Anna Proudfoot - Routledge Intensive Italian Course

CONTENTS

ROUTLEDGE INTENSIVE ITALIAN COURSE

Functions

Greeting someone: buongiorno, buona sera, ciao, etc.

Meeting people, introducing oneself and others

Formal (Lei) or informal (tu) you

Indicating nationality

Asking for something, ordering food and drink

Grammar

Present tense of essere and chiamarsi

Nouns (singular)

Indefinite articles un, uno, una, un

Subject pronouns io, tu, lui, lei, Lei, noi, voi, loro

Adjectives of nationality inglese, italiano (singular form only)

Functions

Describing or indicating someone or something

Talking about jobs and professions

Grammar

Nouns (singular and plural)

Definite article: il, lo, la, l, i, gli, le

Adjectives (singular and plural)

Demonstratives: questo, quello

Possessives: mio, tuo, suo, nostro, vostro, loro

Present tense of regular verbs ending in -are

Present tense of irregular verbs avere, fare

Functions

Making travel arrangements

Making accommodation arrangements

Expressing notions of availability, time, place and cost

Grammar

C, ci sono

Numbers, prices

Time, days of the week, dates

Expressions of frequency

Prepositions: a, con, da, di, fra, in, per, su, tra

Combined prepositions: al, dal, del, nel, sul

Present tense of regular verbs ending in -ere, -ire

Ci vuole, ci vogliono

Functions

Shopping for items, requesting

Describing or indicating something

Talking about availability

Talking about size, quantity, etc.

Describing someone or something by physical characteristics

Grammar

Indefinite adjectives: alcuni, dei/delle, qualche

Indefinite pronouns: qualcosa, qualcuno

Direct object pronouns: lo, la, li, le and ne

Weights, quantities, measures: un litro di, un chilo di, etc.

Invariable adjectives

Position of adjectives

Present tense irregular verbs: andare, dare, dire, fare, sapere, stare, uscire, venire

Functions

Talking about the present

Talking about daily routines

Grammar

Present tense of reflexive verbs

Present tense of stare + gerund

Frequency

Interrogatives

Negatives

Expressions of time (present)

Functions

Expressing a desire, preference, need Stating what you want

Stating a preference (for objects, persons, courses of action)

Expressing likes and dislikes

Grammar

Indefinites: niente di buono, qualcosa da mangiare

Present tense of piacere

Present tense of preferire

Present tense of bisogna, aver bisogno di

Present tense modal verbs: dovere, potere, volere

Indirect object pronouns with impersonal verbs mancare, occorrere, servire

Functions

Specifying place

Specifying manner

Explaining where to find something, how to get there, etc.

Giving an order

Grammar

Prepositions expressing place

Adverbs and prepositions of place

Ci (there, to there)

Imperative (order) forms

Adverbs

Functions

Talking about events and actions in the past

Describing how things used to be

Grammar

Present perfect (passato prossimo): ho mangiato, sono andato/a

Direct object pronouns with passato prossimo: lho mangiata

Phrases expressing past time

Imperfect (imperfetto)

Combination of passato prossimo and imperfect

Functions

Talking about future plans

Expressing hopes, intentions

Expressing probability

Grammar

Future tense

Present tense used to express future

Future perfect tense

Verb and infinitive: spero di, penso di, ho intenzione di

Future and future perfect used to express probability

Functions

Asking permission

Asking about possibility

Asking about ability

Making a polite request