Week #002 Review, Tuesday

<p>Di dove sei (tu)? = Where are you from? (informal)</p> <p>Di dov'e' (Lei)? = Where are you from? (formal)</p> <p>Sono di...= I am from...</p> <p>Dov'e'...? = Where is...?</p> <p>Ecco... = Here is...</p> <p>And here are some famous cities and their Italian and English pronunciations.</p> <p>Roma = Rome</p> <p>Milano = Milan</p> <p>Venezia = Venice</p> <p>Firenze = Florence</p> <p>Napoli = Naples</p> <p>Italian Spelling = English Sound</p> <p>a = ah</p> <p>e = ay</p> <p>i = ee</p> <p>o = oh</p> <p>u = oo</p> <p>c (before e or i) = ch</p> <p>c (before other vowels) = k</p> <p>ch = k</p> <p>g (before e or i) = j</p> <p>g (before other vowels) = g (as in go)</p> <p>gh = g (as in go)</p> <p>gl = lli (as in million)</p> <p>gn = ny (as in canyon)</p> <p>h = always silent</p> <p>r = r (a single r should lightly rolled or trilled; a double rr is strongly rolled or trilled)</p> <p>s = s (but pronounced as a z when it comes between vowels)</p> <p>sc (before e or i) = sh</p> <p>sc (before other vowels) = sk</p> <p>sch = sk</p> <p>z (beginning of a word) = dz</p> <p>z (within a word) = ts</p> <p>zz = ts and sometimes dz</p> <p>io = I</p> <p>tu = you (informal)</p> <p>Lei = you (formal)</p> <p>lui = he</p> <p>lei = she</p> <p>noi = we</p> <p>voi = you (plural, formal and informal)</p> <p>loro = they</p> <p>The subject pronoun io, unlike the English I, is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence.</p> <p>Lei is the formal form for both masculine and feminine and is written with the capital L to distinguish it from lei (she).</p> <p>Essere = to be</p> <p>io sono = I am</p> <p>tu sei = you are (informal)</p> <p>Lei e' = you are (formal)</p> <p>lui/lei e' = he/she is</p> <p>noi siamo = we are</p> <p>voi siete = you are (plural)</p> <p>loro sono = they are</p> <p>Avere = to have</p> <p>io ho = I have</p> <p>tu hai = you have (informal)</p> <p>Lei ha = you have (formal)</p> <p>lui/lei ha = he/she has</p> <p>noi abbiamo = we have</p> <p>voi avete = you have (plural)</p> <p>loro hanno = they have</p> <p>0 = zero</p> <p>1 = uno</p>