Subject Pronouns

Today we learned the Subject Pronouns in Italian.  Go to the following link to practice with online flashcards!  Take the test at the end and let me know how many tries it takes until you get 100%!

http://quizlet.com/1464835/italian-subject-pronouns-flash-cards/

Caratteristiche fisiche

Buona sera, ragazzi!  Oggi abbiamo imparato le caratteristiche fisiche!

grande: big
piccolo: small
alto: tall
basso: short
debole: weak
forte: strong
lento: slow
dinamico: quick
grasso: fat
magro/snello: thin
bello: beautiful
brutto: ugly
giovane: young
vecchio:old
biondo: blond
bruno: brunette

Tonight you need to have someone quiz you on the words - they should ask you the English and you write the Italian.  Write your mistakes 3 x each.  There will be a surprise quiz tomorow!

Leave a comment and tell me three words you could use to describe yourself, and three you could use to describe me!

Che ora e'?

Che ora e'?  Che ore sono?

Oggi abbiamo imparato a dire l'ora in italiano (Today we learned how to tell time in Italian).

We took notes, practiced, then had a lively competition!

Here are some additional notes, if what I gave you today wasn't helpful, or you didn't get it all down:

You've got to know the time if you want to see those Botticelli paintings at the Uffizi in Florence. Luckily, there are two ways to ask "What time is it?" in Italian: Che ora è? and Che ore sono? If the time is one o'clock, noon, or midnight, the answer is in the singular; for all other hours, it is plural. Note that the phrase "o'clock" has no direct equivalent in Italian.
Che ora è? (What time is it?)
Che ore sono? (What time is it?)
È l'una. (It's one o'clock.)
È mezzogiorno. (It's noon.)
È mezzanotte. (It's midnight.)
Sono le tre e quindici. (It's 3:15.)
È mezzo giorno e dieci. (It's 12:10.)

COMMON TERMS RELATED TO TELLING TIME
morning	di mattino
noon	mezzogiorno
afternoon	del pomeriggio
evening	di sera
midnight	mezzanotte
a quarter	un quarto
a quarter after/past	e un quarto
half past	e mezzo
a quarter to/before	meno un quarto
sharp	in punto

Store hours, TV timetables, performance listings, and other time references are written differently in Italy. When telling time, commas replace colons. For example, 2:00 becomes 2,00; 2:30 becomes 2,30; 2:50 becomes 2,50.
The following table shows how you would tell the time from 5:00 to 6:00. 

TELLING TIME 5:00-6:00
5,00	Sono le cinque.
5,10	Sono le cinque e dieci.
5,15	Sono le cinque e un quarto.
5,20	Sono le cinque e venti.
5,30	Sono le cinque e mezzo.
5,40	Sono le sei meno venti.
5,45	Sono le sei meno un quarto.
5,50	Sono le sei meno dieci.
6,00	Sono le sei.

As in most of Europe, Italy uses the so-called "official time" (equivalent to "military time" in the United States) in train schedules, performances, movie timetables, radio, TV, and office hours. Between friends and in other informal situations, Italians may use the numbers from 1 to 12 to indicate time, and the context of the conversation will usually be sufficient. After all, La Scala doesn't have performances at eight in the morning!

del mattino = in the morning
del pomeriggio = in the afternoon
di sera = in the evening
di notte- at night

If you want some more practice, here's a video that explains it in detail!
Time Video

Your homework: Write 10 time sentences in Italian.  A classmate will take your quiz, trying to guess what times your wrote!

To prove that you visited the blog,  leave a comment and give me the current time in Italian!

La mappa

Buon weekend, ragazzi!

Today we did a book exploration to get to know your Italian book so you can use it as a resource in your language learning.

We also sang the Italian National Anthem.  Lyrics are below, as well as an amazing video I found on youtube.  Extra credit if you learn it this weekend and can sing it for the class on Monday!

Video of Italian National Anthem

Italian lyrics

Fratelli d'Italia,

l'Italia s'è desta,

dell'elmo di Scipio

s'è cinta la testa.

Dov'è la Vittoria?

Le porga la chioma,

ché schiava di Roma

Iddio la creò. (repeat all)

CORO:

Stringiamci a coorte,

siam pronti alla morte.

Siam pronti alla morte,

l'Italia chiamò.

Stringiamci a coorte,

siam pronti alla morte.

Siam pronti alla morte,

l'Italia chiamò! (Sì!)

English translation

Brothers of Italy,

Italy has woken,

Bound Scipio's helmet

Upon her head.

Where is Victory?

Let her bow down,^[3]

For God created her

Slave of Rome. (repeat all)

CHORUS:

Let us join in a cohort,

We are ready to die.^[4]

We are ready to die,

Italy has called.

Let us join in a cohort,

We are ready to die.

We are ready to die,

Italy has called! (Yes!)

  For Homework, finish coloring the map of Italy according to the directions below (or use the directions I gave you in class, if you prefer. Also write your weekly reflection of what you learned this week in class and how you felt about it.

Follow the directions:

1. A major industrial area in Italy extends along the Po River valley, roughly from Genoa to Turin to Milan to Venice to Bologna. Colorate quest’area marrone. 2. The Alps are a mountain range that borders Italy on the north. Colorate quest’area viola. 3. The Apennines are a mountain range that runs through the peninsula of Italy. Colorate quest’area grigio. 4. Italy is shaped like a boot. Colorate il dito del piede (the toe) verde; olives are grown in this region.

5. Colorate Sardinia nero. 6. Colorate Sicilia arancione. 7. Colorate l’acqua blu 8. Colorate Europa (ma non Italia) giallo. 9. Colorate l’Africa rossa. 10. Finite le direzioni con “nord, sud, est, ovest”