Basic Words Flashcards
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
Che
What
che cosa
cosa
who
chi
(key)
When
quando
why
perché
Where
dove
how
come
come stai = how are you
come si dice = how do you say
fai come voi = do as you like
how are you
come sta / come stai
how do you say
come si dice
do as you like
fai come voi
Excuse me - informal
Excuse me - formal
Scusa = informal
Scusi = formal
Soon
Presto
Someone
qualcuno
ready
pronto
I know
Lo so
who is it?
chi è?
I don’t know
non Lo so
here (you are)
Draw attention to the presence of an object or person
ecco
*doesn’t change forms with nouns
there is / is there?
c’è
Is
é
There are / are there?
ci sono
How many?
Masculine = Quanti?
Feminine = Quante?
*add “ci sono” at the end of the question
ex: Quanti studenti ci sono?
ex: Quante matite ci sono?
A lot
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
I’m…
Sono…
What’s up?
Che cosa c’è
(kay / cosa / Chay)
“That” or “Those”, as in a determiner; talking about “that” thing
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.
This
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
Which/what?
- Quale? = Singular
- Qual (no ‘) before singular noun with vowel
- Quali = Pural
*Gender doesn’t matter
Qual (no ‘) before singular noun with vowel
