I Piccoli Italiani 

(E Pee-COHL-lee ee-tah-lee-AH-nee, The Little Italians)

The club is open to anyone who would like to begin to learn the basics of 
the Italian language.  These lessons will be very simple, hence the name "I 
Piccoli Italiani" (The Little Italians).  We will pick up the basics, as we 
would have as a if we were babies in the family.  The disadvantage is that
we really have no "master" or parents to listen to imitate, nor do we have 
them to make corrections.  The goal would be to become familiar with some 
basic Italian words, phrases and expressions, that we could carry out some 
limited communication.  The secondary goal would be to give us enough 
background to allow us to tackle a real live Italian course some day. 

HAVE FUN!

I Piccoli Italiani 

Lezione#11

Parti del Corpo Umano
(PAHR-tee dehl KOHR-poh oo-MAH-noh, Parts of the Human Body)

vocaboli nuovi

la bocca (lah BOHK-kah, the mouth)
le due braccia (leh DOO-eh BRAHT-chah, the two arms)
un braccio (oon BRAHT-choh, an arm)
il braccio destro (eel BRAHT-choh DEHS-troh, the right arm)
il braccio sinistro (eel BRAHT-choh see-NEES-troh, the left arm)
i capelli (ee kah-PEHL-lee, the hair)
il collo (eel KOHL-loh, the neck)
il dente (eel DEHN-teh, the tooth)
i denti (ee DEHN-tee, the teeth)
le dita (leh DEE-tah, the fingers)
un dito (oon DEE-toh, a finger)
il dorso (eel DOHR-soh, the back)
la fronte (lah FROHN-teh, the forehead)
una gamba (OO-nah GAHM-bah, one leg)
le due gambe (leh DOO-eh GAHM-beh, the two legs)
le ginocchia (leh jee-NOCK-k'yah, the knees)
il ginocchio (eel jee-NOCK-k'yoh, the knee)
la labbra (lah LAHB-brah, the lips)
il labbro (eel LAHB-roh, the lip)
la lingua (lah LEEN-gwah, the tongue)
le due mani (leh DOO-eh MAH-nee, the two hands)
una mano (OO-nah MAH-noh, a hand)
la mano destra (lah MAH-noh DEHS-trah, the right hand)
la mano sinistra (lah MAH-noh see-NEES-trah, the left hand)
il naso (eel NAH-zoh, the nose)
i due occhi (ee DOO-eh OCK-kee, the two eyes)
un occhio (oon OCK-k'yoh, an eye)
i due orcchi (ee DOO-eh oh-REHK-kee, the two ears)
un orecchio (oon oh-REHK-k'yoh, one ear)
un piede (oon p'YEH-deh, a foot)
i due piedi (ee DOO-eh p'YEH-dee, the two feet)
il petto (eel PET-toh, the chest)
le spalle (leh SPAHL-leh, the shoulders)
lo stomaco (loh stoh-MAH-koh, the stomach)
la testa (lah TESS-tah, the head)

Saggi di saluti (samples of greetings):

Bravo !

(BRAH-voh, excellent or well done!)

Congratulazioni !

(kohn-grah-too-lah-tsee-OH-nee, congratulations)

Mi congratulo per...

(mee kohn-grah-TOO-loh pehr, my congratulations on..)

Permettete di offrirvi le mie piu' sentite congraluazioni per...

(Pehr-meht-TEH-teh dee ohf-FREER-vee leh MEE-eh PEE-oo 
sehn-TEE-tah kohn-grah-too-lah-tsee-OH-nee pehr,  Allow 
me to congratulate you on...)

I migliori auguri 

(ee mee-glee-OHR-ee ahw-GOO-ree, with good wishes)

Cari auguri 

(KAH-ree ahw-GOO-ree, with love and best wishes)

Vogliate accettare i nostri piu' cordiali auguri 

(Voh-glee-AHW-teh ahk-cheht-TAH-reh, ee NOHS-tree 
PEE-oo kohr-dee-AHL-ee ahw-GOO-ree, please accept our 
best wishes)

Boun compleanno 

(Bohn kohm-pleh-AHN-noh, happy birthday)

Tanti aururi di boun compleanno

(TAHN-tee ahw-ROO-ree dee bohn kohm-pleh-AHN-noh, best wishes for a 
happy birthday)

I nostri piu' sinceri auguri in occasione dei tuoi (____*) anni

(ee NOHS-tree PEE-oo seen-CHER-ee ahw-ROO-ree een ohk-kah-see-OH-neh 
DEH-ee TOO-ee, (______*) AHN-nee, our very best wishes on your (_____*) 
birthday) 

NOTATE: *fill in number like 29 15, 65 for the birthday year

Cento di qusti giorni 

(CHEN-toh dee KWOOS-tee JOUR-nee, Many happy returns of the day)

I miei piu' sentiti auguri per una pronta guarigione 

(ee MYEH-ee, PEE-oo sehn-TEE-tee ahw-ROO-ree pehr OO-nah 
PROHN-tah gwahl-ree-gee-OH-neh, very best wishes for a 
speedy recovery)

Le auguro tutto il successo che giustamente merita nella sua 
nuova carriera

(leh awh-JOO-roh TOOT-toh eel sook-CHEHS-soh key joos-tah 
MEHN-teh meh-REE-tah NEHL-lah SOO-ah noo-OH-va, 
kahr-ree-EHR-ah, I wish you every success in your new career)

STUDENTI: Practice this for a few days, with a partner if possible. 
Use words you know from this and other lessons to expand on these 
sample questions and answers for further practice.