Getting to know you - Lesson 5 - Exercises:
Fa caldo!
(It's warm!)
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by ridana used
under terms of Creative Commons license.)
Exercise
1
Exercise
2
Exercise
3
Exercise
4
Exercise
5
Exercise
6
Exercise
7
Exercise
8
Exercise
9
You
hear: E qui
da molto tempo?
You
see: only two
days
You
say:
Solamente da due giorni
only
two days
only
two weeks
only
one month
only
four days
only
three weeks
only
two months
You
hear: Napoli
You
say: Napoli
mi piace moltissimo
Napoli
Firenze
Verona
Capri
Venezia
Catania
Roma
l'Italia
You
hear: Napoli
You
say: Napoli
non mi piace molto.
Napoli
Capri
Catania
l'Italia
Verona
Venezia
Vicenza
Roma
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Che tempo fa? |
How's the weather? |
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Fa bel tempo. |
It's nice weather. |
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Fa cattivo tempo. |
It's bad weather. |
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Fa freddo. |
It's cold. |
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Fa molto freddo. |
It's very cold. |
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Fa caldo. |
It's warm. |
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Fa un po caldo. |
It's a little warm. |
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Piove. |
It rains. It's raining. |
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Piove molto. |
It rains a lot. |
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Nevica. |
It snows. It's snowing. |
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Nevica un po. |
It snows a little. / It is snowing a little. |
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Tira vento. |
It's windy. |
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È una bella giornata.* |
It's a beautiful day. |
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È una brutta giornata. |
It's an ugly day. |
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Che bella giornata! |
What a beautiful day! |
*Giornata
and
giorno both mean "day." Giornata, however, refers
to
climatic and
atmospheric conditions.
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You
hear: Che
tempo fa?
You
see: It's
warm.
You
say: Fa caldo.
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It's warm. |
It snows a lot. |
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It's cold. |
It's windy. |
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It's nice weather. |
It's a beautiful day. |
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It rains. |
It's very warm. |
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It's a little warm. |
It's an ugly day. |
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It's very cold. |
It rains a lot. |
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It's bad weather. |
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Key to Exercise 6
1.
What a
beautiful day!
2.
How is the
weather in Naples?
3.
Is it very
warm in Catania?
4.
Is it nice
(weather) in Capri?
5.
Is it very
cold in Verona?
6.
It's windy
here.
7.
I like Naples
very much, but sometimes it's warm.
Key to Exercise 7
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È sposato? |
Are you married? |
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Si, sono sposato. |
Yes, I'm married. |
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È sposata? |
Are you married? |
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No, non sono sposata. |
I'm not married. |
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Sono divorziato. |
I’m divorced. |
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Sono divorziata. |
I’m divorced. |
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Sono vedovo. |
I’m widowed. |
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Sono vedova. |
I’m widowed. |
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Sono scapolo. |
I’m a bachelor. |
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Sono celibe. |
I’m single. (used by men) |
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Sono nubile. |
I’m single. (used by women) |
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Yes,
I'm married.
No,
I'm not
married.
I'm
a bachelor.
I'm
widowed.
I'm
single.
I'm
divorced.
Key to Exercises
