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1.4: Unità 1 - Vocabolario

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    SALUTI (greetings)

    a domani – see you tomorrow

    a più tardi – see you soon

    a presto – see you soon

    arrivederci (informal) / arrivederLa (formal) – goodbye

    buona giornata – have a nice day

    buonanotte /buona notte – good night

    buonasera / buona sera– good evening

    buongiorno / buon giorno– good morning

    ciao – hi, bye

    piacere / molto piacere – nice to meet you

    piacere di conoscerti / conoscerLa (informal / formal) – nice to meet you 

    piacere mio – my pleasure

    salve (formal) – hello

    ti / Le presento… (informal / formal) – let me introduce you to…

    ESPRESSIONI (small talk – expressions)

    abbastanza bene – quite well

    anch’io! – me too!

    benissimo – very well

    come si scrive … – how do you write?

    come stai? / come sta? (informal / formal) – how are you?

    come ti chiami? / come si chiama? (informal / formal) – what’s your name?

    come va? – how are you?

    così così – so and so

    da dove vieni / da dove viene (informal / formal) – where are you from?

    di dove sei? / di dove è (informal / formal)? – where are you from?

    e tu? / e Lei? (informal / formal) – and you? 

    grazie (mille) – thank you (very much)

    il mio numero di telefono è … – my telephone number is …

    malissimo – very poorly

    mi chiamo – my name is…

    non c’è male – not too bad

    qual è il tuo numero di telefono? – what’s your telephone number?

    si scrive … – you write it …

    sono di … – I am from …

    stare bene – to be doing well

    stare male – to be unwell

    tutto bene? – is everything ok?

    vengo da … – I come from …

    PARTI DEL GIORNO (parts of the day)

    giorno (il) – day

    mattina (la)– morning

    notte (la) – night

    pomeriggio (il) – afternoon

    sera (la) – evening

    SCUOLA E UNIVERSITÀ (school and college)

    amica (l’) – friend (F)

    amico (l’) – friend (M)

    architettura (l’) – architecture

    computer (il) – computer

    filosofia (la) – philosophy

    fisica (la) – physics

    idea (l’) – idea

    lavagna (la) – blackboard

    lezione (la) – class, lecture, lesson

    libro (il) – book

    orologio (l’) – watch, clock

    penna (la) – pen

    professore (il) – professor (M)

    professoressa (la) – professor (F)

    ragazza (la) – girl

    ragazzo (il) – boy

    scuola (la) – school

    storia (la) – story

    Storia (la) – History

    studente (lo) – student (M)

    studentessa (la) – student (F)

    università (l’) – college, university

    zaino (lo) – backpack

    CIBO (food)

    broccoli (i) – broccoli

    caffè (il) – coffee

    espresso (l’) – espresso

    gelato (il) – gelato, ice cream

    gnocchi (gli) – gnocchi

    insalata (l’) – salad

    pizza (la) – pizza

    ristorante (il) – restaurant

    salsiccia (la) – sausage

    yogurt (lo) – yogurt

    I NUMERI (numbers)

    0. zero – zero

    1. uno – one

    2. due – two

    3. tre – three

    4. quattro – four

    5. cinque – five

    6. sei – six

    7. sette – seven

    8. otto – eight

    9. nove – nine

    10. dieci – ten

    11. undici – eleven

    12. dodici – twelve

    13. tredici – thirteen

    14. quattordici – fourteen

    15. quindici – fifteen

    16. sedici – sixteen

    17. diciassette – seventeen

    18. diciotto – eighteen

    19. diciannove – nineteen

    20. venti – twenty

    21. ventuno – twenty one

    22. ventidue – twenty two

    23. ventitré – twenty three

    24. ventiquattro – twenty four

    25. venticinque – twenty five

    26. ventisei – twenty six

    27. ventisette – twenty seven

    28. ventotto – twenty eight

    29. ventinove – twenty nine

    30. trenta – thirty

    31. trentuno – thirty one … * numbers between 31 and 99 use the same model as numbers between 21 and 29.

    40. quaranta – forty

    50. cinquanta – fifty

    60. sessanta – sixty

    70. settanta – seventy

    80. ottanta – eighty

    90. novanta – nighty

    100. cento – one hundred


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