Che lingue parla

Ciao!

Are you ready to learn the names of some languages in Italian?

In Italian, we use the male article (il, lo, l') with the name of the languages:

L'italiano

(ITALIAN)

L'olandese

(DUTCH)

L'inglese

(ENGLISH)

Il russo

(RUSSIAN)

Il francese

(FRENCH)

Il greco

(GREEK)

Lo spagnolo

(SPANISH) 

Lo svedese

(SWEDISH)

Il portoghese

(PORTUGUESE)

Il Cinese
(CHINESE)


Lo giapponese
(JAPANESE)  

• E tu, che lingue parla?
• Io parlo lo spagnolo

A presto

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Che lingue parla?

Buongiorno 


Come stai?

• Che lingue parla?

That's an interesting question you could make or answer when you come to Italy and it means, What language do you speak?

It could be really helpful to start a conversation and also to recognize someone who also speaks English. 

The answer would be

• Io parlo ___________

I speak __________

Now it's time to know what to answer.

In the following lesson I am going to teach some languages in Italian and the article you have to use for each one.

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Plural Forms (Part V)

Ciao


Today I am going to give you the final plural form rules and how they work in Italian.


I hope you find easy to understand them.  Are you ready?
Va bene



Female words ending on -cia; -gia:

If they have a vowel before -cia or -gia they keep the -i at the plural:

Singular		Plural
Italian	English	Italian	English
camicia	shirt	camicie	shirts
cilegia	cherry	cilegie	cherries

If they have a consonant before -cia; -gia the -i is lost:

Singular		Plural
Italian	English	Italian	English
provincia	province	province	provinces
pioggia	rain	piogge	rains

Irregular Plural forms:

Singular		Plural
Italian	English	Italian	English
Dio	God	dei	gods
bue	donkey	buoi	donkeys
mille	thousand	mila	thousands
		duemila	two thousand
lenzuolo	blanket	lenzuola	blankets
ciglio	eyelash	ciglia	eyelashes
sopracciglio	eyebrow	sopracciglia	eyebrows
labbro	lip	labbra	lips
ginocchio	knee	ginocchia	knees

Words that are normally used in their plural form:

Plural
Italian	English
gli occhiali	The glasses
le forbici	The scissors
le stoviglie	The plates
le manette	The handcuffs

So that's all for today

Alla prossima volta  

Questo e Questa

Ciao


Today we are going to learn two new words in Italian: Questo and Questa.


Questo and Questa are Italian words for "This is" and you use it when you are presenting a friend.


We have already practised how to greet someone and how to say that it's nice to meet someone.


The only difference is that you use Questo for males and Questa for females


Now you know how to introduce someone:


Ciao Danny, Come stai?
Benissimo.  E tu? 
Anch'io, grazie.  Senti, questa è Carla, una mia amica francese.  E questo è Danny, un mio amico. 
Ciao!
Piacere
Sai, Carla parla molto bene l'italiano
Ah, sì? Io invece purtroppo non parlo il francese!


Sa Bene?


I hope you keep working on your Italian. 


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