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#12 L'introduzione e la Partenza
(l'een-troh-doo-zee-OH-ne e lah PAHR-teh,
Introducing and Departing)
Conversazione semplice
Posso presentarle mio amico, John?
(POHS-soh preh-sehn-TAHR-leh MEE-oh ah-MEE-koh John?,
May I present my friend John?)
Le presento il mio amico John.
(LEH preh-sehn-toh eel MEE-oh ah-mee-koh John.
I present you my friend John).
Mi e' un piacere conoscerLa.
(MEE EH oon pee-ah-CHEH-reh coh-NOH-sher-lah.
It is a pleasure for me to meet you.)
Felice incontrare Lei.
(feh-LEE-che een-kohn-TRAH-reh lay.
I am happy to meet you.)
Il piacere e' il mio.
(ell pee-ah-CHE-reh e ell MEE-oh.
The pleasure is mine).
Mi posso introdurre? Sono....
(mee POHS-soh een-troh-DOOR-reh? SOH-noh.....
May I introduce myself? I am.....(your name)
E' stato un vero piacere.
( E STAH-toh oon VEH-roh pee-ah-CHE-reh,
It's been a real pleasure.)
Il piacere e' stato il mio.
(eel pee-ah-CHE-reh e STAH-toh ell MEE-oh.
The pleasure was all mine.)
A presto.
(ah PREHS-toh.
See you soon)
Arrivederci ad un altro giorno.
(ahr-ree-veh DEHR-chee ahd oon AHL-troh j'YOHR-noh.
Goodbye until another day).
A piu' tardi.
(ah p'YOU TAHR-dee.
See you later).
A dopo!
(ah DOH-ph!
See you later!)
Ci vediamo.
(chee veh-d'YAH-moh.
We'll see each other-see you.)
A domani.
(ah doh MAH-nee.
See you tomorrow.)
A sabato.
(ah sah-BAH-toh.
See you Saturday.
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.
