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 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!
Lezione#4 numeri e calendario
(noo-MEH-ree e cah-lehn-dah-REE-oh, numbers and calendar)
NOTATE: This lesson will stress reading and using numbers and the
calendar.
A new feature will have us start off the lesson with a common phrase and
response. Most of the time, adjectives follow the noun they modify (such as
Italiana to frase).
La frase italiana della settimana
(Lah FRAH-seh e-tah-lee-AH-nah DEH-lah set-tah-MAH-nah)
Come va?
(COH-meh VAH?, How is it going? or How goes it?)
Response: Non c' `e male.
(NON che-EH MAH-leh, Not bad.)
vocaboli nuovi
Una settimana sie compone di sette giorni che si chiamano:
(OO-nah set-tee-MAH-nah see kohm-POH-neh de SET-teh JOHR-nee keh
see KYAH-mah-noh, One week is composed of seven days are
named/called)
domenica (doh-MEH-nee-kah Sunday)
lunedi (loo-neh-DEE Monday )
martedi` (mahr-teh-DEE Tuesday)
mercoledi` (mehr-koh-leh-DEE Wednesday)
giovedi (joh-veh-DEE Thursday)
venerdi (veh-nehr-DEE Friday)
sabato (SAH-bah-toh Saturday )
I mesi si chiamano:
(Ee MEH-zee see KYAH-mah-noh, The months are named)
gennaio (jehn-NIGH-yoh January)
febbraio (fehb-BRIGH-yoh February)
marzo (MAHR-tsoh March)
aprile (ah-PREE-leh April)
maggio (Mah-djoh May)
giugno (JOON-nyoh June)
lugio (LOON-leyoh July)
agosto (ah-GOHS-toh August)
settembre (set-TEHM-breh September)
ottobre (oht-toh-breh October)
novembre (nov-VEHM-breh November)
dicembre (dee-CHEM-breh December)
l'anno si divide in quattro stagioni :
(LAHN-noh see dee-VEE-deh een KWAHT-troh stah-JOH-nee, The year is
divided into four seasons)
NOTATE: We have included the definite article and gender with the seasons:
la primavera (pree-mah-VEH-rah spring)
l' estate (ehs-TAH-teh summer)
l' autunno (aouh-TOON-noh fall/autumn)
l' inverno (een-VEHR-noh winter)
contare semplicemente
(kohn-TAH-reh sem-plee-cheh-MEN-teh, simple counting)
1 uno (OO-noh)
2 due (DOO-eh)
3 tre (treh)
4 quattro (KWAHT-troh)
5 cinque (CHEEN-kweh)
6 sei (say)
7 sette (SET-teh)
8 otto (OHT-toh)
9 nove (NOH-veh)
10 dieci (d-YEH-chee)
11 undici (OON-dee-chee)
12 dodici (DOH-dee-chee)
13 tredici (TREH-dee-chee)
14 quattordici (Kwaht-TORH-dee-chee)
15 quindici (KWEEN-dee-chee)
16 sedici (SEH-dee-chee)
17 diciassette (dee-chahs-SET-teh)
18 diciotto (dee-CHOT-toh)
19 diciannove (dee-chahn-NOH-veh)
20 venti (VEHN-tee)
21 ventuno (vehn-TOO-noh)
22 ventidue (vehn-tee-DOO-eh)
23 ventitre (vehn-tee-TREH)
24 ventiquattro (vehn-tee-KWAHT-troh)
25 venticinque (vehn-tee-CHEEN-kweh)
26 ventisei (vehn-tee-SAY)
27 ventisette (vehn-tee-SET-teh)
28 ventotto (vehn-OHT-toh)
29 ventinove (vehn-tee-NOH-veh)
30 trenta (TREHN-tah)
31 trentuno (trehn-TOO-noh)
Conversazione semplice-domande e risposte (simple
conversation-questions
and answers). Use these simple questions and combine it with various
words from this and other lessons, then answer the question.
1. (domande) Che giorno e'? or Quale giorno e' ?
(KEH JOHR-noh EH, or KWAL-eh JOHR-noh EH, What day is it?)
(risposte) Oggi `e venerdi
(OH-jee EH veh-nehr-DEE, Today is Friday.)
2. (domande) Che mese è? or Quale messe è?
(KEH MEH-zeh EH , KWAL-eh MEH-zeh EH, What month is it?)
(risposte) Il mese è lugio.
(eel MEH-zeh EH LOON-leyoh, The month is July.)
3. (domande) Quale giorno del mese è oggi?
(KWAL-eh JOHR-noh dal MEH-zeh EH OH-jee, What day of the month is it
today?)
(risposte) Oggi `e il venti. (OH-jee EH eel VEHN-tee, Today is the 20th.)
NOTATE: When talking about a day of the month, you need to put the article
"il" before the number
4. (domande) Quando è il Suo compleanno?
(KWAHN-doh EH eel SOO-oh cohm-plee-AHN-noh, When is your
birthday?)
(risposte) Il mio compleanno e' il venti agosto.
(EEL MEE-oh cohm-plee-AHN-noh EH eel VEHNtee ah-GOHS-toh, My
birthday
is August 20th.)
STUDENTI: Practice this for a few days, with a partner if possible. Use
words
you know to make up your own questions and answers. Try to master one
lesson
per week. Review words and phrases from past lessons. Mix items from
each
lesson as you practice. This gives you a chance to really learn and use the
lessons.
