ITA100Y1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: The Skin, Occhiali, Italian Peninsula
11 May 2018
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MIDTERM #2
Numbers 101 and Higher
- Uses a period instead of a comma to indicate thousands/millions/billions
Possessives
- A definite article usually accompanies the possessive adjective
- Possessive adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify
- Do not use the definite article with singular, unmodified nouns denoting family
members
o Mio padre/vostra nonna/nostra figlia
- Use the definite article if a noun referring to a family member is plural or modified
by an adjective or a suffix (-astro/a, -igno/a)
o Il mio bel fratello (my handsome brother)
o La tua sorellina (your little sister)
- Loro is a special case: always accompanied by a definite article, never changes form
o I loro cugini (their cousins)
o La loro zia (their aunt)
- English uses -‘s after a noun to express relationships or ownership Italian uses di
+ [noun or proper name]
o Di chi è il cane?
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Preposizioni Semplici e articolate
- Prepositional contractions are formed when certain prepositions contract with a
definite article
o A + il = al To + the = to the
- Di is used to express possession
o La partita di calcio (the soccer game)
- Da is used to express an items purpose
o La racchetta da tennis (the racket for tennis)
- Di and Da can both be used to describe origin but di is typically used with essere,
while da with other verbs
- Both a and in can express destination or location, use contraction when the noun is
modified
o Nella bella Toscana
- In many cases the use of a or in is idiomatic
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o A casa at home
o Al cinema at/to the movies
o A mezzanotte at midnight
o In autobus by bus
o In bicicletta by bike
- Su has idiomatic uses:
o Sul computer on the computer
o Su internet online/on the internet
o Sul giornale in the newspaper
- Use a to say that something is on the radio and a or in for television
Regular –ire Verbs
- Finire can be followed by a noun or an infinitive
o Before an infinitive use di
o To say end up doing use per
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Descriptive Adjectives
- To desbribe a persons hair use avere + I capelli
- To describe eyes use avere + gli occhi
- Certain adjectives including bello, brutto, buono, cattivo, nuovo, vecchio, giovane,
grande and piccolo precede the noun
o Bello and buono have special forms in this position
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Document Summary
Uses a period instead of a comma to indicate thousands/millions/billions. A definite article usually accompanies the possessive adjective. Possessive adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. Do not use the definite article with singular, unmodified nouns denoting family members: mio padre/vostra nonna/nostra figlia. Use the definite article if a noun referring to a family member is plural or modified by an adjective or a suffix (-astro/a, -igno/a: il mio bel fratello (my handsome brother, la tua sorellina (your little sister) Loro is a special case: always accompanied by a definite article, never changes form: i loro cugini (their cousins, la loro zia (their aunt) English uses - s after a noun to express relationships or ownership italian uses di. Prepositional contractions are formed when certain prepositions contract with a definite article: a + il = al to + the = to the. Di is used to express possession: la partita di calcio (the soccer game)
