| Video 002 :: translation :: grammar explications :: vocabulary |
Allora!
Stop it!
Michela, dove siamo? Io non capisco.
Michela, where we are? I am confused.
dove, interrogative adverbs interrogative adverbs
Ve l`lo detto prima! Siamo a Friedrichshain
I already said that. We are at Friedrichshain.
ve lo, two following pronouns (Attention! The form changes!), see position and change of form if there are several personal.
Parla italiano per favore!
Say it in italian please!
Il quartiere si chiama Friedrichshain!
The name of the borough is Friedrichshain!
si chiama literally, it calls himself
E dov`è sulla cartina? Io non lo vedo!
And where on the map it is? I can' t see it!
Cercalo, è con la F...Fri...drich....hain
Look here, F...Fri...drich...hain
Ok, ve lo ridico in italiano: Friedrichshain (Federique Shain)
Alright, I tell you once again in Italian
ve lo ridico, two following pronouns, the form changes: see position and change of form if there are several personal
Oh, eccolo quà! Friedrichshain!
Oh, here it is! Friedrichshain!
Oh, l`abbiamo trovato...bene...benissimo...
Oh, we have found it, that' s good...good...very good...
Ce l` abbiamo fatta....andiamo
We got it....let' s go
The good news first. There is no big difference in the use of the definite article between Italian and English. We will talk about the few exceptions later. Don't consider the formation of the plural (casa / case <=> house / houses) at the moment, we will talk about the plural later. At the moment we talk only about the definite article.
| la |
fem. / singular |
in front of a feminine noun, which begins with a consonant |
| la donna (the woman) |
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| la casa (the house) |
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| la bottiglia (the bottle) |
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| la barzelletta (the joke) |
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| il |
masc./ singular |
in front of a masculine noun, which begins with a consonant |
| il corso (the course) |
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| il fiume (the river) |
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| il gioco (the game) |
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| le |
fem. / plural |
always le, no matter what is at the beginning of the word |
le donne (the women)
le case (the houses) |
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| le bottiglie (the bottles) |
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| le barzellette (the jokes) |
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| le amiche (the friends / fem.) |
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| le studentesse (the students) |
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| i |
masc. / plural |
in front of a masc. noun, that begins with a consonant |
| i corsi (the courses) |
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| i fiumi (the rivers) |
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| i giochi (the games) |
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| l' |
masc. / fem. singular |
in front of a masc. / fem. noun, that begins with a consonant |
| l' amico (the friend / masc.) |
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| l' amica (the friend / fem.) |
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| l' occhio (the eye) |
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| l' oggetto (the object) |
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| lo |
masc. / singular |
in front of a masc. noun, which begins with s + consonant (sp, st, sc) or ps, gn, z |
| lo spettacolo (the game) |
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| lo stesso (the same) |
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| lo psicologo (the psychologist) |
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| lo sguardo (the regard) |
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| lo scemo (the stupid) |
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| gli |
masc. / plural |
in front of a masc. noun, which begins with s + consonant (sp, st, sc) or ps, gn, z or with a vowel |
| gli spettacoli (the actor) |
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| gli studenti (the students) |
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| gli scemi (the fool) |
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