%PRESENT 1 10 0 TRAVELLING AND ARRIVING AT YOUR DESTINATION PASSPORT PASSAPORTO PASSAPORTO spilling spaghetti all over your PASSPORT. CUSTOMS DOGANA DOGANA declaring a DOG AND A cat to customs. MONEY EXCHANGE CAMBIO KAMBYO you CAN BUY money at the money exchange. MONEY DANARO DANARO buying DINNER with your money. TICKET BIGLIETTO BEELYETTO someone asking if you have had the BILL YET for your tickets. TOILET GABINETTO GABEENETTO a kitchen CABINET being used as a toilet. ENTRANCE ENTRATA ENTRATA the ENTRANCE TO your hotel all covered with spaghetti. EXIT USCITA OOSHEETA someone shouting "YOU CHEATER" as you run for the exit. STATION (LA) STAZIONE STATSYONAY a STATION platform all covered in spaghetti. DANGER PERICOLO PAYREEKOLO the famous singer PERRY COMO shouting to you - Danger! Danger! * %TEXT 1 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR The Italian for AM, for example I AM A FATHER is SONO. 0 So, 0 I AM A FATHER is SONO UN PADRE Please note that the word "I" is normally missed out in Italian. In fact all personal pronouns like I, he, she, it, etc., are nearly always missed out (but you need not worry about the exceptions). 0 So, 0 SHE IS A MOTHER is È UNA MADRE 0 IT IS A TICKET is È UN BIGLIETTO # REMEMBER that when you say something like I AM TIRED the sentence in Italian is either SONO STANCO or SONO STANCA depending on whether the speaker is male or female. Also, when you say something like IT IS DIRTY, then the gender of whatever IT refers to will affect the ending of the adjective. 0 For example, if "it" is a table then IT IS DIRTY is È SPORCA (because TAVOLA is feminine) if "it" is a dog then IT IS DIRTY is È SPORCO (because CANE is masculine) # * %SENTENCES_F_E 5 I AM ALWAYS TIRED SONO SEMPRE STANCO (or STANCA) IT IS A DIRTY PASSPORT È UN PASSAPORTO SPORCO HE HAS MONEY AND A TICKET HA DANARO E UN BIGLIETTO SHE WANTS THE TOILET VUOLE IL GABINETTO IT IS THE EXIT FROM THE STATION È L'USCITA DALLA STAZIONE * %PRESENT 2 10 0 SOME MORE TRAVEL WORDS BOAT BATTELLO BATTELLO sailing into BATTLE on a boat. TRAIN TRENO TRAYNO a TRAIN with spaghetti trailing from every window. CAR MACCHINA MAKKEENA your car as a shiny new MACHINE. STREET STRADA STRADA a group of people STRADDLING the street. BRIDGE PONTE PONTAY a group of people all POINT TO a bridge. MAP MAPPA MAPPA a MAP all covered in little bits of spaghetti. PETROL BENZINA BENTSEENA a sign at a petrol station "BENZINE for sale". OIL OLIO OLYO someone threatening to OIL YOU by pouring a can of oil over your head. GARAGE GARAGE GARAJ a GARAGE forecourt all covered in spaghetti. TRAFFIC LIGHTS SEMAFORO SAYMAFORO traffic lights have broken down and a policeman is using SEMAPHORE flags instead to direct traffic. * %PRESENT 3 5 0 SOME MORE USEFUL WORDS HERE QUI KWEE being told that the QUEEn is HERE. THERE LÌ LEE thinking "THERE in yonder LEE, I would like to be". FIRST PRIMO PREEMO having a PREMONITION that you will be FIRST in your class. LAST ULTIMO OOLTEEMO giving an ULTIMATUM - a LAST warning. SECOND SECONDO SAYKONDO asking for a SECOND helping of spaghetti. * %TEXT 0 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR Whilst almost all adjectives come after the noun: 0 For example, 0 GATTO NERO for BLACK CAT 0 MARITO BRUTTO for UGLY HUSBAND the words PRIMO, ULTIMO and SECONDO come before the noun. 0 So, 0 IT IS THE FIRST BOAT is È IL PRIMO BATTELLO 0 IT IS THE LAST TRAIN is È L'ULTIMO TRENO # * %SENTENCES_F_E 5 THE FIRST BOAT IS HERE IL PRIMO BATTELLO È QUI THE LAST TRAIN IS IN THE STATION L'ULTIMO TRENO È NELLA STAZIONE THE STREET IS HERE LA STRADA È QUI THE SECOND BRIDGE IS THERE IL SECONDO PONTE È LÌ THE ENTRANCE IS THERE L'ENTRATA È LÌ * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 LA MACCHINA È PESANTE E NERA THE CAR IS HEAVY AND BLACK IL CAMBIO È LÌ, MA È CARO THE MONEY EXCHANGE IS THERE, BUT IT IS EXPENSIVE PERICOLO! LA DOGANA È QUI DANGER! THE CUSTOMS IS HERE I SEMAFORI SONO SEMPRE ROSSI QUI THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS RED HERE IL GARAGE HA LA MAPPA E L'OLIO THE GARAGE HAS THE MAP AND THE OIL * %PRESENT 4 10 0 MORE TRAVELLING WORDS BREAKDOWN GUASTO GWASTO telling the garage that something GHASTLY has happened, you have broken down. DRIVER AUTISTA OWTEESTA an ARTIST driving a car, with an easel and paint in the back. BRAKE FRENO FRAYNO being told "Don't be AFRAID, the brakes do work". SPARKING PLUG CANDELA KANDAYLA using CANDLES instead of sparking plugs, in your car. BONNET COFANO KOFANO a COFFIN being placed on the bonnet of your car. BATTERY BATTERIA BATTAIREEA a BATTERY covered in spaghetti. WHEEL RUOTA RWOTA a wheel on the end of your ROTOR blades. TYRE GOMMA GOMMA your tyre made of GUMMY material and going all soft. STEERING WHEEL VOLANTE VOLANTAY VIOLENTLY grabbing at the steering wheel. JACK CRICCO KREEKO being up the CREEK without a jack after a puncture. * %PRESENT 5 5 0 SOME MORE USEFUL WORDS WHERE DOVE DOVAY asking "WHERE is DOVER?" WHY PERCHÈ PAIRKAY asking "WHY are you so PERKY?" WHICH QUALE KWALAY asking "WHICH KOALA bear do you want?" HOW MUCH QUANTO KWANTO asking "HOW MUCH is the bottle of COINTREAU?" WHO CHI KEE wondering WHO has got your KEY. * %TEXT 0 ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR Please note that when the word DOVE (where) is used with the word IS, for example WHERE IS THE DOG?, then WHERE IS becomes DOV'È, with the stress on the E. 0 So, WHERE IS THE DOG? is DOV'È IL CANE? # * %SENTENCES_F_E 5 WHERE IS THE PASSPORT? - IT IS HERE DOV'È IL PASSAPORTO? - È QUI WHO IS THE GIRL? CHI È LA RAGAZZA? WHY AM I HERE? PERCHÈ SONO QUI? HOW MUCH IS THE PETROL? QUANTO È LA BENZINA? WHICH HORSE IS FIRST? QUALE CAVALLO È PRIMO? * %SENTENCES_E_F 5 LA MACCHINA HA UN GUASTO THE CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN DOV'È LA BATTERIA, E DOV'È LA GOMMA? WHERE IS THE BATTERY, AND WHERE IS THE TYRE? IL FRENO, PERCHÈ È SPORCO, E LA CANDELA, PERCHÈ È VERDE? WHY IS THE BRAKE DIRTY AND WHY IS THE SPARKING PLUG GREEN? CHI È L'AUTISTA, E DOV'È IL CRICCO? WHO IS THE DRIVER AND WHERE IS THE JACK? IL COFANO E LA RUOTA SONO MOLTO DURI, MA IL VOLANTE PERCHÈ NON È PULITO? THE BONNET AND THE WHEEL ARE VERY HARD, BUT WHY IS THE STEERING WHEEL NOT CLEAN? * %TEXT 0 Notice that in a question involving the word WHY (PERCHÈ) the subject of the question is often placed first, with PERCHÈ and the verb following. # *