Basics 1 is the first skill in the English to Italian tree in the first row. It contains three lessons teaching the most basic elements to creating one's first sentences.
Grammar Notes[]
The notes below give some grammar advice and general tips [1]
Personal pronouns[]
The subject pronouns in Italian are:
- Io - I
- Tu - Singular You
- Lui - He
- Lei - She
- Esso/Essa - It (archaic and literary)
- Noi - We
- Voi - Plural You / You all
- Loro - They (speaking of people)
- Essi/Esse - They (archaic and literary)
The verb is always conjugated to match the subject, and the subject is only specified for clarity or emphasis.
Articles[]
Articles have to match gender and number of the noun they refer to.
The singular determinate articles (the) are:
- Lo - masculine, used before Z, S+consonant, GN, and some rarer consonant clusters.
- Il - masculine, used before consonants except the above.
- La - feminine, used before all consonants.
- L' - an elision of the above used before vowels.
The indeterminate articles (a/an) are:
- Uno - masculine, used before Z, S+consonant, GN, and some rarer consonant clusters.
- Un - masculine, used in all other cases.
- Una - feminine, used before all consonants.
- Un' - feminine, used before vowels.
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- il/un ragazzo = the boy
- la/una donna = the woman
- la/una ragazza = girl
- l'uomo/un uomo = man
- uno/un/una/un' = a/an
- lo/il/la/l' = the
- io sono = I am
Lesson 2[]
- tu sei = you are
- lui/lei è = (he/she) is
- mangia = (he/she/it) eats
- la mela = the apple
Lesson 3[]
- lo zucchero = the sugar
- l'acqua = the water
- il pane = the bread
- io mangio = I eat
- tu mangi = you (singular) eat
- io bevo = I drink
- tu bevi = you (singular) drink
- beve = (he/she/it) drinks
References[]
| Italian | |
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| Italian Skills | Basics 1 • Basics 2 • Common Phrases • Food • Plurals • Animals • Food 2 • Possessives • Clothing • Questions • Verbs:Present 1 • Colors • Conjunctions • Prepositions • Time • Family • Measurements • Occupations • Household • Adjectives 1 • Verbs:Present 2 • Adverbs • Places • Objects • People • Clitic Pronouns • Numbers • Determiners • Verbs:Present 3 • Verbs:Present Perfect • Adjectives 2 • Verbs:Infinitive 1 • Pronouns • Formal You • Verbs:Imperative • Education • Travel • Directions • Verbs:Past Imperfect • Feelings • Abstract Objects 1 • Sports • Verbs:Past Perfect • Adjectives 3 • Adverbs 2 • Abstract Objects 2 • Verbs:Infinitive 2 • Medical • Verbs:Future • Verbs:Gerund • Arts • Verbs:Future Perfect • Abstract Objects 3 • Verbs:Subjunctive Present • Science • Verbs:Conditional • Verbs:Modal • Verbs:Conditional Perfect • Communication • Nature • Verbs:Subjunctive Perfect • Business • Verbs:Subjunctive Imperfect • Verbs:Past • Spiritual • Politics • Flirting • Idioms • |