Italian Chapter 1
Number
Determines whether a noun is plural or singular
Vi piacciono
Do y'all like (plural)
Vi piace
Do y'all like (singular)
Le piacciono
Do you like (plural, formal)
Ti piacciono
Do you like (plural, informal)
Le piace
Do you like (singular, formal)
Ti piace
Do you like (singular, informal)
Gender
Every noun has a _________... determines the definite or indefinite article for the noun
Use a Number
How do you make an indefinite article plural?
Mi piacciono
I like (plural)
Mi piace
I like (singular)
un pub
a place in Italian only open in the evenings
un discopub
a place in Italian only open in the evenings that offers dancing
ordinal numbers
a type of number with the subscript o
un'
before a vowel (indefinite, feminine)
la
before all consonants (definite, feminine, singular)
una
before all consonants (indefinite, feminine)
i
before all other consonants (definite, masculine, plural)
il
before all other consonants (definite, masculine, singular)
un
before all other consonants and all vowels (indefinite, masculine)
uno
before an s+consonant or z (indefinite, masculine)
le
before everything (definite, plural, feminine)
l'
before nouns that begin with a vowel (definite, both, singular)
gli
before nouns that begin with a vowel, s+consonant, or z (definite, masculine, plural)
lo
before s+consonant or z (definite, masculine, singular)
Non
don't... use before you say mi piace, or mi piacciono
otto
eight
cinque
five
quattro
four
Definite Articles
il, l', lo, la, l', i, gli, le,
il bar
means the bar... a very popular place in Italian were you can find almost anyone, including dogs (on occasion)
nove
nine
Proper Nouns
nouns in Italian that have a capital letter... can be names, places, etc... Don't usually have an article and the letters in the word don't usually change
Common Nouns
nouns that almost always need an article such as months of the year, seasons, etc... lowercase nouns
uno
one
centesimi
one euro is divided into 100 ________
sette
seven
-e
singular ending in -a, to plural ending in _________
-i
singular ending in -e, or -o, to plural ending in _________
sei
six
dieci
ten
il posto
the place
un American bar
the stereotypical American bar (in Italian)
tre
three
due
two
Indefinite Articles
un, uno, un', una
Femminile
usually end in "a" or "-ione", some end in "e"... a type of noun
Maschile
usually end in "o" or end in a consonant, some end in "e"... a type of noun
