PREPOSITIONS AND REGULAR -IRE VERBS
Unitá 3A.2 Preposizioni semplici e articolate
This is a very tricky part of grammar in any of the languages that I know, because a lot of times these prepositions do not directly translate to the same prepositions in between different languages. I will guide you through the general rules.
Open your V-text to page 110: Look at the two green tables. Wow! Those tables make your head spin!
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Unitá 3A.3 Regular –IRE verbs
We have already studied the verbs of the first conjugation ending in –ARE, the ones of the second conjugation ending in –ERE and now we will learn the last conjugation, the third one.
Verbs ending in –IRE belong to the third conjugation.
Open your V-text to page 114 to see a table with the conjugation of the verb PARTIRE and page 115 to see the conjugation of the verb CAPIRE.
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Unitá 3. Lo Zapping
It is time to watch the commercial for this Unitá. It is about grandparents' celebration/festivity.
Open your V-text to page 119 and watch the commercial.
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Unitá 3B. Come sono?
I am going to start this section with a rhetorical question: “what is an adjective?”. My best answer is that an adjective wraps around a noun, and it gives either physical or psychological characteristics to it. In English, adjectives always go before the noun they refer to, while in Italian they always go after the noun, with few exceptions.
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Open your V-text to page 120 and move the mouse to hear the pronunciation of each descriptive adjective in the drawing and on the list. Please repeat after me for practice. |
In order for you to remember this list, try to highlight in your mind the adjectives that are cognates with English, even though it is the other way round because it is the English language that is using a romance language root.
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Unitá 3B. Pronuncia e ortografia
Open your V-text to page 123 and listen to the pronunciation and intonation of the QU letter combination.
Unitá 3B : Fotoromanzo
Open your V-text to page 124 and follow this episode of FOTOROMANZO to see what our Italian friends are up to.
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