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Italian
Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what time is it? (Singular) | Che ora é? (Use W/ Mezzogiorno (noon), Mezzanotte (midnight), and 1:00) |
| what time is it? (Plural) | Che ore sono? (All other hours expressed with sono le + [number] |
| How do you say it is 6 o'clock? | Sono le sei |
| How do you say it is 10 o'clock? | Sono le dieci |
| How do you say it is 4:05? | Sono le quattro e cinque |
| How do you say it is 3:50? | Sono le tre meno dieci |
| How do you say it is quarter past? | un quarto or quindici |
| A quarter to? | meno un quarto |
| Half hour? | mezzo/mezza or trenta |
| How do you say it is 1:15? | é l'una e un quarto |
| How do you say it is 7:30? | Sono le sette e mezzo |
| How do you say in the morning (A.M) | di mattina/del mattino |
| How do you say in the afternoon? (P.M) | del pomeriggio |
| How do you say in the evening? | di sera |
| How do you say at night? | di notte |
| To ask what time something takes place at? | A che ora? Reply with mezzogiorno/mezzanotte, all'una or alle + [all other hours] |
| The class is at 9:45 | La lezione é alle dieci meno un quarto |
| Days of the week | i giorni della settimana (not capitalized, all masculine except domenica) |
| Monday | lunedí |
| Tuesday | martedí |
| Wednesday | mercoledí |
| Thursday | giovedí |
| Friday | venerdí |
| Saturday | sabato |
| Sunday | domenica |
| What day is it? | Che giorno é? |
| Today is Friday | Oggi é venerdí |
| Tomorrow is Saturday | Domani é sabato. |
| I have Italian class on Mondays | Ho lezione d'italiano il lunedí (express a recurring event use singular definite article before the day) |
| I'm going to the library on Monday | Vado in biblioteca lunedí (Refer to a specific day without the article) |
| Use the definitive article with una (Say its 1:00 PM) | é l'una del pomeriggio |
| How are you? | Come sta/stai? (form/fam) |
| How are things? | Come va? |
| Everything ok? | tutto bene? |
| Pretty Well | Abbastanza bene |
| Me too | Anch'io |
| So-So | Cosí Cosí |
| Not bad | Non c'é male |
| I am very well | Sto molto bene |
| I am not well | Sto male |
| Please | per favore |
| Your Welcome | Di niente, prego |
| Excuse me | Scusi/a (form/fam) |
| There is/there are | c'é/ci sono |
| What is it? | Che cos'é? |
| Who is it? | Chi é? |
| Here | ecco |
| To form the present tense of a regular -are verb, drop the -are and add the endings that correspond to each person to the stem. | Parlare (to speak) |
| I speak | io parlo |
| you speak | tu parli |
| you speak; he/she/it speaks | Lei/lui/lei parla |
| We speak | noi parliamo |
| You speak (you guys, plural) | voi parlate |
| they speak | loro parlano |
| to live, to reside | abitare |
| to arrive | arrivare |
| to wait (for) | aspettare |
| to change | cambiare |
| to have dinner | cenare |
| to look for | cercare |
| to call | chiamare |
| to begin to | cominiciare (a) |
| to buy | comprare |
| to desire/ to want | desiderare |
| to forget | dimenticare |
| to attend | frequentare |
| to drive | guidare |
| to meet with | incontrare |
| to learn (to) | imparare (a) |
| to teach | insegnare |
| to work | lavorare |
| to send | mandare |
| to eat | mangiare |
| to pay | pagare |
| to think (about/of) | pensare (a/di) |
| to bring; to wear | portare |
| to practice | practicare |
| to remember | ricordare |
| to return | (ri)tornare |
| to explain | spiegare |
| to study | studiare |
| to telephone | telefonare (a) |
| to find | trovare |
| to use | usare |
| to travel | viaggiare |