Italian Beginner Class I Flashcards

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2
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paper

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la carta

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life

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la vita

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page

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la pagina (PAG-ina)

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watch, clock

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l’orologio (oro-LO-gio)

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bookstore

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la libreria

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photo, picture

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la fotografia

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object

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l’oggetto

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last name

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il cognome

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Purple

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Viola

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Sky blue

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Celeste

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Colors w/o plural

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marrone, rosa, viola, blu

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Street car

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Un tram

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European

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europeo

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Il fiore plural

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I fiori

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Russian

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russo

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Street, way

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Una via

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The impersonal si

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One, people, they (in general)

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Square

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Una piazza

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Year

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L’anno

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Subway

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La metropolitana

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Verbs that require an indirect object or indirect object pronoun

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Piacere, piacono, serve (mi serve dei pane), servono (mi servono degli spaghetti), sta bene, stanno bene (La camicia mi sta bene - The shirt looks good on me)

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Articolo determinativo (mascoline/singular)

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il, l’, lo

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Plural - nouns & adjectives ending in-ista are m or f _____ + ________

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ista & iste

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Movie theater

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Un cinematografo

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Garden

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Il giardino

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Fountain

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Una fontana

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Canadian

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Canadese

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Singular nouns ending in -io with stress on the last syllable, in the plural are?

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-ii

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Traffic

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Un traffico (TRA-fico)

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Personality

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Un carattere

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Plural of l’osso

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Le ossa

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To the right

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A destra

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There is, there are

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C’è, ci sono

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Stadium

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Uno stadio

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English

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inglese

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How do you form the present progressive – ongoing actions (ex. I am buying)

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Conjugate stare + gerundio. -are = -ando, -ere & -ire = -endo. (sto comprando, sto leggendo, sto finendo = I am buying, reading, finishing)

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Singular nouns ending in -ca or -ga change to _____ in the plural?

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-che, -ghe

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Plural of il parco

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I parchi

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Spanish

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spagnolo

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Soccer

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Calcio

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Mexican

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messicano

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They meet after

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S’incontrano dopo (s’in-CON-trano)

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Work, job

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Un lavoro

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bridge

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ponte

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Classmate

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Il compagno di scuola

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Greek

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greco

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You are right; he is a nice boy.

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Hai ragione: e un ragazzo simpatico.

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Downtown

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In centro

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L’addio (plural)

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Gli addii

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Largo plural (large)

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Larghi

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Class

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La classe

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Name, noun

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Il nome

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Blackboard

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Una lavagna

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African

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africano

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Not bad

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Non c’è male

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Car (2)

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Una macchina, un’automobile

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Singular nouns ending in -co and-go change to?

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-chi, -ghi

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Catholic

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Cattolica

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Hospital

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L’ospedale

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Plural of il labbro

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Le labbra

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Do you feel like eating a good ice cream?

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Hai voglia di mangiare un buon gelato?

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Paper

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Un foglio

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Class, course (academic)

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Il corso

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Straight ahead

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Avanti diretto

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When buona proceeds a noun, same ending as:Un libroUn’amica

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UnUn buon libroUna buon’amica

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Information

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L’informazione

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68
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Tree

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Un albero

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Church

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Una chiesa

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Fresco

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L’affresco

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Motorcycle

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Una motocicletta

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Plural of egoista & idealista

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Egoiste, egoisti, idealiste, idealisti

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Pharmacy

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La farmacia

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Word

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La parola

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Building

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Un edificio

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Skyscraper

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Grattacielo

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magazine

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rivista

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Person

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La persona

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Museum

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Un museo

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Let me introduce you (informal, formal)

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Ti presentoVi presento

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Plural of l’automobile

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Le automobili

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That/those: masculine & feminine, singular & plural

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Masculine: Quel, quello, quell’, quei, quegli. Feminine: quella, quell’, quelle

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Dark gray

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Grigio scuro

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Where are you from?Informal / Formal

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Di dove sei tu?Di dov’è Lei?

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Coffee shop

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Il bar

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Profession

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La professione

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Lesson

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Lezione

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Light green

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Verde chiaro

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Erase

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La cancella

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Fresco plural

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Freschi (fresh)

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Stanco (plural)

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Stanchi

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calculator

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una calcolatrice

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Il dito

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Le dita

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Indefinite articles:CinemaBarChiesaStazione

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Una, Un, Una, Una

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Indefinite articlesSupermercato PiazzaStadio

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UnUnaUno

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Time

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Il tempo

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American

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Americano

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German

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tedesco (pl. tedeschi)

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Pink

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Rosa

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Swiss

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Svizzero (SVI-zzero)

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Color

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Il colore

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Age

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L’età

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Articolo determinativo (masculine plural before consonant, vowel, z & s+vowel)

A

igli

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Study

A

Uno studio (STU-dio)

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Plural of lo zio

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Gli zii

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French

A

Francese

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When talking about an object being hot/cold, use which verb?When talking about an person being hot/cold, use which verb?

A

essereavere

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Singular nouns ending in -ico change to ____i in the plural?

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-ici

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This, these

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Singular- Questo, quest’, questa, quest’. Plural - questi, queste

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Japanese

A

giapponese

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See you soon!

A

a presto

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Theater

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Un teatro

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Chinese

A

cinese

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L’albergo plural

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Gli alberghi

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Plural of la mano

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Le mani

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Hotel

A

Un albergo

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Armoire

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Un armadio

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Language

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Una lingua

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Bookcase

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La libreria

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Plural of il lago

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I laghi

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Roommate

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Il compagno di stanza

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Conversation

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La conversazione

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Wind

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Un vento

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When adjectives are modified be an adverb, are they before or after the noun?

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After

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Evening

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La sera

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Numeri ordinale

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Primo, secondo, terzo, quarto, quinto, sesto, settimo (SE-timo), ottavo, nono, decimo (DE-cimo). 11 forward drop final vowel and add -esimo except numbers ending in “sei”.

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Examination

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L’esame (m)

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Plural of il braccio

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Le braccia

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Tourist office

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Un ufficio (uff-I-cio) di turistico (tur-Is-tico)

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Also, I also

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Anche, anch’io

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MopedMotoscooter

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Un motorino,Uno scooter

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Hair colors: black, blond, white, brown, red, short, long

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Neri, biondi, bianchi, castani, rossi, corti, lunghi

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When bello proceeds a noun, same ending as: (indefinite or definite)Il ragazzoI fioriL’alberoLa casaL’amicaGli occhiLe paroleLo stato

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IlIl bel ragazzoIl bei fioriIl bell’alberoLa bella casaLa bell’amicaI begli occhiLe belle paroleIl bello stato

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Light blue

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Azzurro

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Plural of il ginocchio

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Le ginocchia

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Who? Whom?

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Chi?

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In, at, to

A

A

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Masculine nouns ending in -a form plural with -i (il diploma, il problema, il sistema, il programma)

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i diplomi, i problemi, i sistemi, i programmi

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Dictionary

A

Un dizionario

140
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Alarm clock

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Sveglia

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To form the simple future, “will finish”:

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Drop the -e (-are changes to -er) and add these stems:-o (manderò)-ai-a (manderà)-emo-ete-annoVerbs ending in -ciare or -giare drop the “I” - mangiare to manger- And cominciare to comincer-Verbs ending in -care or -gare add “h” to retain hard sound in stem. So cercare becomes Cercher-, pagare becomes pagher-

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I count on

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Conto sulla (contare)

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Seasons

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La primavera, l’estate, l’autunno, l’inverno

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Look, here is, there is, there are

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Ecco

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And

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E, ed

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Articolo indeterminativo (fem, sing)

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Una, un’, una, una

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See you

A

Ci vediamo

148
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For me

A

Per me

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Train

A

Un treno

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Bicycle

A

Una bicicletta

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Castle

A

Il castello

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Clerk

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L’impiegato (m)

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Street, road

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Una strada

154
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Other

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Altro

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Notebook

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Un quaderno

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Eye colors: brown, blue, green, gray, black

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Castani, azzurri, verdi, grigi, neri

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Plural of la farmacia, la bugia, la ciliegia, la pioggia

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Le farmacie, le bugie, le ciliege, le piogge

158
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Animal

A

Un animale

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Minute

A

Un minuto

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Adjectives of color or nationality are before or after the noun?

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After

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Are you (informal) afraid of a difficult exam?

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Hai paura di un esame difficile?

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Indefinite articles for scuola, farmacia, officio postale, ristorante

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Una, una, un, un

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Il fuoco plural

A

I fuochi

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Plural form of nouns ending in -a, -o, -e

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-e-i-i

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Lungo plural

A

Lunghi

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Nouns ending in -ore-ione

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Mas, fem

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Article determinativo (fem plural) before consonant and vowel

A

LeLe

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What? (3)

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Che cosa?Cosa?Che?