Italian 1 lecture 1 8/18/25

A

(ah)

b

(bi)

c

(chee)

d

(di)

e

(eh)

F

(effe)

g

(gi)

h

(acca)

i

(i)

L

(elle)

m

(emme)

n

(enne)

o

(o)

p

(pi)

q

(cu)

r

(erre)

s

(esse)

t

(ti)

u

(u)

v

(vu)

z

(zeta)

what letters are used primarily for foreign terms

j,k,w,x,y

what letters have a hard and soft pronunciation

c and g

a,o,u,h follows when c and g are what?

hard

ie follows when c and g are what?

soft

io mean?

I

tu means?

you

Lei is formal for?

you

lei means?

she

lui means?

he

what makes she and formal you different?

formal you is Sempre capitalizzato

noi means?

we

voi means?

y’all

loro means?

formal y’all

what is a double consonant?

(pronounced with more emphasis)

what is the only letter that cant have a double constantan

h (acca)

caoi means?

hello/goodbye

arrivederci/arriverderLa means?

good bye

bugongiorno means?

good morning

Buonasera

good evening

buonanotte

good night

Buona giornata

have a good day

A domani

see you tomorrow

a presto

see you soon

Arrivederci

good bye informal

arriverderLa

good bye formal

Come stai

how are you? informal

como sta

how are you formal

sto bebe

im good

sto male

im bad

como ti chiami

whats you name

como si chiama

whats their name

piacere

pleasure to meet

piacere mio

pleasure is mine

ti persento

imformal (i present to you)

La presento

formal (i present to you)

grazie millie

thank you very much

di niente

you’re welcome

per favore

please

la donna le donne

the woman/ the women

l’uomo gil uomini

the man the men

la ragazza

the girl

ragazzo

the boy

lo studente

the student

gli studenti

the students

che/ che cosa

what?

chi

who

quando

when

dove

where

perche

why

come

how

i compiti

the homework

l’universita

the university

l’arte

the art

le scienze

the sciences

la storia

history

le lingue

languages

la matita

pencils

il libro

the book

anch’io

me too

la’ lì

there

qua qui

here

define

il →i la →le l’→le lo→gil l’ → gli

in definite

un, una, uno, un’

essere

ce’/ ci sono