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lunes, 26 de marzo de 2012

Il suo numero di telefono/ indirizzo

Ciao


Today we are going to learn to basic questions where you need to use the numbers we have learnt before in Italian.


* What's your address?
* What's your telephone number?


Simply say


QUAL È IL SUO INDIRIZZO
(WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS)

QUAL È IL SUO NUMERO DI TELEFONO
(WHAT'S YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER)


Now let's use them in a simple conversation in Italian

- Qual è il Suo indirizzo?
* Calle del Puerto 27, Spain
- E il Suo numero di telefono?
*6532845.  Però ho anche il cellulare: 3153982235

Hope everything is clear for you.

Ciao ragazzi 

lunes, 19 de marzo de 2012

Plural forms (Part I)


Ciao

Today we are going to start learning some rules that will be very useful for you to learn the plural forms for both male and female nouns and adjectives in Italian


The plural for the male nouns and adjectives in Italian is made changing the last letter of the (o / e) into - i:

Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
il cane
the dog
i cani
the dogs
il gatto
the cat
i gatti
the cats
il bambino
the boy
i bambini
the boys
alto
tall
alti
tall (plural)

For the plural form of the female nouns you have to change the final - a to an - e:
Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
la gatta
the cat (f)
le gatte
the cats (f)
la bambina
the girl
le bambine
the girls (f)
la macchina
the car
le macchine
the cars
alta
tall (f)
alte
tall (f. plural)

There are however some exceptions.

In this lesson we are going to start learning some irregular plural forms:

Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
l'uomo
the man
gli uomini
the men
la mano
the hand
le mani
the hands
il braccio
the arm
le braccia
the arms
il dito
the finger
le dita
the fingers
l'uovo
the egg
le uova
the eggs

All words that end with an - e has their plural form ending on - i, but they keep the right article:
Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
il pescatore
the fisher
i pescatori
the fishers
la legiòn
the legion
le legioni
the legions

Words with acute accent don't change in their plural form:
Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
la città
the city
le città
the cities

The only female noun that ends with an - o is:
Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
la mano
the hand
le mani
the hands


Male words ending with an -a still have their plural form ending with an -i:
Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
il turista
the tourist
i turisti
the tourists
l'autista
the driver
gli autisti
the drivers

Words that end with a consonant are kept the same in their plural form:
Singular
Plural
Italian
English
Italian
English
l'autobus
the bus
gli autobus
the buses
il film
the movie
i film
the movies