Italian English general words Flashcards
up
su
giù
down
left
sinistra
destra
right
top
superiore
fondo
bottom
over
sopra
sotto
under
in (inside)
dentro
fuori
out (outside)
today
oggi
ieri
yesterday
tomorrow
domani
l’altro ieri
the day before yesterday
the day after tomorrow
dopo domani
this
questo
that
quello
these
questi
those
quelli
a little (uncountable)
un po ‘ (non numerabile)
few (countable)
pochi (numerabile)
more
più
less (incountable)
meno (non numerabile)
fewer (countable)
meno (numerabile)
many (countable)
molti (numerabile)
much (incountable)
molto (non numerabile)
some
alcuni
any
qualsiasi
every
ogni
someone, somewhere, something
qualcuno , da qualche parte , qualcosa
anyone, anywhere, anything
chiunque, ovunque, qualsiasi cosa
everyone, everywhere, everything
tutti, ovunque , ogni cosa
with
con
without (with-out > wi-thout)
senza
strengths
punti di forza
weaknesses
debolezze
whatever, anyway
qualunque sia , in ogni caso
plus (plaas > pluus)
più
minus (mainus > meenus)
meno
two (tu > chew)
due
three (three > tree, free)
tre
question (quest-tchon)
domanda
station (stay-shon)
stazione
biGGer (not more big)
più grande
throw, blow vs how, now
gettare, soffiare vs come, ora
third (not fird)
terzo
percentage
percentuale
recognise (recog-nise > reco-gnise)
riconoscere
notebook
quaderno
tall (people), high (mountain)
alta
morning (00:00-11:59)
mattina
afternoon (12:00-14:59)
pomeriggio
evening (17:00-19:59)
sera
night (20:00-23:59)
notte
midnight
mezzanotte
midday, noon (lunchtime)
mezzogiorno
homework (not homeworks)
compiti
next time (next Sunday, month)
la prossima volta
this time (this Sunday, month)
questa volta
last time (last Sunday, month)
scorsovolta
last on the right
ultimo a destra
second TO LAST on the right
penultima a destra
third TO LAST on the left
terzultimo a sinistra
first on the left
primo a sinistra
second on the left
seconda a sinistra
third on the right
terzo a destra
on the top
sulla cima
second FROM the top
secondo dall’alto
third FROM the top
terzo dall’alto
on the bottom
sul fondo
second FROM the bottom
secondo dal basso
third FROM the bottom
terzo dal basso
later
dopo, successivamente
earlier
prima
late
tardi
early
presto
on time
in tempo
partly
parzialmente
completely
del tutto
mostly
per lo più
thirty (not three-ty)
trenta
thirteen (not three-teen)
tredici
hundred
cento
million
milioni
thousand
mille
fast
veloce
slow
lento
immediately / at once
subito / immediatamente
fast, faster, the fastest
veloce, più veloce , il più veloce
slow, slower, the slowest
lento, più lento , il più lento
good, better, the best
buono, meglio, la migliore
bad, worse, the worst
male, peggio, il peggiore
easy, easier (ee-si-er), the easiest (ee-si-est)
facile , più facile, il più facile
ignore (ig-nore > i-gnore)
ignorare
these 3 things (THese THree THings)
queste 3 cose
I have thirty things in my old happy house (NOT: Hi ave tirty tings in my hold appy ouse)
Ho una trentina di cose nella mia vecchia casa felice
letters
lettere
vowels
vocali
consonants
consonanti
A E I O U (ay, ii, ai, ou, yeu)
A E I O U
to be: am (are,is), was (were), will be
essere
to have: have (has), had, will have
avere
to go: go (goes), went, will go
andare
Answer
risposta
Statement
affermazione
who, what, when, where, how, why
Question words
Subject: I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they
Soggetto: persone
Object: Me, you, him/her/it, us, you, them
Oggetto : persone
Possession: My, your, his/her/its, our, your, their
Possessivo : persone
sign (sai-en > sin)
segno
fund (fahnd > fond)
fondo (bancario)
listen (lis-sen > list-en)
ascolta
answer (an-ser > an-swer)
risposta
all
tutti
times, multiplied by
moltiplicato per
divided by (10÷2=5 NOT 10:2=5)
diviso per
ratio (a ratio of 5:2 =7 parts total NOT 5÷2 parts)
rapporto
information
informazioni
raincoat
impermeabile
as you wish
come vuoi
clockwise
in senso orario
anti-clockwise, counter-clockwise
in senso antiorario
single
singolo
double
doppio
triple
triplo
recycle
riciclare
both
entrambi
either
o uno o l’altro
or
oppure
from
da
until
fino
from 5pm to 7pm (from 5pm until 7pm)
17:00-19:00
necessary (ne-se-sary > ne-che-sary)
necessarie
Negative prefix: UN (unhappy, unlucky, unresponsive, unconscious, uncertain)
Prefisso negativo : UN (infelice , sfortunato , non risponde, inconscio , incerta)
Finished (fin-ish-d > fin-ish-ed)
Finito
Thesis (thee-sis > tee-sis)
Tesi
How (how > ow)
Come
I am happy (NOT Hi ham appy)
Sono felice
year (year > ear, hear)
anno
hear (hear > ear)
sentire
ear (ear > hear)
orecchio
old (old > hold)
vecchio
young
giovane
end (end > hend), finish
terminare
start
iniziare
side
lato
I am sick. I have a sore throat
Sono malato . Ho un mal di gola
I have a headache
Ho mal di testa
I have the flu
Ho l’influenza
I have a cold
Ho un raffreddore
I have a runny nose
Ho un naso che cola
employer
datore di lavoro
employee
dipendente
coworker
Collega
words
parole
paragraph
paragrafo
chapter
capitolo
instead of
invece
while
mentre
small, little
piccolo
big, large
grande
10 am / 10 o’clock in the morning
10:00
9 pm / 9 o’clock AT night
21:00
2 PAST 3 (in the morning)
3:02
12 TO 7 (in the evening)
18:48
4 pm / 4 o’clock in the afternoon
16:00
11 thirty (in the morning) / half past 11 (in the morning)
11:30
quarter past 2 (in the afternoon) / 2 fifteen (in the afternoon)
14:15
10 forty-five (AT night) / quarter to 11 (AT night)
22:45
fifth (not fiveth)
5th
twentieth (not twentyth or twentith)
20th
twenty-first (not twenty-oneth)
21st
forty (not fourty)
40
forty-fifth (not fourty-fiveth)
45th
etc. (Not ect)
Etcetera
vs.
Versus
i.e.
Therefore (also:I E)
singular: cat
plural: catS
singular: house
plural: houseS
singular: leaf
plural: leaVES
singular: person
plural: PEOPLE
singular: tooth
plural: tEEth
singular: foot
plural: fEEt
singular: hand
plural: handS
singular: boy
plural: boyS (not: boies because OY is treated as one sound)
singular: family
plural: familIES
not vs note
not vs noeht
us vs use
ahs vs yeus
hop vs hope
hop vs hoehp
cut vs cute
caht vs kyeut
kit vs kite
kit vs kait
hat vs hate
haet vs heiht
at vs ate
aet vs eit
win vs wine
win vs wain
ei - apple, banana, also (epple, daance, ol-so)
pronunciation: A
si - cat, circle (kat, sirkl)
pronunciation: C
ii - egg, event (ehgg, ii-vent)
pronunciation: E
jjii - game, gym (geim, jjim)
pronunciation: G
ai - inside, island (in-side, ai-land)
pronunciation: I
kay- kn = silent k: knife, know, knee, knock (naif, no, nii, nock)
pronunciation: K
o - on, open, other (on, oo-pen, a-ther)
pronunciation: O
yeu - under, unique (an-der, yeu-niik)
pronunciation: U
si eich - cheese, character (chees, karakter)
pronunciation: Ch
ti eich - this/that vs thing/think
pronunciation: Th
I’m, You’re, He’s, They’re
contractions: I am, You are, He is, They are
I’ve, they’ve, you’ve, I’d, he’d
contractions: I have, they have, you have, I had, he had
I’d, you’d, he’d, they’d
contractions: I would, you would, he would, they would
Isn’t, aren’t, wasn’t, weren’t
contractions: is not, are not, was not, were not
cause, ‘cos
contractions: Because
doesn’t, didn’t, won’t, hasn’t, hadn’t
contractions: does not, did not, will not, has not, have not
can’t, cannot
contractions: can not
ON Tuesday, IN THE weekend, IN September, IN 2013
Time prepositions: Tuesday, weekend, September, 2013
exclamation mark
!
full-stop, bullet point (for decimal numbers it’s a POINT)
.
comma
,
slash (forward slash)
/
backslash
\
asterisk
*
at
@
question mark
?
equals
=
hyphen
-
semi-colon
;
colon
:
apostrophe
’
and
&
what’s, where’s, how’s, there’s, it’s,
contractions: what is, where is, how is, there is, it is
I’ll, you’ll, she’ll, we’ll
contractions: I will, you will, she will, we will
singular: woman
plural: womEn
enter
invio
space button
barra spaziatrice
present tense: watch
past tense: watched
present tense: read
past tense: read (pronounce: red)
present tense: sleep
past tense: slept
present tense: search
past tense: searched
present tense: think
past tense: thought
present tense: disappear
past tense: disappeared
present tense: walk
past tense: walked
present tense: jump
past tense: jumped
present tense: stop
past tense: stopped
present tense: hop
past tense: hopped
present tense: hope
past tense: hoped
present tense: say
past tense: said (pronounce: sed)
present tense: call
past tense: called
present tense: do
past tense: did
present tense: see
past tense: saw
present tense: bring
past tense: brought
present tense: go
past tense: went
present tense: eat
past tense: ate
present tense: take
past tense: took
present tense: make
past tense: made
present tense: have
past tense: had
present tense: am
past tense: was
present tense: write
past tense: wrote
present tense: speak
past tense: spoke
present tense: edit
past tense: edited
present tense: type
past tense: typed
present tense: save
past tense: saved
present tense: talk
past tense: talked
present tense: wear
past tense: wore
present tense: swear
past tense: swore
present tense: knock
past tense: knocked
present tense: ring
past tense: rang
present tense: buy
past tense: bought
present tense: study
past tense: studied
present tense: send
past tense: sent
present tense: finish
past tense: finished
pronunciation: break vs breakfast
breik vs brek-fast
pronunciation: cuaght, bought, thought, sought
co-uht, bo-uht, tho-uht, so-uht
pronunciation: blew, threw, flew, grew, knew
blu, thru, flu, gru, nu
pronunciation: heard vs dreamt, leant, meant
herd vs dremt, lent, ment
pronunciation: hurt vs heart
hurt vs hart
pronunciation: lose vs prove
luu-s vs pruu-v
pronunciation: live, life, alive, leaf, leaves
liv, lai-if, a-laiv, leef, leevs
turn on (lights, car ignition)
accendere
vicino
near, nearby, close
rumore
noise
anche se
even if
insegnare
teach
imparare
learn
stagione
season
una volta
once
due volte
twice
sempre
always
mai
never
quasi
almost
pronunciation: island
i-land (not ais-land)
pulito
clean
sporco
dirty
paese
country
Come si dice ___?
How do you say ___?
Che cosa significa _____ ?
What does _____mean?
Come si scrive ___?
How do you spell ___?
Puoi ripetere per favore
Can you please repeat that
Devo parlare
I must speak vs I have TO speak
cercare di
I tried to (I tried to find a house)
to have (question)
Do you have __? Have you got __?
to have (answer positive)
I (do) have _____, I have got _____
to have (answer negative)
I don’t have ___, I haven’t got ___
to have (3rd person)
DoES he have ____? No, he doESn’t have ___ (also: He haSn’t got ___)
in un secondo momento
At a later time
Come è stato _____? (il vostro week-end)
How was _____? (your weekend)
Che cosa hai fatto?
What did you do?
dimmi
Tell me
per 12 anni
for 12 years
dal 2001
since 2001
da quando ero giovane
since I was young
Non ho mai
I have Never / I haveN’T ever
Non tutti la pensano così
Not everybody thinks LIKE THIS
Pioveva il Sabato e Domenica
It was raining on both Saturday and Sunday
Come sta andando ____? Come va con ____?
How is ____ going? How is it going with ____?
modo di dire
saying
Collezioni solo cartoline dei luoghi che hai visitato?
Do you only collect postacards of the places you have visited?
Qual è la differenza tra A e B? Sono diversi perché A è blu e B è rosso
What is the differenCE between A and B? They are differenT because A is blue and B is red
Non ho mai studiato il francese a scuola
I never studied French at school
contractions: do not
don’t
contractions: will not
won’t
contractions: have not
haven’t
contractions: this is
this is (doesn’t exist)
Sono andato via dal lavoro alle 8 di sera la notte scorsa, e sono arrivato a casa alle nove meno un quarto
I left work at 8pm last night, and I arrived at home at 8.45pm (8 45 / quarter to 9).
sedia
seat, chair
cuscino
cushion
appuntamento
meeting (appointment is for the doctor or dentist)
tuta
suit
ventiquattrore
briefcase
scale
stairs
ascensore
lift, elevator
scadenza
deadline
lasso di tempo
timeframe
il bagno
toilet, bathroom, loo
lontano, più lontano, il più lontano
far, farther, furthest
nord
North
est
East
sud
South
ovest
West
società
company
collezione
collection
cominciare, iniziare
start, begin
C’era una volta
once upon a time
consegnare, consegna
deliver, delivery
prepositions
I work ON a project, IN Italy, AT the office
troppo
too much
non abbastanza
not enough
poco tempo
a little time
Persone A: Non ho vissto quel film. Persone B: Neanche io
Person A: I have not seen that movie. Person B: Neither have I / I have not either
va tutto bene?
is everything ok?
andiamo
let’s go
senza fretta
no hurry, no rush
moglie
wife
marito
husband
sul
on
avanti
forward
indietro
backward
sazio
full
