UPDATED MIDTERM 2003 REVIEW OUTLINE
ITALIAN I
3.
The verb “essere”
4.
Sapere vs. conoscere
5.
Definite articles
6.
Indefinite articles
7.
Present tense conjugations (& definitions) of the following:
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Lavorare, essere, leggere, andare, rispondere, scrivere, venire,
viaggiare, pulire, spedire, chiamare, cominciare
8.
Gender & number agreement between adjectives and the nouns they
modify (i.e. gli studenti americani, la donna bella,
l’uomo italiano, etc..)
10.
General vocabulary:
Vero – true
Falso – false
Amici intimi – close friends
Insieme – together
Una bisteca – beefsteak
Un segreto - a secret
Nuotare – to swim
Invito – invitation
Il compleanno – birthday
La nascita –the birth
Data di partenza – date of departure
Luogo di nascita – place of birth
Il cognome – last name
La firma – signature
Mi piace – I like
Scambiare – to exchange
Il liceo – high school
La letteratura – literature
Un campione – a champion
I capelli castani – dark hair
Occhi castani – dark eyes
11.
ALSO: for your writing topic, you should review
your general adjectives of description (mostly from packets 1 &2). You
should be able to 1) pretend that you have become pen pals with an Italian
student and write to him, describing to him such things as your interests,
classes, teachers, school, friends, family, your home city; or 2) pretend that
you are an American student from Buffalo studying in Italy and writing a letter
back home in Italian (to show off your mad skills), describing the city in
which you are staying, the other students, teachers, daily life, new friends,
activities, etc. *This section carries
a 6 sentence minimum in Italian, so it’s not a brain buster.