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Some Italian phrases?
I'm half Italian and need to know the following so I can learing Italian. Here they're: How, very, is, it, is it?, I, your, ok, And any other. Thank you.
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- how - come very - molto / assai / -issimo (adjectival suffix) is - è OK - va bene (pronounced "vabbene"), or simply "bene" I - io (normally omitted except for emphasis - see the first example in note (1) below) it - see note (1) below is it? - see note (2) below your - there are several adjectives which correspond to this in Italian - see note (3) below) (1) it - the subject pronouns (I, you, etc.) are normally not used in unmarked Italian sentences, and "it" is no exception. On the rare occasions it is used, you would use "esso" (masculine) or "essa" (feminine), depending on the gender of the noun that the pronoun was substituting. In cases where English uses the subject pronouns, Italian just uses the verb - the sense of the pronoun is conveyed instead by the ending of the verb: Piove - It's raining Bisogna scrivere questa risposta con cura. - It's necessary (bisogna) to write this answer with care. The object pronouns corresponding to "it" are extremely common. These are "lo" (masculine) and "la" (feminine), again depending on the gender of the noun they stand for. In both cases, they are truncated to l' in front of a vowel or a word beginning with h. Questo risotto, l'hai cucinato tu? - Did you cook this risotto? Si', l'ho cucinato io! - Yes, I cooked it! (it = lo, truncated to l') Hai letto quel libro? - Have you read that book? Si', l'ho letto. - Yes, I've read it. No, ma lo leggero'. - No, but I will read it. Hai scritto quella lettera? - Did you write that letter? Si', l'ho scritta. - Yes, I've given it. No, la scrivo subito. - No, I'll write it right away. (2) Is it? There are several usages which correspond to this in Italian. Piove - It's raining Ah, sì? - Is it? (literally, ah yes?) [Ma] veramente? - Is it really? Davvero? - Really? Piove davvero? - Is it really raining? (3) Possessive adjectives, like most adjectives in Italian, have to agree with the noun in number (singular/plural) and in gender (masculine/feminine). There are also three adjectives for "your" in Italian. These correspond to the "tu" form [one person you know well], the "Lei" form [one person you are not on familiar terms with] and the "voi" form [more than one person] of the three pronouns in Italian which correspond to the one English pronoun "you". So there are 12 ways to say "your" in Italian (in fact, there are even more than that ... but let's not over-complicate matters): infront of a masculine singular noun - il tuo, il suo, il vostro in front of a masculine plural noun - i tuoi, i suoi, i vostri in front of a feminine singular noun - la tua, la sua, la vostra in front of a feminine plural noun - le tue, le sue, le vostre I have to be honest with you and say that I don't think Answers is the best way for beginners to start learning a foreign language. I would seriously advise you to go get yourself a copy of a decent grammar for beginners. My recommendation is Denise De Rome's "Soluzioni! - a practical guide to Italian grammar", published by Arnold. Any good academic bookstore will have it.
- Your question is mystifying. how = come very = molto is = e` it can be several different words depending on what you mean is it again can be several different things depending on what you mean your = tuo, tua, tui, tue, again there are choices depending on what you mean ok = bene
