Italian Test 1 - Year 8 beginner

Alphabet pronunciation

• A: Pronounced like "ah" as in "father". 

• E: Pronounced like "eh" as in "bed" or "e" as in "they" depending on accent. 

• I: Pronounced like "ee" as in "see". 

• O: Pronounced like "oh" as in "go" or "o" as in "boat" depending on accent. 

• U: Pronounced like "oo" as in "moon". 

Consonants:

• B: Pronounced like "bee".

• C: Pronounced like "ch" as in "church" when followed by "e" or "i", and like "k" as in "cat" otherwise.

• D: Pronounced like "dee".

• F: Pronounced like "eff".

• G: Pronounced like "g" as in "go" when followed by "a", "o", "u" or a consonant, and like "j" as in "gem" when followed by "e" or "i".

• H: Silent, but can be used to indicate a vowel sound.

• L: Pronounced like "l" as in "light".

• M: Pronounced like "m" as in "man".

• N: Pronounced like "n" as in "no".

• P: Pronounced like "p" as in "pen".

• Q: Pronounced like "k" as in "cat" followed by "u".

• R: Pronounced like a rolled "r".

• S: Pronounced like "s" as in "sun".

• T: Pronounced like "t" as in "top".

• V: Pronounced like "v" as in "van".

• Z: Pronounced like "s" as in "sun" or "z" as in "zebra" depending on the surrounding letters. 

Numbers 1-10

Uno, Due, Tre, Quattro, Cinque, Sei, Sette, Otto, Nove, Dieci

Italian tens (numbers)

Dieci, Venti, Trenta, Quaranta, Cinquanta, Sessanta, Settanta, Ottanta, Novanta, Cento

Come stai?

How are you? (informal)

Come sta?

How are you? (formal)

Tuttu bene?

All good? (informal)

Sto bene.

I am well.

Sto molto bene.

I am very well.

Melissimo

I am extremely bad.

Non sto bene.

I am not well.

Sto Benissimo!

I’m really well!

Non c’e male

I’m not bad.

Cosi Cosi

So So

Non tanto bene.

I’m not doing well.

Sto male.

I'm doing badly.

Grazie

Thank you

Per favore

Please

Come ti chiami?

What is your name?

Mi chiamo…

My name is…

Quanti anni hai?

How old are you?

Io ho tredici anni.

I am thirteen years old.

Settimana

Week

Lunedi

Monday

Martedi

Tuesday

Mercoledi

Wednesday

Gioviedi

Thursday

Venerdi

Friday

Sabato

Saturday

Domenica

Sunday

Oggi

Today

Ieri

Yesterday

Domani

Tomorrow

Gennaio

January

Febbraio

February

Marzo

March

Aprile

April

Giugno

June

Lugio

July

Agosto

August

Settembre

September

Ottobre

October

Novembre

November

Decembre

December

Quande e il tuo compleano?

When is your birthday?

Il mio compleano e il ventotto dicembre

My birthday is the 28th of December

Oggi e martedi venticinque marzo.

Today is tuesday the 25th of march.

il mio onomastico e ………

My name day is