Hey, there are some people (like myself) who are interested in learning Italian.
So, could someone teach me (and others) Italian?
And this will be a very usefull topic for people who want to learn Italian
Hey, there are some people (like myself) who are interested in learning Italian.
So, could someone teach me (and others) Italian?
And this will be a very usefull topic for people who want to learn Italian
I adore Italian but I am not on a level to teach. I can surely try my best to help with simple stuff
Ciao a tutti! = Hi everyone!
This was easy =)
ahah
what about the alphabet?
lol, google it :P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_alphabet
http://italian.about.com/library/fare/blfare101a.htm
http://www.zapitalian.com/Italian-Al.../Alphabet.html
**They call "y" i greca too
Basic
io- I
tu- you
lui- he
lei- she
loro- they
Verbs
Parlare- To speak
io parlo- I speak
tu parli- You speak
lui/lei parla- he/she speaks
noi parliamo- we speak
voi parlate- you speak (pl.)
loro parlano- they speak
Venire- To come
io vengo- I come
tu vieni- you come
lui/lei viene- he/she comes
noi veniamo- we come
voi venite- you come (pl)
Last edited by Música101; 08-22-2008 at 03:04 PM.
Ok, so now that you got the alphabet right, let's start and talk a little bit about the noun's gender.
NOUN'S GENDER
As you probably know, in Italian there are 2 genders (as opposite to English where we have only one)
So, as a general rule (singular):
- all nouns that finish in "o" are MASCULINE (ragazzo -boy, fratello - brother, etc)
- all nouns that finish in "a" are FEMININE (casa - house, sorella - sister, etc)
The general rule of nouns' plural:
- masculine nouns: "o"--->"i" (ragazzi - boys, fratelli - brothers)
- feminine nouns: "a"---> "e" (case - houses, sorelle - sisters)
Of course there are lots of exceptions, but for now let's try to stick to the rule.
I will now give you a list of nouns and if you want, you can try and tell their gender and also their translation (for the ones who don't know Italian, of course); I will also write some words that don't follow the rule, so give it a guess:
rosa
sorpresa
spiegazione
madre
arcobaleno
cane
gatto
pioggia
favola
tavola
sedia
corpo
canzone
traduzione
vita
stella
tempo
cielo
occhio
palla
fiore
So... I am waiting for the ones who are interested to give me some feedback and tell me if I should continue with some more explinations in the future.
Maybe you have some other ideas about what you want to learn about Italian...
About the verb...there are also the first and the second person plural (as I've pointed out) and there are also three conjugations of the Italian verbs:
1) regular verbs that finish in -are
2) regular verbs that finish in -ere
3) regular verbs that finish in -ire
I will also provide the conjugation of a verb finished in -ere:
CREDRE (to believe)
Io credo - I believe
Tu credi - You believe
Lui/Lei crede - He/She believes
Noi crediamo - We believe
Voi credete - You believe
Loro credono - They believe
Anyway the verb is the hardest part about Italian grammar, so these are just the basics.
As you can notice, there are certain endings that are added to the verb's root.
Numbers
uno
due
tre
quattro
cinque
sei
sette
otto
nove
dieci
undici
dodici
tredici
Colors
rosso- red
blu- blue
giallo- yellow
verde- green
arancione- orange
nero- black
bianco- white
grigio- gray
Months
gennaio- january
febbraio- february
marzo- March
maggio- May
?- June
?- July
Agosto- augus
settembre- September
ottobre- October
novembre- november
dicembre- december
I only know a little Italian. I really want to learn more though!!!! =)
rosa- Rose
sorpresa
spiegazione
madre- Mother
arcobaleno
cane- Dog
gatto- Cat
pioggia
favola- Flavor
tavola
sedia
corpo
canzone- Heart?
traduzione
vita
stella
tempo
cielo- sky
occhio
palla
fiore- Flower
that I like to use...
Ma va? = Really?
Dai/ Ma dai = Come on...
Vabbé = Ok
Va bene = Ok
Scusa = Sorry
amore mio = my love
tesoro mio = my treasure (literally)
Che c'é = Ne var in Turkish (what's up (rude) in English?)
Che bella = How nice/beautiful
Che carino/a = How cute
Ti amo = I luuuv you
Ti adoro = I adore you
Mi manca = I miss you
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Months
GUIGNO - June
LUGLIO - July
rosa- Rose and color pink
sorpresa = Surprise
spiegazione = explanation
arcobaleno = rainbow
pioggia = rain
favola- NOT Flavor, fairy tale [flavor is sapore]
tavola = table
sedia = chair
corpo = body
canzone- Heart? [No, it means song] [Heart = Cuore]
traduzione = translation
vita = life
stella = star
tempo = time
occhio = eye
palla = ball
I translated what i knew! And only after i posted, i looked at what Koukla wrote.
rosa – fem - rose
sorpresa – fem - surprise
spiegazione – fem - ?
madre – fem - mother
arcobaleno - masc
cane - fem - ?
gatto – masc - cat
pioggia - fem - ?
favola - fem - ?
tavola - fem - ?
sedia - fem - ?
corpo – masc - body
canzone – fem - song
traduzione – fem - translation
vita – fem - life
stella – fem - star
tempo – masc - time
cielo – masc - sky
occhio – masc - eye
palla - fem - ?
fiore – fem - flower
Way to go Layla, you got most of them right!
rosa – fem - rose
sorpresa – fem - surprise
spiegazione – fem - explanation
madre – fem - mother
arcobaleno - masc - rainbow
cane - masc- dog
gatto – masc - cat
pioggia - fem - ploaie
favola - fem - fairytale
tavola - fem - table
sedia - fem - chiar
corpo – masc - body
canzone – fem - song
traduzione – fem - translation
vita – fem - life
stella – fem - star
tempo – masc - time
cielo – masc - sky
occhio – masc - eye
palla - fem - ball
fiore – masc - flower
Last edited by aila; 03-08-2013 at 04:29 AM.
As a continuation to my previous post, I will give some additional rules about nouns' gender.
Nouns finished in -ore , -tore are MASCULINE
calore (heat), dolore (pain), amore (love)
attore (actor), direttore (manager - a man), cantatore (man singer)
Nouns finished in -ione, -trice are FEMININE
spiegazione (explanation), traduzione (translation), conversazione (conversation), opinione (opinion)
attrice (actress), direttrice (manager - a woman), cantatrice ( woman singer)
Nouns finished in a marked vowel -à, -ù are FEMININE
città - city
virtù - virtue , tribù - tribe
EXCEPTIONS
As I said before, there are nouns which don't follow the rules.
- These are the nouns which finish in -e:
they can be masculine (like fiore - flower) or feminine (like classe - class).
- Nouns finished in -ma are MASCULINE tema- theme, clima- climate, problema - problem
- Nouns finished in -isi are FEMININE: crisi - crisis, analisi - analysis.
THE ARTICLE
MASCULINE (MASCHILE)
sing.............................................. .................................pl.
IL(general) ---------------------------------------------I
il cane (the dog)-----------------------------------------i cani (the dogs)
il ragazzo (the boy)-------------------------------------i ragazzi (the boys)
LO for nouns that start with:---------------------------GLI
- s followed by a consonant (s impura)
lo specchio (the mirror)---------------------------gli specchi (the mirrors)
lo sbaglio (the mistake)--------------------------gli sbagli (the mistakes)
- z - lo zio (the uncle)-----------------------------------gli zii (the uncles)
- y - lo yogurt (the yoghurt)---------------------------gli yogurt (the yoghurts)
- gn, pn, ps - lo psicologo (the psychologist)------gli psicologi (the psychologists)
L' for nouns that start with a vowel:-------------------------GLI
- l'amico (the friend)---------------------------------gli amici (the friends)
- l'amore (the love)----------------------------------gli amori (the loves)
FEMININE (FEMMINILE)
sing.--------------------------------------------------------------pl.
LA (general)---------------------------------------------LE
la casa (the house)------------------------------------le case (the houses)
la ragazza (the girl)-----------------------------------le ragazze (the girls)
L' for nouns that start with a vowel:----------------------LE
l'amica (the [girl] friend)------------------------------le amiche (the [girl]friends)
l'acqua (the water)------------------------------------le acque (the waters)
Last edited by Lady_A; 08-26-2008 at 12:16 PM.
Just an addition to the above post of Lady A.
The nouns that come from a foreign language also have lo-gli as an article, for example
lo sport - gli sport
P.S. Lady A if I anticipated something tell me and I will delete the post.
Some everyday expressions:
Buon giorno: Good morning (I heard some say it until 18)
Buona sera: Good evening
Buona notte: Good night
Mi chiamo koukla: My name is koukla
Come ti chiami? What's your name?
Sono koukla: I am koukla
Quanti anni hai?: HOw old are u?
Ho 31 (trentuno anni): I am 31.
Sei sposato/a o single (young generation dont use the word celibe)?: Are you married or single? (they stress "g" a lot in single as none of their words end in vowel) so it is like singggle (and a thick "L")
Sono sposat(a) [female]: I am married
Di quale citta' sei?: Which city are you from?
Da dove?: Where are you from? (informally)
Di dove sei? : Where are you from?
Sono di Ank. : I am from Ank.
Dove abiti?: Where do you live?
Abito ad Ankara ed a Salonicco: I live in Ank & Thes/niki
***When there are two vowels linked, or together in the words "a" (at) and "e" (and), they generally add the letter -d like in the examples....insted of saying "a Ankara", they say "ad Ankara". or "ed a". Of course this is the perfect usage, some break this rule.
woooow.
i'll have to learn all of that! hahah
thanks for puting this all on here guys!
i love the sound of italian.
question, in italian, "ll" - is that like in spanish where it's prounounced "yah"
like stella, is it pronouced, "stella" or "steya"?
it's pronounced "stella"... you just double the sound of the "l", make it longer... not like in spanish.
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