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1 Punti di oista t I Saluti e espressxonr di cortesifl ' Ciao! Hello!Good-bye! Salve! Hello! (more formal than Ciao!) Buon giorno, signore. Good moming (Good day), Sir. Buona sera, signora. Good evening, Madam. Buona notte, signorina. Good night, Miss. Arrivederci. I Arrivederla. f Good-bye. (formalsinil ) A domani. I'll see you tomorrow. A presto. I'll see you soon. Come si chiama? (formal sing.)\nhat is your name? Come ti chiami? (familiar sing.) \Nhat is your name? Mi chiamo Marcello Scotti. My name is Marcello Scotti. (Molto) piacere. (Very) nice to meet you' Piacere mio. My pleasure. Per f.avore. / Per piacere. Please. Grgzie. Thank you. Gr4zie mille. Thanks a million. Prego. You're welcome. That's quite all right. Scusi. (formal sing.) / Scusa. (familiar sing.) Excuse me. Come sta? (formal sing.) / Come stai? (familiar sing.) How are you? Come va? (familiar sing) How's it. going? Bene, grgzie, elei? (formal sing) / Bene, gr4zie, e tlu? (familiar sing.) Fine, thank you, and you? Molto bene. Very well. Non c'e male. Not bad. Cosi-cosi. So-so. Ti presento... (familiar sing.)let me introduce... to you. (lit.,i introduce toyou...) Vi presento... (fnmilinr pl.) Let me introduce... to you. Di dove sei tu? (famitiar sinilf ' -.^ \Mhere are you from? Di dov'e Lei? (formal sing) J Sono di... I am from... Brevi incontri e,.. sororese. NOTE: Ta (you, singular) is the familiar form used by young people, close friends, family members, and with children. Lei (you, singular), the formal form, is used in all other cases.

2 { I 12 PRIMO INCONTRO Saluti Italians tend to be more formal than Americans when qreeting and addressing each other. Among adults, acquaintances are addressed as Signore, Signora, or Signorina by their titles: Professore(-ssa), Dottore, Ingegnere, etc. The greeting Ciao!, which has become so popular abroad, is reserved in Italy only for very close friends, members of the family, relatives, and young people. When meeting either friends or acquaintances, as well as in introductions, ltalians customarily shake hands, without distinction between sexes. ffi e. Saluti. Complete each dialogue, and then act it out. -Buon signore (signora, signorina). Come -Bene, - e Lei? J. -Bene, wazie, e? -Non c'd, grazie. -Michiamo.etu? -Di dove sei? a *t? -!ru; -Io sono studente. -Anch'io -A B. E tu? Imagine that an Italian student has said the following. How would you respond? 1. Come stai? 2. Come ti chiami? 3. Ti presento Marisa Bellini. C. Incontri. How would you: 1. greet and introduce yourself to your professor? 2. ask your professor how he/she is? 3. ask another student how he/she is? 4. ask another student what his/her name is? 4. Scusa, Carlo, dobbiamo andare. 5. A domani. 5. say good-bye to a classmate, adding that you will see him/her soon? n. Presentazioni. Greet and introduce yourself to a student sitting nearby, indicating where you are from. Ask your classmate about himself/herself, and then introduce him/her to the class. Sl f. Conversazioni. Create and act out dialogues appropriate to the following situations. L. You meet one of your parents' friends whom you haven't seen in a long time. 2. It is the first day of school and you introduce a student you already krrow to some of your classmates. ffi f. Brevi incontri. Look at the drawing on page L1, select one of the pairs of people, imagine what they are saying to each other, and act out their conversation. Can your classmates guess what encounter you are acting out? -

3 Punti di oista 13 classe In un'aula ci sono (In a classroom there are): rm una finestra,essa tvr@l leel rkw hhffi una professoressa Espressioni utili Ilprofessore: Gli studenti: Attenzione! Attention! Tutti insieme! All together! Ancora una volta! Once morel Di nuovo! Again! Ascoltate! Listen! Guardate! Look! Ripetete! Repeat! Che cos'? What is it? A pggina... On page... compito per domani (per lunedi) homework for tomorrow (for Monday) Adesso... Now... Aprite i libri! Open your books! Chiudete i libri! Close your books! Capite? Do you (pl.) understand? (Si), capisco. (Yes), I understand. (No), non capisco. (No), I don't understand. Ripeta, per favore. Repeat, please. Come si dice... in italiano? How do you say... in Italian? Come si scrive...? How do you write (spell)...? Che cosa vuol dire...?/ Che cosa significa...? Whatdoes...mean?

4 14 PRIMO INCONTRO You may also ask: f un.. (una)?, and elicithe answer 5l or /Vo ffi e. Che cos,i? point to various objects in the classroom and ask another stus '' --' Jent to identify them, following the example' EsemPio Che cos'd? E una sqdia' B. situazioni. \ /hat would you say in the following situations? 1. You want to ask the meaning of the word benissimo' 2. You don t understand what your instructor has said' 3. You want to ask how to say/ "You'te welcome" in Italian' 4. You are not sure how to spell your instructor's name' 5. You would like your instructor to repeat something' I numeri da 0 a 49.,l*il O zero 1 uno 2 due 3 tre 4 quattro 5 cinque 6 sei 7 sette 8 otto 9 nove 10 dieci ll undici 12 dodici 13 tredici 14 quatto.rdici 15 quindici 16 sedici 17 diciassette 18 diciotto 19 diciannove 20 venti 21 ventuno 22ventidue 23 ventitrd 24 ventiquattro 25 venticinque 26 ventisei 27 ventisette 28 ventotto 29 ventinove 30 trenta 31 trentuno 32 trentadue 33 trentatrd 34 trentaquattro 35 trentacinque 36 trentasei 37 trentasette 38 trentotto 39 trentanove 40 quaranta 41 quarantuno 42 quarantadue 43 quarantatre 44 quarantaquattro 45 quarantacinque 46 quarantasei 47 quarantasette 48 quarantotto 49 quarantanove Numbers above 49 are Presenied In Capitolo 4. *' 1. Note that the numbers venti, trenta, and quaranta drop the final vowel before adding uno and otto' 2. Tre takes an accent when it is added to venti' ttenta' and quaranta' A. Giochiamo con i ngmeri' Take tums reading aloud each series of numbers and adding the missingnumber' Esempio 2,4,6,... -due, quattro, sei,.-. -due, quattro, sei, otto, "' L.3,6,9,... 2.'1.,3,5, ,1.4,16, ,10,15, ,8,6, ,4,46, ,40,39,... Now it is your tum: Test your classmates with a couple of number series 'your own.

5 Punti di oistn 21 citta STAl.tor{E JAF^trl DET.!E ifnc*rae cot30 Pianta (Map) di Milano. una sfoada* street, road una via* street, way :unapiazza square una fontana fountairr un monumento monument una chiesa church un museo museum una scuola school un'universiti university un edificio building un albergo hotel un bar coffee shop un ristorante restaurant unnegozio store, shop un supermercato supermarket un ufficio postale post office un ufficio turfstico tourist office una banca (pl. -che) bank una farmacia pharmacy un ospedale hospital uncinema(tggrafo) movie theater unteatro theater uno stadio stadium 1 I "Strada is a more general term; via is used before the name of a street: via Mazzini, via Torino.

6 22 CAPITOL0 1 Lttcitti un p;llco (pl.-chi) park uno zoo zoo una stazione station un treno train un autobus bus un tram streetcar un'auto(mobile) (l), una macchina car una moto(cicletta) motorcycle una bici(cletta) bicycle un motorino, uno scooter moped, motorscooter Alke espressioni lontano far vicino, qui vicino near, nearby C' un tour, per favore? Is there a tout, please? Si, c'd. Ecco le informazioni. Yes, there is. Here is the information. a destra, a sinistra to the right, to the left avanti diritto straight ahead Scusi, dov'd un ufficio postale? Pardoru where is a post office? A destra, signora. To the right, madam. in centro downtown Most cities and towns have a tourist office called the A.P.T. (Azienda di Promozione Turistica), which provides information about hotels, pensioni, transportation, tours, and reservations. Cities' main train stations have an Ufficio Informazioni, which provides tourists with lists of available accommodations (hotels, pensioni) and assists in making reservations. Tickets for cig buses, streetcars, and the metropolitana (the subway in Rome, Milan, and Naples) must be purchased at a Tabacchi store or a newsstand before boarding. The tickets can be used interchangeably on all three means of transportation. -Jp.PJisazione ffi a. La pianta di Mitrano. Using the map of Milan on page 27,take tums asking - each other the following questions. 1. Santa Maria delle Grazie d una chiesa o un teatro? 2. Il teatro La Scala d in via Manzoni o in via Dante? 3. Il Duomo d in un parco o in una piazza? 4. Dov'E il Castello Sforzesco? 5. Che cos'd via Dante? 6. Il Castello Sforzesco d vicino a (nesr) Piazza del Duomo? Sf ' n. Dov'd...? Take turns asking and answering questions about where the things and people listed in column A are found. Select your response from column B, and follow the example. Esempio una macchina -Doa'i una mqcchina? -Una macchina i in una strada. -J * +

7 _*5 Punti diuista 23 A 1. una tigre 2. un motorino 3. un caffd 4. un turista 5. un dottore 6. un film 7. unafontana 8. uno studente 9. un treno B un ospedale una strada un cinema un'universitd unapiazza una stazione uno zoo un bar un ufficio inf ormazioni S $ C. Che cos'd...? Luigino does not know much about the world outside his hometovm. Recreate his questions and the responses of his friend Pierino, following the example. Esempio 1. SanPietro/aRoma 2. il Louvre / apan$ l'empire State Buiiding/a New York - Che cos' i l' Empire State Building? ;. - E un edifi.cio, a Nsw York. 3. Trafalgar SquNe/a Londra 4. il Golden Gate Park/a San Francisco 5. Napoli/in Italia 6. la Fifth Avenue/in America O. Cosa c'd in una citta? With a partner, take turns asking each other questions about the cities you are from or the city in which your university is located. Use vocabulary you have learned, and follow the example. Esempio -Di dooe sei? - Sono di San Diego. E tu? - Sono di Denaer. C'i un'uniaersitd s San Diego? - Si, c'd un'uniaersith... Ask studenis if they know the location of ihasa nrar"s F a Rnna oa Milano San Pieiro? ll Lauvie i tn Francia a in ltalia? Poinl oilf thp 'rcp of tfe n.pnn<ition /, before a couniry, and the preposition a before a city. $"6r,r,u.rrz In un ufficio turistico. Anna Verri, a visitor to Milan, has stopped by the tourist office to make an inqu-y. Listen to her conversation with the clerk, and then answer the following questions. Comprensione 1. Dov'd la turista Arura Verri? 2. La turista desidera (wishes) visitare la cittd di Roma o la cifti di Milano? 3. Che cosa UVhnt) include il tour? 4. L'impiegato (The cle*)hale informazioni? 5. Che cosa dice la turista per ringraziare (to say. thanks)? Dialogo PIay the roles of a tourist and an employee in the tourist office. After greeting each other, the tourist asks if there is a tour of Rome. The employee answers affirmatively and provides information. The tourist thanks him/her and both say good-bye.