I Paese e Le Nazionalità

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Today we are going to study the name of the nationalities.  How do we name people from a nationality?  Do you know the name of your country and nationality in Italian?


Here it's a short list of some countries and nationalities:

COUNTRY	MALE nationality	FEMALE nationality
Italia (Italy)	Italiano	Italiana
Germania (Germany)	Tedesco	Tedesca
Austria (Austria)	Austriaco	Austriaca
Svizzera (Switzerland)	Svizzero	Svizzera
Spagna (Spain)	Spagnolo	Spagnola
Inghilterra (England)	Inglese	Inglese
Irlanda (Ireland)	Irlandese	Irlandese
Portogallo (Portugal)	Portoghese	Portoghese
Francia (France)	Francese	Francese
Colombia (Colombia)	Colombiano	Colombiana
Belgio (Belgium)	Belga	Belga
Scozia (Scotland)	Scozzeze	Scozzeze
Stati Uniti (U.S.A.)	Americano	Americana

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Il verbo essere (The verb to be)

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Today we are going to study the verb Essere (To Be) in Italian.

The present forms of the verb Essere are:

ITALIAN	ENGLISH
IO SONO	I AM
TU SEI	YOU ARE
LUI/ LEI È	HE/ SHE IS
NOI SIAMO	WE ARE
VOI SIETE	YOU ARE (PLURAL)
LORO SONO	THEY ARE

As same as in English, we can use the verb Essere to answer questions with Chi (Who)

CHI SEI?

(WHO ARE YOU?)

IO SONO UNO STUDENTE

(I AM A STUDENT)

The verb Essere is used to describe the subject as we do with the verb To Be

È BELLISIMA

(SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL)

AKIRO È GIAPPONESE

(AKIRO IS JAPANESE)

We can use the verb Essere to create sentences that answer questions starting with Dove (Where)

SONO IN UN BAR CON CARLA

(I AM IN A BAR WITH CARLA)

DOVE SONO?

(WHERE ARE THEY?)

I numeri (100-)

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Today we are going to study the numbers after 100.  For this lesson you just need to learn some extra words and make the combinations to obtain the number you want to express in Italian:


100- Cento
200- Duecento
300- Trecento
400- Quattrocento
500- Cinquecento 
600- Seicento
700- Settecento
800- Ottocento 
900- Novecento 
1000- Mille 
2000- Due mille 
3000- Tre mille
etc.

Duecentotrentotto 

(238)

seicentottanta

(680) 

10000- Diecimila
100000- Centomila
1000000- Un milione

Il maschile e il femminile

Formazione del maschile e del femminile

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Today we are going to study how identify male and female nouns in Italian

Male nouns in Italian commonly end by o or e

IL BAMBINO

(THE BOY)

IL GATTO

(THE CAT)

On the other hand, female nouns commonly end by a or e

LA GATTA

(THE CAT- FEMALE)

LA BAMBINA

(THE GIRL)

LA REGIONE

(THE REGION)

This rule however has many exceptions:

MALE	FEMALE
Il dottore (the doctor)	La dottoressa (the female doctor)
L’imperatore (the emperor)	L’imperatrice (the empress)
Il leone (the lion)	La leonessa (the lioness)
Il poeta (The poet)	La poetessa (the poetess)
Il professore (the teacher)	La professoressa (the female teacher)
Il president (the president)	La presidentessa (the female president)
Lo student (the student)	La studentessa (the student- f.)
Lo scrittore (the writer)	La scrittrice (the female writer)
L’uomo (the man)	La donna (the woman)