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This page contains information about:: Italian Conversations, Dates in Italian, Irregular Verbs, Reflexive Verbs, and some Italian Expressions.


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Speak7 -- Buongiorno! Mi chiamo Speak7 , sono marocchino, mi piace l’italiano, lo sto imparando da un mese. E tu, come ti chiami?

Maria-- Mi chiamo Maria

Speak7 -- È un piacere conoscerti Maria.

Maria-- Molto lieto Speak7 .

Speak7 -- Di dove sei Maria?

Maria-- Sono spagnola.

Speak7 -- Quanti anni hai?

Maria-- Ho venti anni

Speak7 -- Ti piace la scuola?

Maria-- Si, mi piace J

 

Some help: Mi piace: I like/ imaparare: to learn/ un mese: a month/

di dove: where..from/ anni: years/ la scuola: school.

 

Dates in Italian

Monday: lunedì

Tuesday: martedì

Wednesday: mercoledì

Thursday: giovedì

Friday: venerdì

Saturday: sabato

Sunday: domenica

January: gennaio

February: febbraio

March: marzo

April: aprile

May: maggio

June: giugno

July: luglio

August: agosto

September: settembre

October : ottobre

November : novembre

December : dicembre

Dates in Italian: note that to express the day in Italian you should use “il” before all days except Sunday: Domenica:

il lunedi (on Monday), il venerdi (on Friday) …but la domenica (on Sunday).

My birthday is on may the 10th: il mio compleanno è il dieci maggio.

May the 1st: primo maggio/ 16th of March: 16 marzo.

Today is the 20th: oggi è il venti.

 

 

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Italian Irregular Verbs (present tense)

 

These are some common irregular verbs that you might come across very often: (stare, volere, sapere, potere, dare, fare, dovere, tenere, venire), please memorize them by heart, because they don’t follow any regular rule and also because they’re used very often.

 

Italian Irregular Verbs

 

Stare

(to be)

Volere

(to want)

Sapere

(to know)

Potere

(can)

Dare

(to give)

Dovere

(to have to)

Fare

(to do)

Tenere

(to have)

Venire

(to come)

Andare

(to go)

Dire

(to say)

Io

Tu

Lui

Noi

Voi

Loro

Sto

Stai

Sta

Stiamo

State

Stanno

Voglio

Vuoi

Vuole

Vogliamo

Volete

Vogliono

So

Sai

Sa

Sappiamo

Sapete

Sanno

Posso

Puoi

Può

Possiamo

Potete

Possono

Do

Dai

Diamo

Date

Danno

Devo

Devi

Deve

Dobbiamo

Dovete

Devono

Faccio

Fai

Fa

Facciamo

Fate

Fanno

Tengo

Tieni

Tiene

Teniamo

Tenete

Tengono

Vengo

Vieni

Viene

Veniamo

Venite

Vengono

Vado

Vai

Va

Andiamo

Andate

Vanno

Dico

Dici

Dice

Diciamo

Dite

Dicono

 

The verb “Stare” means to be or to stay, and used a lot in many idiomatic expressions.

-Come stai? (how are you?) -Sto bene, grazie (I'm fine, thanks). Stare is used also as a gerund referring to an action in progress: sto imparando l’italiano. (I’m learning Italian)

Potere (to be able to, can), Dovere (to have to), Volere (to want) are modal verbs as well as irregular verbs.

These are some examples of the verbs on the top:

 

Sto leggendo il giornale (I’m reading the newspaper)

Voglio visitare Roma (I want to visit Rome)

Non lo so! (I don’t know)

Posso aiutarti? (can I help you?)

Noi vi diamo il libro gratis (we give you the book for free)

Devi parlare in italiano. (you have to speak in Italian)

Che fai oggi pomeriggio? (what are you doing this afternoon?)

Tengo un libro in mano (I have a book in my hand)

Vieni oggi Jennifer? (are you coming today Jennifer?)

Oggi vado con la mia famiglia mangiare fuori (today I go with my family to eat outside)

Ti dico che sono d’accordo con te (I tell you I agree with you)

 

Italian Reflexive Verbs

 

Italian reflexive verbs are used to express an action applied to oneself, I wash myself = io mi lavo

They’re easy to form, just place (mi, ti, si, ci, vi, si) before the verb that is considered a reflexive verb.

Io mi lavo (I wash myself), tu ti lavi (you wash yourself)... lui si lava, noi ci laviamo, voi si lavate, loro si lavano.

Italian Reflexive Verbs are used more often than in English; sometimes you can use a reflexive verb in Italian but not in English:

io mi chiamo Roberto = my name is Robert (literally I call myself Robert)

 

Italian Direct Object (not after preposition): almost the same as the ones you just saw in the Italian reflexive verbs (mi, ti, lo/ la, ci, vi, le), the difference is in the blue font (3rd person singular and plural).

Lui mi dice (he tells me), io ti dico (I tell you), io lo/ la vedo (I see him/her), il ci dice (he tells us), io vi dico (I tell you all), il le vede (he sees them)

 

Writing training: write the same conversation which was between Speak7 and Maria, but this time you and an imaginary person, try to look up info that you don’t know their translation in Italian, apply some of the grammar you learned, and see how it goes J

Speaking training: try to read the conversation you just wrote out loud, train yourself well, you might need that for a real conversation in the future.

 

 

 

This table has some useful expression that might help you expend your knowledge of Italian:

 

 

Italian Expressions

Exactly!

Esatto!

Excellent!

Òttimo

Excuse Me ...! ( to ask for something)

Scusami!/ Mi scusi! (polite)

Excuse Me! ( to pass by)

Permesso

Four, Five, Six

Quattro, Cinque, Sei.

Give Me This!

Dammi questo!

Go ahead!

Sótto!/ Passi pure!

Go on!

Avanti!

Go Straight! Then Turn Left/ Right!

Vada dritto! e poi giri a destra/ sinistra!

Good Bye!

Arrivederci!

Good evening

Buonasera

Good Luck!

Buona fortuna!

Good Morning!

Buongiorno!

Good night

Buonanotte

Good Night & Sweet Dreams!

Buona notte e sogni d'oro!

Good/ Bad/ So-So.

Buono/ Cattico/ Così e così

Good/ So-So.

Bene/ così e così.

Goodbye

Arrivederci

Hands up!

Mani in alto!

Happy Birthday!

Buon compleanno!

Happy Easter

Buona Pasqua

Happy Holidays!

Buone feste!

Happy New Year!

Felice anno nuovo!/ Buon Capodanno

Have a good holiday!

Buona vacanza!

Have a good stay

Buona permanenza

Have a good time/ Enjoy yourself

Buon divertimento!

Have a good trip/ journey

Buon viaggio.

Hello!

Prónto!

Hello, Bye

Ciao

Hello, who's this?

Prónto, chi parla?

Here is / Here are...

Ecco...

Here You Go! (when giving something)

Eccolo!

Hey! Friend!

Ciao! Amico!

Hey, you

Ehi là

Hi!

Ciao!

Hold On Please! (phone)

Attenda prego!

How Are You?

Come stai?/ Come state (polite)?

How boring!

Che barba!

How do you feel?

Come si sènte?

How Do You Say "Please" In Italian?

Come dite “please” in italiano?

How far is it to Milano (from here)?

Quanto dista Milano (da qui)?

How long are you staying here?

Per quanto tempo   si ferma/ti fermi/ vi fermate  qui?

How long have you been here?

Da quanto tempo   è/sei/siete   qui?

How Much Is This?

Quanto costa questo?

How Old Are You?

Quanti anni hai?

How's going?

Come va?/ Come té la passi?

Hurry Up!

Sbrigati!/ Fàccia presto!

I beg your pardon. Sorry.

Scusi

I Don't Know!

Non lo so!

I don't remember

Non ricordo.

 

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