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Capitolo 7
Obiettivi per il capitolo At the end of this chapter, students should be able to… talk about common actions, including reciprocal and reflexive actions, in the present and simple past describe their...
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Benvenut* a volume 2 di Tutt* a tavola! This book, much like volume 1, was both a labor of love and a team effort in every sense. In particular, we are so grateful to our co-collaborators for their...
View ArticleAppendix A – The present tense
essere sono siamo sei siete è sono avere ho abbiamo hai avete ha hanno parlare (an example of a regular -are verb) parlo parliamo parli parlate parla parlano vedere (an example of a regular -ere verb)...
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Capitolo 8
Obiettivi per il capitolo At the end of this chapter, students should be able to: talk about common holidays in their country identify similarities and differences between holidays in Italy and...
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Capitolo 9
Obiettivi per il capitolo At the end of this chapter, students should be able to: Identify direct and indirect objects in both English and Italian Talk about clothing and fashion, as well as the...
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Capitolo 10
Obiettivi per il capitolo At the end of this chapter, students should be able to: talk about their plans and intentions for the future identify and discuss different professions make predictions about...
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Capitolo 11
Obiettivi per il capitolo At the end of this chapter, students should be able to… discuss food and Italian specialties understand Italian menus, restaurants, and cultural norms related to food use the...
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Capitolo 12
Obiettivi per il capitolo At the end of this chapter, students should be able to… discuss climate change, including problems and possible solutions understand the difference between the subjunctive...
View ArticleAppendix B – Il passato prossimo con avere e essere
What is it? The passato prossimo is a compound past tense consisting of an auxiliary verb and the past participle of the main verb. In Italian, the auxiliary verb can either be avere or essere. Il...
View ArticleAppendix C – Irregular past participles
The following verbs have irregular past participles: aprire – aperto bere – bevuto chiedere – chiesto chiudere – chiuso correre – corso dare – dato dire – detto essere – stato fare – fatto leggere –...
View ArticleAppendix E – Il passato remoto
What is it? Like the passato prossimo, the passato remoto expresses completed actions in the past. As its name suggests, it tends to be used to refer to events in the distant past and is often used in...
View ArticleAppendix F – Il futuro
What is it? The futuro is used to express intentions, plans, and predictions for a future time. In Italian, we can also use the present tense to express the future. Conjugations Regular verbs When we...
View ArticleAppendix G – Il condizionale
What is it? The condizionale is used to express polite requests, imaginary hypotheticals, and wishes or desires. Conjugations Regular verbs When we form the conjugations in the conditional, we only...
View ArticleAppendix H – Il congiuntivo
What is it? The congiuntivo is used in the main clause when the dependent clause features certain verbs and impersonal expressions that express opinion, uncertainty, hopes, desires, needs, fears, and...
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(ri)conoscere to know; to recognize asilo nursery school bambole dolls certezza certainty fiabe fables giocattoli toys i capricci tantrums maestra elementary school teacher nascondino hide and seek...
View ArticleAppendix D – The imperfect
What is it? The imperfect, or the imperfetto, is a past tense form used to describe ongoing or habitual events in the past. When do we use it? The imperfect can correspond to the past progressive (-ing...
View ArticleAppendix I – Regular verb charts
Regular Verbs that end in -are Amare L’indicativo Presente – Take off the -are to find the root and -o, -i, -a, -iamo, -ate, -ano to conjugate. amo amiamo ami amate ama amano Imperfetto- Take off the...
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View ArticleInstructor’s Guide to Tutt* a tavola!
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