Lezione 5A

Question 1

Verbs forming the passato prossimo with essere must agree in ________ and ________ with the subject of the sentence.

Answer 1

Number and Gender

Question 2

Verbs that use essere in the passato prossimo generally describe what kind of action?

Answer 2

Something in motion or not in motion, states of being, and changes of state.. (Transitive Verb)

Question 3

Essere shares it’s past participle with what other verb?

Answer 3

Stare.

Use context to discern which verb is being used.

Question 4

Direct Objects:

~ A direct object in a sentence recieves the action of a verb directly and answers the question what? or whom?

~ D.O pronouns replace D.O. nouns.

~ What are the D.O. pronouns?

Answer 4

mi me

ti you/La you (formal)

lo him/it

la her/it

ci us

vi you

li them

le them

Question 5

Direct Object:

D.O. pronouns are placed where in relation to the verb?

Answer 5

Immediately before

(with past tense, goes even before avere.)

~ Direct Object pronouns are not used with passato prossimo using essere!

Question 6

Which D.O. pronouns, when used with the past participle, *require* the past participle to agree with them in number and gender?

Answer 6

lo, la, li, le.

Le pesche? i bambini le hanno mangiate

Question 7

How do you call attention to a person or object?

Answer 7

Attach the D.O. pronoun to Ecco

“dov’è la crostata…? Eccola!”

Question 8

Expressions of quantity:

Partitives express “some” or “any”.

1) How do you form the partitive?
2) How do you use the partitive with non-count nouns?
3) What three word expression can you use with non-count nouns?
4) Which two partitive words can be used wth countable nouns?

Answer 8

1) Combine di with the definite article:

Sing:

• dei, dell’, dello
• della, dell’

Plural:

• dei, degli
• delle

2) Use the singular for of the noun, and then the partitive.
* “Compriamo dello yogurt”*
3) un po’ di
4) Alcuni/e and qualche.

Question 9

Partitives:

What are some other adjectives that describe quantity?

Answer 9

• molto - a lot, many
• poco - litle
• troppo - too much/many
• tanto - so much/many
• tutto - all

                  \*always use the definite article after tutto.

Question 10

bere

• bevo
• bevi
• beve
• beviamo
• bevete
• bevono

Past Participle: avere bevuto

Answer 10

to drink

Question 11

to drink

Answer 11

bere

• bevo
• bevi
• beve
• beviamo
• bevete
• bevono

Past Participle: avere bevuto