ITALIANO 102
RIPASSO PRELIMINARE
Sig. Cerosaletti
CONCEPTS & TOPICS
STUDIED
IN ITA 101 (in
Parliamo italiano! -- Units preliminare - 3 )
I . VERBS: verb tenses, constructions, and vocabulary
• TENSES:
• present indicative tense
(-ARE verbs: Unità 1: D--p45;
-ERE & -IRE verbs: Unità 2: A--pp62-63)
- including verbs with special spellings for some conjugations
• SPECIAL VERBS & IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS:
• the Italian expressions for “there is / there are”
• ESSERE
(c’è / ci sono)
(Unità1: B--p30)
(Unità1: B--p30)
• AVERE and expressions using AVERE (Unità1: C--p37)
• ANDARE, VENIRE, USCIRE, DARE, STARE
• FARE, DIRE, BERE
(Unità 2: D--p87)
(Unità 3: C--p120)
• VOLERE, DOVERE, POTERE
(Unità 3: C--p118)
• various “VERB + infinitive” constructions
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need to do something:
feel like doing something:
desire to do something:
have to / should / ought to do something:
want to do something:
able to (can) do something:
going to do something:
AVERE bisogno di + infin.
AVERE voglia di + infin.
DESIDERARE + infin.
DOVERE + infin.
VOLERE + infin.
POTERE + infin.
ANDARE a + infin.
• the Italian verb PIACERE and its constructions
(Unità 2: D--p88)
II. OTHER GRAMMAR TOPICS
- gender & pluralization of nouns
(Unità 1: A--p23; Unità 2: B--p70)
- the indefinite (“a”) article in Italian, and its forms
- the definite (“the”) article in Italian
- the subject pronouns
(Unità 1: A--p23)
(Unità 1: B--p32; Unità 2: B--p72)
(Unità 1: B--p29)
- telling what time it is; telling AT what time something happens or somebody does something (Unità 1: D--p48)
- question formation (YES/NO and INFO-type) and interrogative words (Unità 3: A--p103)
- adjectives: adjective agreement and placement
(Unità 2: C--p79)
- posessive adjectives (“my, your, his/her, our, your, their”)
(Unità 2: C--p82)
- the adjectives BELLO and BUONO: forms and placement
(Unità 3: B--p111)
- demonstrative adjectives & pronouns -- forms (Unità 3: B--p111)
- prepositions: simple (Unità 1: C--p39) ; simple & articulated (Unità 3: D--p125)
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III. VOCABULARY
Unità preliminare:
TOPICS
-- introducing oneself & meeting someone else & responding (A--p2; handout)
-- asking where someone’s from & responding (A--pp4-5; handout)
-- greeting & farewell expressions (B--pp6,8; handout)
-- asking how someone is doing & responding (B--pp6-7; handout)
-- conversation-closer expressions (handout)
-- numbers 0 -- 100 (D--p11)
Unità 1:
-- geography-related vocab
(Unità 1: A)
-- city-related vocab
(Unità 1: B)
-- months of the year
(Unità 1: C.1)
-- seasons of the year and related vocab
(Unità 1: C.1)
-- vocabulary for conditions with AVERE (Unità 1: C.3)
-- days of the week, day-related vocab, calendar dates
(Unità 1: D.1)
Unità 2:
-- classroom, course/class, and coursework-related vocab
(Unità 2: A.1)
-- the student’s room and its contents
(Unità 2: B.1)
-- places in a university
(Unità 2: B.1)
-- divisions of a university & college subjects (Unità 2: C.1)
-- college & degree-related activities (Unità 2: C.1)
-- course performance-related vocab and activities
(Unità 2: C.1)
-- common descriptive adjectives: personal description; colors (Unità 2: C.3)
-- school-related & student-related vocabulary (Unità 2: D.1)
Unità 3:
-- family members & relatives (Unità 3: A.1)
-- engagement & marriage-related vocab.; wedding-related events
(Unità 3: A.1)
-- rooms & parts of the home and yard (Unità 3: B.1)
-- home furnishings and fixtures (Unità 3: B.1)
-- types of dwellings and related info
(Unità 3: B.1; the “Lo sapevi che...?” boxes on pp107,108)
-- weather-related vocab and weather expressions (Unità 3: C.1)
-- common places in a city center, and things associated with them (Unità 3: D.1)
IV. CONVERSATIONAL
EXPRESSIONS
Unità 1:
-- the “In altre parole” expressions
(Unità 1: A--p22; B--p28; C--p36; D--p45)
Unità 2:
-- the “In altre parole” expressions
(Unita 2: A--p62; B--p69; C--p78; D--p86)
Unità 3:
-- the “In altre parole” expressions
(Unità 3: A--p102; B--p110; C--p117; D--p124)
V . CULTURE
TOPICS
-- the names of the regions & principal cities of Italy -- in Italian
-- the Italian language, Italy and Italian culture, and Rome
-- geographical features of Italy, and their names
-- kinds of schools in the Italian education system
(the “Lo sapevi che” boxes -- Unità 1: A, B)
(the “Immagini e parole” reading, p.52)
(the “Lo sapevi che” boxes -- Unità 2: A)
-- Italian universities, degree programs, and university studies
(the “Lo sapevi che” boxes -- Unità 2: B,C,D)
-- the Italian educational system & schools at its various levels (the “Immagini e parole” reading, pp.90-92)
-- families and family life in Italy (the “Lo sapevi che” boxes -- Unità 3: A)
-- housing and home living in Italy (the “Lo sapevi che” boxes -- Unità 3: B; the “Immagini e parole” reading, pp.128-129)
-- Sicily and its history (the “Lo sapevi che” boxes -- Unità 3: B,C,D)