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Mango Italiano: Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Italian Verbs flashcards
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What’s your name [how do you call yourself] (Informal, one person)

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Come ti chiami

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Grammar Note
In Italian, the expression used to ask someone’s name requires the reflexive verb chiamarsi (to call oneself). A verb is reflexive when the action carried out by the subject is performed on itself. Therefore, when you say “My name is…” in Italian, you’re actually saying, “I call myself…” Similarly, to ask “What is your name?” you’re really saying “How do you call yourself?”

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to call oneself

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chiamarsi

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you call yourself (informal, one person)

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ti chiami

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you (informal, one person)

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tu

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What about you? [And you?] What’s your name? (Informal, one person)

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E tu, come ti chiami?

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Your name is [you call yourself] (formal, one person)

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si chiama

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What’s your name? (Formal, one person)

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Come si chiama?

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What about you? What’s your name? (Formal, one person)

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E Lei, come si chiama?

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Excuse me, what’s your name? (Formal, one person)

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Scusi, come si chiama?

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Excuse me, what’s your name?

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Scusa, come ti chiami?

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Hi, what’s your name? (Informal, one person)

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Ciao, come ti chiami?

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My name’s Julia

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Mi chiamo Guilia

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my name is

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mi chiamo

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Culture Note
The most common female names in Italy are Barbara, Giulia, Anna, Elisa and Francesca, and the most common male names are Marco, Matteo, Fabio, Luca, Giovanni, and Paolo. Some male names have their female equivalent, but not all. For example, there is Francesco and Francesca, where you just need to change the end to make it a female name.

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16
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Nice to meet you [pleasure]

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Piacere

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Culture Note
In Italian, piacere literally means “pleasure” and it can be translated into “nice to meet you.” Italians use it to say “It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

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Nice to meet you. My name’s Julia.

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Piacere. Mi chiamo Giulia

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Nice to meet you. I’m Julia

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Piacere, sono Giulia

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Nice to meet you madam

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Piacere, signora

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Matthew

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Matteo

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Hi, I’m Matthew

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Ciao, sono Matteo

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Culture Note
Birthdays are celebrated throughout the world, but in Italy people also celebrate their onomastico, or “name day.” Children are often named after saints, and in the Christian calendar, each day is dedicated to a Saint. June 13, for example, is the feast day of S. Antonio, so on that day, everyone named Antonio celebrates their onomastico. November 1 is La Festa d’Ognissanti (All Saints’ Day), the day on which all saints not represented on the calendar are remembered.

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This is my friend

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Questo è il mio amico

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25
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this

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questo

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26
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he/she/it is

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è

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Grammar Note

Do you remember? È means both “you are,” in a formal context, and “he/she/it is.”

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28
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a friend

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un amico

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29
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my

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mio

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30
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my friend

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il mio amico

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Grammar Note
Did you say mio amico? Well, it’s almost correct, but remember that in Italian we literally say “the my friend”. We put the article “the” before “my” unless we are talking about close relatives in the singular form. We say, for example, mia moglie (my wife), mio marito (my husband), mio fratello (my brother), but we say i miei fratelli (my brothers) because it’s plural and il mio patrigno (my stepfather) because it’s not the name of a blood relative.

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32
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a husband

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un marito

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33
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This is my husband

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Questo è mio marito

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34
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Alexander

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Alessandro

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Culture Note
The most famous Italian man named Alessandro was Alessandro Manzoni (1785-1873) author of the historical novel I promessi sposi (The Betrothed), which is considered one of the masterpieces of world literature. Its importance lies also in the fact that Manzoni faced the dilemma of choosing which written form of Italian to use (la questione della lingua). He chose Tuscan, also used by some of the greatest writers of the past, namely Dante, Boccaccio, and Petrarca, making the novel the paradigm of modern Italian language.

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36
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This is Alexander

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Questo è Alessandro

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Alexandra

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Alessandra

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38
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This is Alexandra

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Questa è Alessandra

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Grammar Note
Did you notice it? We say Questo è Alessandro, but Questa è Alessandra: the ending of questo must be changed if you talk about a woman.

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who

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chi

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41
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Who is it?

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Chi è?

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42
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a (female) friend

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un’amica

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43
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my friend (female)

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la mia amica

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Grammar Note
Notice how you put “the” in front of “my friend.” But il, when referring to a woman, becomes la. The same is true of mio - when “my” is referring to a feminine word (like amica), it becomes mia.

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45
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This is my friend

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Questa è la mia amica

46
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the wife

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la moglie

47
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This is my wife

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Questa è mia moglie

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I’m Tom and this is my friend (female)

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Sono Tom e questa è la mia amica

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Culture Note
Most Italian first names are derived from those of Roman Catholic saints and local patron saints. Italian ancestors followed a tradition by which the children took the names of different grandparents based on their birth order. Things are different now. For example, back in the 80’s, many Italians were fond of American soap-operas and named their babies after their favorite character, without really being able to properly pronounce nor spell them!

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50
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a brother

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un fratello

51
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This is my brother, Simone

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Questo è mio fratello, Simone

52
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a sister

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una sorella

53
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This is my sister

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Questa è mia sorella

54
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an aunt

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una zia

55
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This is my aunt, Sarah

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Questa è mia zia, Sara

56
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an uncle

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uno zio

57
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Grammar Note
“Aunt” and “uncle” in Italian are easy; you simply change the ending from zia to zio. However, zio starts with z and so the articles that go with it are lo and uno.

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58
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This is my uncle

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Questo è mio zio

59
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she

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lei

60
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Grammar Note
Make sure you don’t confuse lei (she) with Lei, the formal way to say “you.” They look exactly alike. Lei “you” formal is often capitalized, but not always, so the context will help to differentiate between them.

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61
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This is my wife Alessandra, she is from Rome

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Questa è mia moglie Alessandra, lei è di Roma

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Grammar Note
Now you have learned how to use di (of) when talking about the place someone is from. Sono di Firenze (I am from Florence) literally means I am of Florence, I belong to Florence. Belonging and possession are expressed by the preposition di in Italian. Most of the times you use ‘s in English to show possession (Mary’s sister, my dad’s car) chances are that you’ll have to use di in Italian (La sorella di Mary; la macchina di mio padre). Let’s try the following challenge!

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63
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Simone’s wife [the wife of Simone]

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la moglie di Simone

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This is Sara, Simone’s wife

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Questa è Sara, la moglie di Simone

65
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This is Alessandra, Simone’s sister

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Questa è Alessandra, la sorella di Simone

66
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[MALE]

I am a teacher and she is a physician

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Io sono un insegenante e lei è un medico

67
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A teacher

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Un insegnante

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Insegnante designates someone who teaches (from the verb insegnare “to teach”). Il maestro, la maestra are specifically elementary school teachers. Professore, professoressa are the titles used for a man or a woman, teaching middle school, high school, or at the university. Students often call their teacher simply prof.

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69
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[MALE]

I am a teacher

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Io sono un insegnante

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Grammar Note
Personal pronouns (that is, words like "I," "you," and "he") are only used in Italian in certain cases because the endings of the verbs indicate the subject of the sentence.  One of the cases in which you would use a personal pronoun is in comparisons or contrast, as in a sentence like, "I am a teacher and she is a physician."
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71
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I

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Io

72
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She

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Lei

73
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She is

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lei è

74
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the physician

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il medico

75
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Grammar Note
The word medico is used to indicate both male and female physicians. The word dottore (doctor) is also used, but it has to change to dottoressa for a woman. However, dottore in Italy is also a title for anyone with a college degree, so if you hear someone being greeted, Buongiorno dottore! it does not necessarily mean that he is a physician, just that he graduated from a university.

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76
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She is a physician

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Lei è un medico.

77
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An engineer

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Un ingegnere

78
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I am an engineer

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Sono un ingegnere

79
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Grammar Note
Words like ingegnere (engineer) and insegnante (teacher) have the same form for masculine and feminine. As they start with a vowel, they still look the same with the definite article in front of them: l’insegnante. The indefinite article changes, though: the masculine for words that start with a vowel is un, but the feminine is un’ with the apostrophe that signals that the -a of una was dropped. The pronunciation is the same though.

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80
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My wife is an engineer

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Mia moglie è un’ingegnere.

81
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My husband is a physician

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Mio marito è un medico.

82
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The journalist

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il giornalista

83
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Grammar Note
Profession names that end in -ista have the same ending for both males and females in the singular. You need to use the correct article though. Other common professions that end in -ista are: dentista (dentist), artista (artist), farmacista (pharmacist), musicista (musician), and others.

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84
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My husband is a journalist

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Mio marito è un giornalista.

85
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My wife is a journalist

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Mia moglie è una giornalista.

86
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He

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Lui

87
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I am a journalist and he is a teacher

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Io sono una giornalista a lui è un insegnante.

88
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My brother

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Mio fratello

89
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I am a teacher and my brother is an engineer.

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Io sono un’insegnante e mio fratello è un ingegnere.

90
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my name is Tom. I am American but I live in Milan. I am a teacher.

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Caio mi chiamo TOm. Sono americano ma abito a Milano. Sono un insegnante

91
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Consoscerti

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to meet you

92
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Marzo

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March

93
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Mi presento

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Allow me to introduce myself

94
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The room

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La stanza

95
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Which is your room (formal, one person)

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Qual la sua stanza?

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Your (informal, one person)

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Tuo

97
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What is your number (informal, one person)

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Qual è il tuo numero di telefono?

98
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What is your address (informal, one person)

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Qual è il tuo indirizzo?

99
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What is your e-mail address? (Informal, one person)

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Qual è il tuo indirizzo e-mail?

100
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What is your date of birth (informal, one person)

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Qual è la tua data di nascita?

101
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Grammar Note
Did you remember to change tuo to match the feminine gender of la data di nascita? Tuo follows the same pattern as suo, and changes into tua when modifying a feminine noun.

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102
Q

Which is your room? (Informal, one person)

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Qual è la tua stanza?

103
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Mario’s address

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l’indirizzo di Mario

104
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This is Mario’s address

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Questo è l’indirizzo di Mario.

105
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This is my uncle’s room

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Questa è la stanza di mio zio.

106
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This is my sister’s room

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Questa è la stanza di mia sorella.

107
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today’s date

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la data di oggi

108
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What is today’s date?

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Qual è la data di oggi?

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