ITA100Y1 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hanoi
11 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Uit ad : Italia Oerie
Nouns and Articles
Masculine/Feminine Noun Endings
- Nouns that end in –o are masculine
- Nouns that end in –a are feminine
- Nouns that end in –e may be either masculine or feminine
- Nouns that end in a consonant or –ore are masculine
- Nouns that end in –ione are feminine
Plural Nouns
- Masculine ending of –o becomes –i
- Feminine ending of –a becomes –e
- Regardless of gender, singular nouns ending in –e change the vowel to –i
- When referring to all-male group or mixed gender group, always use masculine plural form
- Plural of nouns ending in –co, -ca, -go and –ga add an h in order to maintain the hard c or g
sound
o Exception: amico/amici
- Shortened nouns and nouns that end in consonants or accented vowels do not change from the
singular to plural
o Un foto due foto
o Un caffé due caffé
Articles
The indefinite article refers to an unspecified person or thing (English: a/an)
Masculine
Z or S + consonant
Uno
A vowel or other consonants
Un
Feminine
A vowel
U’
A consonant
Una
The definite article indicates specific person or thing (English: the)
Singular Plural
Masculine
A vowel
L’
Gli
Z or S + consonant
Lo
Gli
Other consonants
Il
i
Feminine
A vowel
L’
Le
A consonant
La
Le
Numbers
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C’e, Ci Sono, Ecco
- Use c’è to say, There is…/is there…
- Use ci sono to say, there are…/are there…
- Use c’è with singular nouns and ci sono with plural nouns
- Use quanti with masculine plural nouns and quante with feminine plural
- Use molti with masculine plural nouns and molte ith feiie plural ous to say ay or a
lot
- Add o to ake c’è and ci sono negative
o No c’è/ non ci sono
- Use ecco to draw attention to presence of object, Here/ There are…/There is…
Subject Pronouns
First Person
Io I
Noi We
Second Person
Tu You
Voi You
Lei You (Form.)
Loro you (form.)
Third Person
Lui He
Loro they
Lei She
Essere (To be)
Io
Sono
Tu
Sei
Lei (Form.)
è
Lui/Lei
è
Noi
Siamo
Voi
Siete
Loro
Sono
loro
sono
Adjective Agreement
- Masculine singular adjectives ending in –o have four possible endings:
o –o (masc.) and –a (fem.) in the singular
o –i (masc.) and –e (fem.) in the plural
- Adjectives that end in –e in the singular change to –i in the plural
- Most adjectives ending in –co, -ca, -go and –ga require the h
Di dove sei? = Where are you from?
“oo italiaa. “oo di Roa. = I’ Italia. I’ fro Roe
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Telling Time
- Use the verb essere with numbers to tell time
- Ora means hour
- Che ora è? / Che ore sono? What time is it?
- Express all hours with sono le + [number]
o Ex// Sono le sei
- To express minutes from the half hour, use e (and)
o Ex// Sono le quattro e sei
- To express minutes from the half hour to the next hour, subtract minutes from that hour using
meno
o Sono le tre meno dieci
- Use un quatro or quindici for a quarter past
- Meno un quarto for quarter to
- Mezzo/mezza or trenta for the half hour
- Di mattina/del mattino for i the orig
- Del pomeriggio for i the afteroo
- Di sera for i the eeig
- Di notte for at ight
- A che ora? = What tie is…
o Reply ith a ezzogrioro/ezzootte, all’ua, or alle + [all other hours]
Days of the Week
- Che giorno è? = What day is it?
- Oggi è… = Today is…
- Doai è… = Toorro is…
- All are masculine except for domenica
- Use lowercase letters for all of them
- If you are sayig o o this day of the eek use la
- If you are usig it as a ou use il
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Document Summary
Nouns that end in o are masculine. Nouns that end in a are feminine. Nouns that end in e may be either masculine or feminine. Nouns that end in a consonant or ore are masculine. Nouns that end in ione are feminine. Regardless of gender, singular nouns ending in e change the vowel to i. When referring to all-male group or mixed gender group, always use masculine plural form. Plural of nouns ending in co, -ca, -go and ga add an h in order to maintain the hard c or g sound: exception: amico/amici. Shortened nouns and nouns that end in consonants or accented vowels do not change from the singular to plural: un foto due foto, un caff due caff . The indefinite article refers to an unspecified person or thing (english: a/an) The definite article indicates specific person or thing (english: the) Use c" to say, (cid:862)there is /is there (cid:863)
