Basic Words

Question 1

A flexible pronoun that can be used to mean “that”, “which,” whom,” “what”, “as”.

Use this when you don’t want to repeat a word

Answer 1

Che

Question 2

What

Answer 2

che cosa
cosa

Question 3

who

Answer 3

chi
(key)

Question 4

When

Answer 4

quando

Question 5

why

Answer 5

perché

Question 6

Where

Answer 6

dove

Question 7

how

Answer 7

come

come stai = how are you
come si dice = how do you say
fai come voi = do as you like

Question 8

how are you

Answer 8

come sta / come stai

Question 9

how do you say

Answer 9

come si dice

Question 10

do as you like

Answer 10

fai come voi

Question 11

Excuse me - informal
Excuse me - formal

Answer 11

Scusa = informal
Scusi = formal

Question 12

Soon

Answer 12

Presto

Question 13

Someone

Answer 13

qualcuno

Question 14

ready

Answer 14

pronto

Question 15

I know

Answer 15

Lo so

Question 16

who is it?

Answer 16

chi è?

Question 17

I don’t know

Answer 17

non Lo so

Question 18

here (you are)
Draw attention to the presence of an object or person

Answer 18

ecco

*doesn’t change forms with nouns

Question 19

there is / is there?

Answer 19

c’è

Question 20

Is

Answer 20

é

Question 21

There are / are there?

Answer 21

ci sono

Question 22

How many?

Answer 22

Masculine = Quanti?
Feminine = Quante?

*add “ci sono” at the end of the question

ex: Quanti studenti ci sono?
ex: Quante matite ci sono?

Question 23

A lot

Answer 23

Molto as an adjective= “a lot” or many

I have a lot of chocolate | I eat many cookies

Molto / molta / molti / molta

*Molto as adverb = always molto (no gender or number) - after verb

I eat a lot | She is greedy

Question 24

I’m…

Answer 24

Sono…

Question 25

What's up?

Answer 25

Che cosa c'è (kay / cosa / Chay)

Question 26

"That" or "Those", as in a determiner; talking about "that" thing

Answer 26

Quello As adjective: Form depends on noun's gender, number and first letter. Goes before noun quel qull' qullo quei quegli quella quell' quelle As pronoun: used in place of the noun and form has 4 endings of -o, -a, -i, -e.

Question 27

This

Answer 27

Questo / a / i / e Adjective: Form depends on gender and number (4 endings). 1st letter doesn't matter Pronoun: Questo / a / i / e - replaces noun

Question 28

Which/what?

Answer 28

- Quale? = Singular - Qual (no ') before singular noun with vowel - Quali = Pural *Gender doesn't matter Qual (no ') before singular noun with vowel