Lezione 3 Part 2 Accents and Irregular Verbs – continued, with Gianluca!

Ciao, clase!

Mi dispiace (I am sorry) it has been a few extra days, but the jet lag got to me more than usual! Madrid was bella, but it is always nice to be back in Italy. I also penso (think) you may have needed a few extra days from the last lezione, as there was a lot to cover…

Today I will introduce some irregular verbs, as well as the accent! And I don’t mean my Italian to English accent, either! Ha, ha!

Let’s start with the accent! Here are some words that have some very different meanings if you don’t add the accent:

a – at, to                                                                                               à – has

da – from                                                                                             dà– gives

di – of                                                                                                   dì– day

do – a musical note (where have we heard this before? Lol!)        dò– I give

e – and                                                                                                  è– is

la – the (fem.)                                                                                       là– there

li – them                                                                                                lì– there

se – if                                                                                                     sì– oneself

si – reflexive pronoun                                                                         sÌ– yes

Now, a little review on the verb endings for –are, -ere, and –ire verbs:

Verbs ending in –are: -o, -i, –a, -iamo, -ate, –ano

Verbs ending in –ere: -o, -i, -e, -iamo, -ete, –ono

Verbs ending in –ire:   -o, -i, -e, -iamo, -ite, –ono

Notice how close the endings are for all of the verbs, just in the he/she & they ending of the –are verbs and the you plural form are they different! To make a verb considered irregular, it means to have an ending different than what is considered the normal or expected ending, or if the main part of the “word of the verb” changes, (which is what is before the –are/ire/ere endings). Remember when Piero was going over the verb STARE and we noticed that the “they” form had (2) two “ns” in it? Just that one form ending change, makes a verb considered irregular. If you recall, STARE means “to be.” It also means “to stay.”

Fortuna for us, Italian only has 4 irregular –are verbs, one being stare. Most of the endings are the same for the irregular verbs as they are for the regular verbs, but notice how some add accents to them as well. Like in the words above do’ and da’ from the verb DARE – to give. Also note that all of the “loro” endings add the (2) ns in that form.

andare – to go

io vado                                      noi andiamo (yes, like the Michigan restaurant, who knew?)

tu vai                                          voi andate

lio/lei va                                     loro vanno

fare – to do, or to make

io facco                                     noi facciamo

tu fai                                          voi fate

lue/lei fa                                    loro fanno

dare – to give

io do’                                         noi diamo

tu dai                                         voi date

lui/lei da’                                    loro danno
stare – to be, or to stay (you will note that it is the same conjugation, but want to reiterate it again)

io sto                                          noi stiamo

tu stai                                         voi state

lui/lei sta                                    loro stanno

I have created this word search with 20 of the verbs you have learned so far. I know, doesn’t seem like that many!? I will list them below. For your first extra credit – define all of the verbs. For your second extra credit, I have also hidden a word or two from the titles of the songs from the Sanremo CD. See if you can find the 7 extra words. For your third extra credit, the remaining letters that are not used in the word search, spell out a phrase. See if you can guess it.   Happy Hunting!

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Your clue:   “a great prophecy…”

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HOMEWORK: For your homework, you are to watch “Houseboat” with Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. You can find it on Netflix if you have it. If you don’t, you can get a free month’s trial. See how many Italian words you can pick up from Sophia!

Buonanotte,

Gianluca!