giovanna. They are Davide and Giovanna.
Those are a lot of new words! But it's all very easy. Now you've seen all subject pronouns in Italian,
which are usually omitted, and you know how to refer to people. And besides that you've also
learned your first Italian verb, an irregular verb: "Essere", in English "To be". In Italian and most
other languages, but not in English, there also exists a certain polite form of "you". In Italian they
say "Lei" instead of "tu" in formal speech, "tu" is only used among friends, people of the same age
and for children. Verbs after "Lei" are conjugated like a 3rd person singular. Take a look at the
following sample sentences, and note that the subject pronoun is usually omitted, but for this
example we haven't omitted it:
Lei è nonna You are grandmother
Lei è Davide You are Davide
And this same construction also applies to the plural form of "you"; instead of "voi" they use "Loro"
that is conjugated as a 3rd person plural.
There is also a small new word that appeared in this lesson, the Italian word "e", which means
"and". Note that there is no translation for the pronoun "it" in the example. Actually there is one, but
is almost never used and you usually omit it. It's also a good exercise to try to pronounce every
Italian sentence you see on this page, and when you're uncertain of how to pronounce a certain
character or group of characters then go to the pronunciation page.
Vocabulary
padre father
madre mother
nonna grandmother
nonno grandfather

Exercises
In these exercises we ask you to write the subject pronoun between brackets so you learn those too.
In the next lessons you can omit the subject pronoun.
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) (Lui) è Davide.
2) È padre.
3) (Loro) sono Davide e Luigi.
4) (Lei) è madre.
5) (Tu) sei nonna.
6) (Tu) sei nonno.
7) (Noi) siamo George e William.
Exercise B: Translate to Italian:
1) We are James and Jane.
2) You are father. - polite singular form -
3) I am mother.
4) She is grandmother.
5) They are Davide and Luigi.
6) You are George and William.
7) You are grandfather.
Solutions
Solution of Exercise A:
1) He is Davide.
2) It is the father.
3) They are Davide and Luigi.
4) She is mother.
5) You are grandmother.
6) You are grandfather.
7) We are George and William.
Solution of Exercise B:
1) (Noi) siamo James e Jane.
2) (Lei) è padre.
3) (Io) sono madre.
4) (Lei) è nonna.
5) (Loro) sono Davide e Luigi.
6) (Voi) siete George e William.
7) (Tu) sei nonno.

Lesson 2: Articles and Gender

Apparently you've successfully finished lesson one, so now we can continue with the second lesson.
In this lesson you'll learn how to describe certain objects. First of all we are going to teach you the
concept of noun gender. A concept not known in English but that appears in almost every other
language. In most other languages a noun has a certain gender. So you're telling me a noun can be a
boy or a girl? Indeed...that's what we're saying. A noun has a certain gender, in Italian (and many
other Latin languages) there are two genders: masculine and feminine. Every noun has one of these
two genders. How to determine what gender has isn't usually hard. And can be explained using a
number of guidelines:
• Nouns ending in -O or -E are usually masculine.
• Nouns ending in -A or -I are usually feminine
• Nouns ending in any consonant are always masculine
• Nouns ending in -TÀ or -TÔ are always feminine
NOTE: There are of course several exceptions. When in doubt check a dictionary.
The best way to learn the gender of noun is checking the article it is used with. Actually in the
previous lesson you learned how to say "He is father" but that sounds a little bit tarzan-like,
wouldn't it sound better if you could say "He is a father" or "He is the father"? That's what you'll
learn now. Take a look at these Italian sentences:
(Lui) è il padre. He is the father.
(Lui) è lo zio. He is the uncle.
(Lei) è la madre. She is the mother.
(Lui) è un padre. He is a father.
(Lui) è uno zio. He is an uncle.
 (Lei) è una madre. She is a mother.
Here we see a whole mix of words, we see "il", "lo", and "la" as a translation of "the" and "un",
"uno" and "una" as a translation of "a" and "an". When the noun to which the article applies is a
masculine noun then "the" can be translated as "il" or "lo". What is the article I have to use? There
are some guidelines that help you to determine what the article to use is:
• "IL" is used for all masculine nouns starting in a consonant, except the case where you use
"lo".
• "LO" is used for all masculine nouns starting in a vowel, X, Y, Z, GN, PN, PS or S followed
by a consonant. When the noun starts in a vowel, it will become "l'".
• "LA" is used for all feminine nouns starting in a consonant. It will become "l'" with nouns
starting in a vowel.
When the noun to which the article applies is a masculine noun then "a/an" can be translated as
"un", or "uno", if the article applies to a feminine noun then the article that has to be used is "una".
• "UN" is used for all masculine nouns, except the cases where you have to use "UNO"
• "UNO" is used for all masculine nouns starting in X, Y, Z, GN, PN, PS, S followed by
consonant or I followed by vowel
• "UNA" is used with all feminine nouns.
Now it's time to learn plural nouns. Until now you've only seen singular nouns such as "house" and
"chair", but now we'll teach you how to form a plural noun ("houses", "chairs") in Italian.
Forming a plural noun in Italian is not the easiest thing. Here are some guidelines:
• The nouns ending in -O or -E usually change their ending in -I
• The feminine nouns ending in -A usually change their ending in -E
• The masculine nouns ending in -A usually change their ending in -I
• The nouns ending in -I or a stressed vowel or a consonant don't change at all
Some examples:
"Libro - Libri, Fiume - Fiumi, Scimmia - Scimmie"
NOTE: There are of course many, many, many exceptions and irregularities. When in doubt check a
dictionary. On the vocabulary, we'll show you what the irregular plural forms are.
In this table, you will see all the articles and their plural form
ARTICLES
DETERMINATIVE INDETERMINATIVE
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Singular il lo (l') la (l') un uno una
Plural i gli le -
Like in English, the plural indeterminative articles don't exist.
Well, this noun gender concept might have confused you a bit. For English speaking people it can
be a weird concept. But if English is not your native language then it's most likely that you are
already familiar with noun gender. From now on we will also mention the article of a noun in our
vocabulary lists.
In this lesson we'll also introduce another irregular Italian verb, the verb "avere" which means "to
have". Take a look at the full conjugation and translation of this verb:
(Io) ho I have
(Tu) hai You have
(Lui) ha He has
(Lei) ha She has OR you have *polite singular form
Ha It has
(Noi) abbiamo We have
(Voi) avete You have
(Loro) hanno They have OR you have *polite plural form
Now you've learned a new verb, memorize it.
Vocabulary
Learn the following words, the words of the previous lesson are mentioned again, but this time we
also show what definite article to use.
il padre the father
la madre the mother
la nonna the grandmother
il nonno the grandfather
lo zio the uncle
la sedia the chair
la casa the house
il tavolo the table
il gatto the cat
il cane the dog
l'osso the bone
l'animale the animal
l'edificio the building
in a matching game in a hangman game in a quiz
Test this vocabulary
Exercises
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) Un gatto è un animale.
2) La casa è un edifício.
3) Il cane ha un osso.
4) Ho un gatto.
5) Il padre ha una casa.
6) Il padre e la madre hanno un cane.
7) Hai una casa.
Exercise B: Translate to Italian:
1) The uncle has a cat.
2) A cat is an animal.
3) The table has a chair.
4) The grandmother and the grandfather have a dog.
5) The mother has a dog and the father has a cat.
6) We have a table.
7) They have the house.
Solutions
Solution of Exercise A:
1) A cat is an animal.
2) The house is a building.
3) The dog has a bone.
4) I have a cat.
5) The father has a house.
6) The father and the mother have a dog.
7) You have a house.
Solution of Exercise B:
1) Lo zio ha un gatto.
2) Un gatto è un animale.
3) Il tavolo ha una sedia.
4) La nonna e il nonno hanno un cane.
5) La madre ha un cane e il padre ha un gatto.
6) Abbiamo un tavolo.
7) Hanno la casa.

Lesson 3: Demonstrative and Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns

We'll continue with indicating possession. We're going to teach you the so- called "possessive
pronouns" or "possessive adjectives". I suppose you already know what an adjective is. But if you
don't, then reread the intro to the grammar chapter about adjectives. An adjective tells something
about a noun, it describes a property of a noun. In Italian, adjectives conjugate in number and
gender. Remember, however, that t the adjectives you're going to learn are irregular. Here are
several new sentences:
Questa è la mia sedia This is my chair
Questo è il mio cane This is my dog
Quella è la tua sedia That is your chair
Quello è il tuo cane That is your dog
Queste sono le sue sedie These are his/her chairs
Questi sono i suoi cani These are his/her dogs
Quelle sono le nostre sedie Those are our chairs
Quelli sono i nostri cani Those are our dogs
Questa è la vostra sedia This is your chair
Questo è il vostro cane This is your dog
Quella è la loro sedia That is their chair
Quello è il loro cane That is their dog
In these sentences you could see the demonstratives independent forms, separated by the verb "to
be". They are: "questo/i" ("this/these") and "quello/i" ("that/those") with masculine nouns, and
"questa/e" ("this/these") and "quella/e" ("that/those") with feminine nouns. Like in English, articles
can't precede these pronouns.
You've also seen the possessive adjectives. They have to agree in gender and number with the noun,
too. Unlike in English, determinative article usually precedes this adjective, except when the noun
is a family member (father, mother, grandfather, and so on). Remember that "Suo" or "Loro" with
capital letter are the polite forms. When you refer to his/her, it's not the gender of the person that
matters, but the gender of the thing possessed. Let's see some other sentences:
Questa sedia è la mia This chair is mine
Questo cane è il tuo This dog is yours
Queste sedie sono le sue These chairs are his/hers
Questi cani sono i nostri These dogs are ours
Quella sedia è la vostra That chair is yours
Quel cane è il loro That dog is theirs
Quelle sedie sono le Sue Those chairs are yours *polite singular form
Quei cani sono i Loro Those dogs are yours *polite plural form
You've learned a couple of things now: the demonstratives used adjectively and possessive
pronouns. The last ones are identical to their adjectives and are always preceded by the
demonstrative article. The demonstrative adjective forms of quello" are different from the pronouns,
instead and it follows a conjugation similar to the one of the article. Here are some table that will
help you learning what we've just explained:
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES
That/Those This/These
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Singular quel quello (quell') quella (quell') questo questa
Plural quei quelli quelle questi queste
POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES and PRONOUNS
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
1st singular (il) mio (la) mia (i) miei (le) mie
2nd singular (il) tuo (la) tua (i) tuoi (le) tue
3rd singular (il) suo (la) sua (i) suoi (le) sue
1st plural (il) nostro (la) nostra (i) nostri (le) nostre
2nd plural (il) vostro (la) vostra (i) vostri (le) vostre
3rd plural (il) loro (la) loro (i) loro (le) loro
polite singular (il) Suo (la) Sua (i) Suoi (le) Sue
polite plural (il) Loro (la) Loro (i) Loro (le) Loro
Now we'll teach you one last thing in this lesson. You have to know that in Italian the word order is
very flexible and it often occurs that the subject of the sentence appears at the end of the sentence.
An example of two sentences that are exactly the same, except for the word order:
 "Tua madre ha le
"Your mother has the keys"
chiavi"
"Ha le chiavi tua madre" "Your mother has the keys"
You see the flexible word other, get used to it because it sometimes occurs that the subject appears
at the end of a sentence or in after the verb, not necessarily at the end of a sentence. I think this has
been enough material for this third lesson.
Vocabulary
il libro the book
il cavallo the horse
il fiume the river
l'occhio the eye *plural: occhi
la scimmia the monkey
il topo the mouse
la chiave the key
la maglietta the t-shirt
la torre the tower
la fotografia the photo
la macchina fotografica the camera *plural: macchine fotografiche
qui here
lì there
molto much *used with singular masculine nouns
molti many *used with plural masculine nouns
molta much *used with singular feminine nouns
molte many *used with plural feminine nouns
in a matching game in a hangman game in a quiz
Test this vocabulary
Exercises
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) Queste sono le mie fotografie
2) Una scimmia ha occhi
3) Queste sono le loro chiavi
4) Questo è un topo
5) Ho molti cavalli
6) Hai la nostra macchina fotografica
7) Lei ha la vostra chiave
8) Queste sono le tue torri
9) Lei ha questi libri
10) Abbiamo queste macchine fotografiche
Exercise B: Translate to Italian:
1) We have many t-shirts.
2) These are my eyes.
3) That is his key.
4) This is your book and these are your dogs. (spoken to a stranger)
5) I have those photos.
6) Her books have photos.
7) They have the house.
8) This house is yours. (spoken to a dear friend)
9) You are their grandmother. (use formal speech)
10) He has this camera.
11) The houses have many keys.
Solutions
Solution of Exercise A:
1) These are my photos.
2) A monkey has eyes.
3) These are their keys.
4) This is a mouse.
5) I have many horses.
6) You have our camera.
7) She has your key.
8) These are your towers.
9) She has these books.
10) We have these cameras.
Solution of exercise B:
1) Abbiamo molte magliette.
2) Questi sono i miei occhi.
3) Quella è la sua chiave.
4) Questo è il Suo libro e questi sono i Suoi cani.
5) Ho quelle fotografie.
6) I suoi libri hanno fotografie.
7) Hanno la casa.
8) Questa casa è la tua.
9) (Lei) è loro nonna.
10) Ha questa macchina fotografica.
11) Le case hanno molte chiavi.

Lesson 4: Regular Verbs and Negation

You've already worked your way through three chapters, make sure you understood everything that
appeared in those chapters, make sure you understand the grammar and vocabulary and do make the
exercises to practice. Also make sure you try to pronounce every Italian sentence so you can
practice your pronunciation.
Let's start now by learning how to build the present tense of a regular Italian verb. In Italian a
regular verb in the present tense always has the same endings. There are three groups of verbs in
Italian: those whose infinitive ends in ARE, those in ERE, those in IRE.
First conjugation - ARE
"Parlare" ("to speak" in English) and all other infinitive verbs that end in ARE, belong to the first
group and all are regular except some.
 Parl o I speak
Parl i You speak
Parl a He/she/it speaks - You speak *polite form
Parl iamo We speak
Parl ate You speak
Parl ano They speak - You speak *polite form
It's pretty easy to understand. Each person has it's own ending. The endings you just saw are valid
for all regular verbs that end in ARE. The verbs ending in IARE are slightly irregular and get these
endings. Let's see for example "mangiare", "to eat".
Mangi o I eat
Mangi - you eat
Mangi a he/she/it eats - you eat *polite form
Mangi amo we eat
Mangi ate you eat
Mangi ano they eat - you eat *polite form
Also verbs ending in CARE or GARE have a different conjugation. Here's the verb "giocare", "to
play (a game)".
Gioc o I play
Gioc hi you play
Gioc a he/she/it plays - you play *polite form
Gioc hiamo we play
Gioc ate you play
Gioc ano they play - you play *polite form
In this first group of verbs there are only 4 verbs that are completely irregular and are very
important. They're "andare", "dare", "fare", and "stare". We'll find them all in part two of this
course.
Second conjugation - ERE
In this group there are a lot of irregular verbs, for example "essere" and "avere" you've already
learned. "Vivere", "to live", is irregular but behaves regularly at present tense. Have a look at the
endings:
Viv o I live
Viv i You live
Viv e He/she/it lives - You live *polite form
Viv iamo We live
Viv ete You live
Viv ono They live - You live *polite form
This group includes the infinitive verbs ending in ARRE, ORRE and URRE, which have a Latin
root.
Third conjugation - IRE
Also in this group there are quite irregular verbs. "Aprire", "to open" is irregular, too, but not at the
present tense. This group is very similar to the conjugations of the ERE group.
Apr o I open
Apr i You open
Apr e He/she/it opens - You open *polite form
Apr iamo We open
Apr ite You open
Apr ono They open - You open *polite form
A common irregularity in this group is the adding of "ISC". Here's the verb "finire", "to finish":
Fin isc o I finish
Fin isc i you finish
Fin isc e he/she/it finishes - you finish *polite form
Fin - iamo we finish
Fin - ite you finish
Fin isc ono they finish - you finish *polite form>
It's rather confusing: you should memorize the ending of each person for each of the three groups
and all the irregular verbs. Try to exercise as much as you can. Pay attention! Italian present tense
also include English present perfect and future expressed by "will" or "to be +...ing" but we're going
to look at this more carefully in part two. Here are some examples:
Vivo qui da un anno I've lived here for a year
Vado a casa I'll go home
Stasera vedo un film I'm watching a film tonight
Now we're going to talk about negation, because you might want to say: "That is NOT a house",
and "that is NO dog". In ITALIAN "no" is translated as "non". It appears directly before the main
verb and you don't have to use any helper verb as "don't".
I think that's enough material for now, make sure you understand it. It's quite hard. So don't hesitate
to reread this lesson a couple of times.
Vocabulary
From now on there will also be regular verbs (or at least verbs that are regular in the present tense)
in the list.
parlare to speak
mangiare to eat
giocare to play (a game)
vivere to live
amare to love
correre to run
vedere to see/watch
il bambino the child/the boy
l'uomo the man *plural: uomini
la donna the woman
la mela the apple
l'albero the tree
italiano italian
inglese english
in a matching game in a hangman game in a quiz
Test this vocabulary
Exercises
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) Vedo le fotografie.
2) L'uomo corre.
3) Il bambino mangia una mela.
4) Le donne non vedono l'albero.
5) Non vedo alberi.
6) Non ha cavalli.
7) Il bambino mangia molto.
8) Mangiano molte mele.
9) Questi non sono animali.
10) La donna non vede.
11) Parli italiano.
12) Parliamo inglese.
Exercise B: Translate to Italian:
1) I see a tree.
2) You do not see this.
3) We speak Italian.
4) I have no children.
5) She sees an apple.
6) This isn't her grandfather.
7) You speak Italian.
8) They see my house.
9) He sees that tree.
10) I am not Italian.
11) We do not have those keys.
Solutions
Solution of Exercise A:
1) I see the photos.
2) The man runs.
3) The child eats an apple.
4) The women don't see the tree.
5) I don't see any trees.
6) He doesn't have horses OR She doesn't have horses OR you don't have horses.
7) The child/the boy eats much.
8) We eat many apples.
9) These are no animals.
10) The woman doesn't see.
11) You speak Italian.
12) We speak English.
Solution of exercise B:
1) Vedo un albero.
2) Non vedi questo OR Non vedete questo OR Non vede questo OR Non vedono questo.
3) Parliamo italiano.
4) Non ho bambini.
5) Vede una mela.
6) Questo non è suo nonno.
7) Parli italiano OR Parlate italiano OR Parla italiano OR Parlano italiano.
8) Vedono la mia casa.
9) Vede quell'albero.
10) Non sono Italiano OR Non sono Italiana (if the speaker is female).
11) Non abbiamo quelle chiavi.

LESSON 5: Adjectives, Adverbs and Questions

After the difficult lesson you've just done we'll make things a little easier. In this lesson we'll teach
you how to use adjectives in Italian. They usually appear next to the noun, although it can also be
separated from the noun using the verb "essere" (in English: "to be"). Note that in such a
construction the "independent" adjective is never a direct object! You've already seen the
demonstrative and possessive adjectives behave. Here are some examples:
Quell'uomo è bello. That man is handsome.
Quegli uomini sono belli. Those men are handsome.
Questa donna è molto bella. This woman is very beautiful.
Queste donne sono molto belle. These women are very beautiful.
This is an easy construction. Remember that the Italian adjective is conjugated in every
construction. You have to make sure that the adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun.
There are four kinds of adjectives in Italian that change their endings in different ways. Here's the
first one:
BELLO Masculine singular
BELLI Masculine plural
BELLA Feminine singular
BELLE Feminine plural
As you could see there are 4 endings. Also "alto" and "lento" behave like "bello". Let's see the
second kind of adjectives:
GRANDE Masculine singular
GRANDE Masculine plural
GRANDI Feminine singular
GRANDI Feminine plural
In this case there are only two endings: in this category there are also "veloce", "giovane", "gentile".
There are some exceptions but we won't go through those now. Of course an adjective usually
appears next to the noun (in Italian usually after the noun) instead of being separated by "essere".
"La casa grande" "The big house"
"Il bambino giovane" "The young child"
 "La donna vecchia" "The old woman"
"Le mele rosse" "The red apples"
Now we can move on to the matter of adverbs. An adverb can be compared to an adjective but
instead it says something about a verb instead of a noun. It's easy to form an adverb in Italian, just
use the feminine form of the adjective and add MENTE.
"Lui corre rapidamente" "He runs fast"
"Parlo lentamente" "I speak slowly"
"Parla Italiano fluentemente" "He/She/It speaks Italian fluently"
Now you also know how to form adverbs, it's really easy. Of course there are also irregular adverbs,
a good example would be "well" in Italian: "bene".
We can continue with asking question in Italian, to tell things is nice, but once in a while you might
need to ask something to someone. We'll teach you.
In an Italian question the verb often precedes the subject of the sentence and you don't have to use
any helper verb such as "do". Some questions:
Chi è quell'uomo vecchio? Who's that old man?
Che cosa vedi? What do you see?
Quale è il tuo vero nome? What is your real name?
Quali sono i tuoi zii? Questi o quelli? Which are your uncles? These or those?
Quanto sei alto? How tall are you?
How old are you? Lit: How many years do you
Quanti anni hai?
have?
Dove vivi? Where do you live?
Quando mangiamo? When do we eat?
Come ti chiami? What's your name? Lit: How do you call yourself?
Perché non parli? Why don't you speak?
You've seen some interrogative pronouns now (the words used to ask question: such as: "what?"
etc...). One strange thing is that you see two words for "what", there are two variant, you can say
either "Che cosa" or "Quale/i". The first one when asking about facts and such, the second one lies
closer to our word "which", it describes an option, a choice, one of more possibilities. These
pronouns act as relative pronouns, too:
Vedo che cosa mangi I see what you eat
This concludes the fifth lesson.
Vocabulary
chiamare to call
camminare to walk
nuotare to swim
veloce fast
lento slow
vecchio old
giovane young
alto high
grande big
buono good
cattivo bad
simpatico nice
gentile kind
nuovo new
la bicicletta the bike
l'anno the year
chi? who?
che cosa? what?
quale/i? which? / what?
quanto/a? how much
quanti/e? how many
perché? why?
quando? when?
dove? where?
come? how?
molto very
in a matching game in a hangman game in a quiz
Test this vocabulary
Exercises
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) Questo uomo è un uomo gentile
2) Chi è quel bambino gentile ?
3) Quando mangiamo?
4) Che cosa è questo?
5) La casa grande è la nostra
6) Ella corre velocemente
7) La mia vecchia nonna è molto gentile
8) La mia bicicletta è nuova
9) Questi sono animali molto simpatici
10) Che cosa vedi?
Exercise B: Translate to Italian:
1) I see a new chair.
2) The old woman sees an apple.
3) Who are you?
4) She is not old.
5) They walk fast.
6) Our grandmother is an old woman.
7) These children are young.
8) The young child sees a high table.
9) What does the bad dog see?
10) Why doesn't the kind cat see?
Solutions
Solution of Exercise A:
1) This man is a kind man.
2) Who is that kind child?
3) When do we eat?
4) What is that?
5) The big house is ours.
6) She runs fast.
7) My old grandmother is very kind.
8) My bike is new.
9) These are very nice animals.
10) What do you see?
Solution of Exercise B:
1) Vedo una sedia nuova.
2) La donna vecchia vede una mela.
3) Chi sei ? OR Chi siete? OR Chi è? OR Chi sono?
4) Non è vecchia.
5) Camminano velocemente.
6) Nostra nonna è una donna vecchia.
7) Questi bambini sono giovani.
8) Il bambino giovane vede un tavolo alto.
9) Che cosa vede il cane cattivo?
10) Perché il gatto gentile non vede?