General Grammar, Pronouns, Articles, Pronunciation, etc. Flashcards
Un
Una
Un’
Uno
Masculine
Feminine
Feminine + vocale
UNO = S+CONS, X, Z, Y, GN, PN, PS
Un, uno, una, un’
negozio ufficio scontrino sbaglio bottiglia città aranciata ora
Un, uno, una, un’ can mean a/an or one.
un negozio - a shop
un ufficio - an office
Uno is used with masculine words beginning with z or s + consonant:
uno scontrino - a receipt
uno sbaglio - a mistake
Una is used with a feminine word beginning with a consonant:
una bottiglia - a bottle
una città - a town
un’ with a feminine word beginning with a vowel:
un’aranciata - an orange drink,
un’ora - an hour
C’s (duro e dolche)
C + A, O, U
C + H
C + consanante
C + I or E
Civitavecchia
If the C is followed by A, O or U – remember it by “cat, cot, cut” - it is a “hard c”, pronounced like a K:
Calabria [ka-la-bree-ah]
Coltello [kol-tel-oh]
Cupola [koo-pol-ah – stress on first syllable]
A C followed by an H is also hard:
Chiaro [kee-ar-oh]
A C followed by another consonant is hard:
Credo [kray-do]
If the c is followed by an I or an E it is” soft” and pronounced like a CH:
Città [chee-tah – stress on second syllable]
Cena [chen-ah]
Try saying: Civitavecchia [chee-vee-tah-vek-ee-a]
il, lo, l’, la, i, gli, le are all words for “the”.
il, lo, l’, la, i, gli, le are all words for “the”.
In the singular…
il is used with masculine words beginning with most consonants:
il sole - the sun
il centro- the centre
lo with masculine words beginning with z or s + consonant:
lo zucchero- the sugar
lo sport- the sport
l’ with masculine and feminine words beginning with a vowel
l’ufficio turistico- the tourist office
l’acqua- the water
la with feminine words beginning with a consonant
la figlia- daughter
la spiaggia- beach
In the plural (ie more than one)…
i is used with masculine words beginning with most consonants:
i negozi- the shops
i vini- the wines
gli with masculine words beginning with a vowel or with z or s + consonant:
gli uffici- the offices
gli alberghi- the hotels
le with all feminine words
le vetrine- the shop windows
le aranciate- the orange drinks
Singular - Plural un cornetto - due cornetti un apreitivo - due aperitivi un caffe - due carre un toast -due toast una spremuta - due spremute un'aranciata - due aranciate
Singular - Plural un cornetto - due cornetti un apreitivo - due aperitivi un caffe - due caffe un toast -due toast una spremuta - due spremute un'aranciata - due aranciate
sostantivi
Noun.
Che cosa, quali, quante
What, what, how many?
Gli articololi determinativi
the definitive articles
COSA C’è?
C’è - Non, C’è. Si, Cè
CI SONO - Non, ci sono. Si, ci sono.
COSA C’è? Whats there?
C’è = THERE IS - No, it’s not there. Yes, it’s there.
CI SONO = THERE ARE - No, they are (the objects) not there. Yes, they are (the objects) there.
Basta!
Basta cosi.
Enough! That’s Enough! That will do!
That’s enough.
SINGULARE VS PLURALE
Words that end in accents (e, a, etc.) DOES NOT CHANGE.
Words that end in consanante DO NOT CHANGE
For words that end in consonants, “they arent Italian words”
