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How to use this book	6

Week 1
Introductions
Hello	8
Relatives	10
My family	12
To be and to have	14
Review and repeat	16

Week 2
Eating and drinking
In the café	18
In the restaurant	20
To want	22
Dishes	24
Review and repeat	26

Week 3
Making arrangements
Days and months	28
Time and numbers	30
Appointments	32
On the telephone	34
Review and repeat	36

Week 4
Travel
At the ticket office	38
To go and to take	40
Taxi, bus, and metro	42
On the road	44
Review and repeat	46

Week 5		At the hospital	94
Getting around		Review and repeat	96
Around town	48
Around town	48	Week 10
Finding your way	50	Week 10
Finding your way	50	At home
Sightseeing	52	At home
Sightseeing	52
At the airport	54	At home	98
Review and repeat	56	In the house	100
		The backyard	102
Week 6		Pets	104
Accommodation		Review and repeat	106
Booking a room	58
Booking a room	58	Week 11
In the hotel	60	Week 11
In the hotel	60	Services
At the campground	62	Services
At the campground	62
Descriptions	64	Mail and bank	108
Review and repeat	66	Services	110
		To come	112
Week 7		Police and crime	114
Shopping		Review and repeat	116
Shops	68
Shops	68	Week 12
At the market	70	Week 12
At the market	70	Leisure and socializing
At the supermarket	72	Leisure and socializing
At the supermarket	72
Clothes and shoes	74	Leisure time	118
Review and repeat	76	Sports and hobbies	120
		Socializing	122
Week 8		Review and repeat	124
Work and study
		Reinforce and progress	126
Jobs	78	Reinforce and progress	126
Jobs	78
The office	80
The office	80	Menu guide	128
Academic world	82	Menu guide	128
In business	84
In business	84	English–Italian dictionary	134
Review and repeat	86	English–Italian dictionary	134

Week 9		Italian–English dictionary	146
Health
Health		Acknowledgments	160
At the pharmacy	88	Acknowledgments	160
The body	90
At the doctor	92

6 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

How to use this book

This main part of the book is devoted to 12 themed chapters, broken down into five 15-minute daily lessons, the last of which is a revision lesson. So, in just 12 weeks you will have completed the course. A concluding reference section contains a menu guide and English-to- Italian and Italian-to-English dictionaries.

Warm up and clock

1 8

WEEK 2

Al bar

Warm up

Each day starts with a one-minute warm-up that

(pp.10–11)

Count up to ten.

In the café

encourages you to recall vocabulary or phrases

to say “hello” and

In a typical café-bar you can either

Remind yourself how

you have learned previously. A clock to the right

“goodbye.” (pp.8–9)

stand at the counter or sit at a table

a cell phone?”

with waiter service, which can be

more expensive. You can have a

Ask “do you have

of the heading bar indicates the amount of time

(pp.14–15)

variety of soft or alcoholic drinks. The

standard coffee is an espresso, a small,

you are expected to spend on each exercise.

black coffee. You can also order

pastries, sandwiches, and other snacks.

lo zucchero

Words to remember

loh tsookkeroh

Instructions

loud a few times. Conceal the Italian with

sugar

Look at the words below and say them out

Each exercise is numbered and introduced by

the cover flap and try to remember each one

in turn. Practice the words on the right also.

instructions that explain what to do. In some

il caffè macchiato

espresso with a little

eel kaffay makeeatoh

milk

cases additional information is given about the

lah teezanah

herbal tea

il caffè (espresso)

la tisana

language point being covered.

il tè con latte

eel kaffay (espressoh)

tea with milk

small, black coffee

eel tay kon lattay

il panino

sandwich

eel paneenoh

Cultural/Conversational tip

Cultural tip Italians are not big tea-drinkers and

when they do have tea, they add some lemon rather than

milk. So if you want milk in your tea, you may have to ask

These panels provide additional

for a little cold milk (“un po’ di latte freddo”).

insights into life in Italy and

In conversation

language usage.

Text styles

Vorrei un cappuccino,

Altro, signore?

Ha delle brioche?

Distinctive text

per favore.

altroh, seennyoray

ah dellay breeosh

kappoocheenoh, per

Anything else, sir?

Do you have any

vorray oon

styles differentiate

favoray

croissants?

I’d like a cappuccino,

Italian and

please.

English, and the

pronunciation

In conversation

guide (see right).

Illustrated dialogues

reflecting how

vocabulary and

phrases are used in

everyday situations

appear throughout

the book.

How to use the flap

The book’s cover flaps allow you to conceal the Italian so that you can test whether you have remembered correctly.

Revision pages

A recap of selected elements of previous lessons helps to reinforce your knowledge.

1 2 4 WEEK 12

LEISURE AND SOCIALIZING 1 2 5

Answers

Ripassa e ripeti

Answers

Risposte

Review and repeat

Risposte

Cover with flap

Animals

To do

il pesce

Name the numbered

3 rabbit

Use the correct

fai

eel peshay

animals in Italian.

form of the verb

faee

l’uccello

fare (to do) in these

sentences.

loocchelloh

fah

il coniglio

Tu ____ vela?

fare

eel koneellyoh

bird

2 Lei ____ un corso

faray

il gatto

di pittura.

eel gattoh

Cosa le piace

fah

il criceto

1 fish

hamster

fate

eel kreechetoh

freddo oggi.

fatay

il cane

faccio

16 dog

eel kanay

nuoto.

facchoh

I like…

An invitation

Mi piace il rugby.

Say the following in Italian:

You are invited for lunch. Join in the

Mi dispiace,

mee peeachay eel

conversation, replying in Italian following

sabato non

regbee

I like rugby.

the English prompts.

posso.

Non mi piace il

mee

2 I don’t like golf.

Vuol venire a pranzo da me sabato?

deespeeachay,

golf.

sabatoh non

non mee peeachay

3 I like to paint.

I’m sorry, I can’t on Saturday.

possoh

eel golf

Facciamo domenica?

Benissimo. Sono

Mi piace la

2 Great. I’m free on Sunday.

libera domenica.

pittura.

Porti i bambini.

beneesseemoh.

mee peeachay lah

sonoh leeberah

peettoorah

3 Thank you. What time?

domeneekah

All’una.

Grazie.

4 See you on Sunday.

A che ora?

gratseeay. ah kay

orah

Arrivederci a

domenica. arreevederchee ah domeneekah

Useful phrases

Selected phrases relevant to the topic help you speak and understand.

		EATING AND DRINKING 1 9

	4	Useful phrases
	Learn these phrases. Read the English under
	the pictures and say the phrase in Italian as
	shown on the right. Then cover up the
la brioche	answers on the right and test yourself.
la brioche
lah breeosh

croissant			Un caffè, per favore.
			oon kaffay, per favoray
	la crema
	lah kremah
	custard cream	Some coffee, please.
			Altro?
			altroh
		Anything else?
		Anything else?
			Anche una brioche,
			Anche una brioche,
			per favore.
			ankay oonah breeosh,
			per favoray

		A croissant, too,
	il cappuccino	please.
eel kappoocheenoh			Quant’è?
	coffee with		Quant’è?
	frothy milk		kwantay
		How much is that?

Sì, certo.	Allora, prendo una	Quattro euro, per
see, chertoh	brioche. Quant’è?	favore.
Yes, certainly.	allorah, prendoh oonah	kwattroh ayooroh, per
Yes, certainly.	breeosh. kwantay	favoray
	I’ll have a croissant,	Four euros, please.
	then. How much is
	that?

Say it

In these exercises you are asked to apply what you have learned using different vocabulary.

5 Say it

Do you have a single room, please?

For six nights.

Is breakfast included?

Menu guide

Use this guide as a reference for food terminology and popular Italian dishes.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 7

Pronunciation guide

Many Italian sounds will already be familiar to you, but a few require special attention. Take note of how these letters are pronounced:

can Italian c is pronounced ch before i or e but k before other vowels:

cappuccino kappoocheenoh ch pronounced k as in keep

gpronounced j as in jam before i or e but g as in get before other vowels

gh pronounced g as in go

gn pronounced ny like the sound in the middle of onion

gli pronounced ly like the sound in the middle of million

h h is always silent: ho oh (I have)

ran Italian r is trilled like a Scottish r

san Italian s can be pronounced either

s as in see or z as in zoo

sc pronounced sh as in ship before i or e but sk as in skip before other vowels

z an Italian z is pronounced ts as in pets Italian vowels tend to be pronounced longer than their English equivalents, especially:

e as the English lay

i as the English keep

u as the English boot

After each word or phrase you will find a pronunciation transcription. Read this, bearing in mind the tips above, and you will achieve a comprehensible result. But remember that the transcription can only ever be an approximation and that there is no real substitute for listening to and mimicking native speakers.

Dictionary

1 3 2

DICTIONARY

A mini-dictionary

Dictionary

provides ready

English to Italian

The gender of an Italian noun is indicated by the word for

the: il or lo (masculine), la (feminine), and their plural

reference from

forms i or gli (masculine) and le (feminine). When lo or la

are abbreviated to l’ in front of a vowel or “h”, then the

gender is indicated by the abbreviations “(m)” or “(f).”

English to Italian

Italian adjectives “(adj)” vary according to the gender and

number of the word they describe, and the masculine form

is shown here. In general, adjectives that end in -o adopt

and Italian to

an -a ending in the feminine form, and those that end in -e

usually stay the same. Plural endings are -i for masculine

and -e for feminine.

English for 2,500

allergic allergico

art l’arte (f)

allowed permesso

art gallery la pinacoteca,

a un/uno/una/un’

almost quasi

la galleria d’arte

words.

about: about 16 circa

alone solo

artist l’artista (m/f)

16; a book about

Alps le Alpi

as: as soon as possible

Venice un libro su

already già

(il) più presto possibile

Venezia

always sempre

ashtray il portacenere

accelerator

am: I am (io) sono

asparagus gli asparagi

l’acceleratore (m)

ambulance l’ambulanza

aspirin l’aspirina (f)

accident l’incidente (m)

(f)

asthmatic asmatico

accommodation

America l’America (f)

at: at the post office

l’alloggio (m), il

American americano

all’ufficio postale; at

and e

night di notte; at 3

posto

1 2 8

MENU GUIDE

accountant il

ankle la caviglia

o’clock alle tre

ragioniere/la

anniversary il

athletic shoes le scarpe

Menu guide

ragioniera

anniversario

da ginnastica

ache il dolore

another un altro, un’altra

ATM il bancomat

adapter il riduttore

answering machine la

attic la soffitta

This guide lists the most common

address l’indirizzo (m)

segreteria telefonica

attractive attraente

admission charge il

antique shop

audience gli spettatori

terms you may encounter on Italian

prezzo d’ingresso

l’antiquario (m)

August agosto

menus or when shopping for food.

advance (on payment)

antiseptic l’antisettico

aunt la zia

il anticipo; in advance

(m)

Australia l’Australia (f)

If you can’t find an exact phrase, try

anticipato

apartment

Australian australiano

looking up its component parts.

after dopo

l’appartamento (m)

(-a)

afternoon il pomeriggio

aperitif l’aperitivo (m)

automatic automatico

Barbera dry red wine

calamaro squid

aftershave il dopobarba

appetite l’appetito (m)

fall l’autunno (m)

again di nuovo

appetizers i primi piatti

away: is it far away? è

from Piedmont

calzone folded pizza with

against contro

apple la mela

lontano?; go away!

abbacchio alla romana

Bardolino dry red wine

tomato and cheese

agenda l’ordine del

application form il

vattene!

Roman-style spring lamb

from the Veneto region

camomilla chamomile tea

giorno (m)

modulo per la domanda

awful terribile, orribile

acciughe sott’olio

Barolo dark, dry red wine

cannella cinnamon

AIDS l’Aids (f)

appointment

anchovies in oil

from Piedmont

cannelloni al forno

air l’aria (f)

l’appuntamento (m)

aceto vinegar

basilico basil

baked egg pasta rolls

air conditioning l’aria

apricot l’albicocca (f)

acqua water

bavarese ice-cream cake

stuffed with meat

condizionata (f)

April aprile

baby il bambino/la

acqua minerale

with cream

cappuccino espresso with

aircraft l’aereo (m)

architecture

bambina

gassata sparkling

bel paese soft, white

foaming milk sprinkled

airline la linea aerea

l’architettura (f)

baby carriage la

mineral water

cheese

with cocoa powder

air mail via aerea

are: you are (singular,

carrozzina

acqua minerale non

besciamella white sauce

capretto al forno roast kid

air mattress il

formal) (Lei) è;

back (not front) la

gassata still mineral

bignè cream puff

carbonara sauce of egg,

materassino gonfiabile

(singular, informal)

parte posteriore;

water

birra beer

bacon, and cheese

airport l’aeroporto (m)

(tu) sei; (plural) (voi)

(body) la schiena; to

acqua naturale still

birra chiara light beer,

carciofi artichokes

airport bus l’autobus

siete; we are (noi)

come back tornare

mineral water, tap water

lager

carciofini sott’olio baby

navetta (m)

siamo; they are (loro)

backpack lo zaino

affettato misto variety of

birra grande large beer

artichokes in oil

aisle (in supermarket,

sono

bacon la pancetta

cold, sliced meats

birra piccola small beer

carne meat

etc.) la fila

arm il braccio

bad cattivo

affogato al caffè hot

birra scura dark beer

carote carrots

alarm clock la sveglia

armchair la poltrona

bag la borsa, il sacchetto

espresso on ice cream

bistecca ai ferri grilled

carpaccio finely sliced

alcohol l’alcol (m)

arrange (appointment,

baggage claim il ritiro

aglio garlic

steak

beef fillets with oil,

all tutto; all the streets

etc.) fissare

bagagli

agnello lamb

bistecca (di manzo)

lemon, and parmesan

tutte le strade; that’s

arrivals gli arrivi

bait l’esca (f)

albicocche apricots

steak

carré di maiale al forno

all questo è tutto

arrive arrivare

bake cuocere (al forno)

al forno roast

bolognese ground beef

roast pork loin

amatriciana chopped

and tomato sauce

cassata siciliana ice-

bacon and tomato sauce

braciola di maiale pork

cream cake with chocolate,

ananas pineapple

steak

glacé fruit, and ricotta

anatra duck

branzino al forno baked

castagne chestnuts

anatra all’arancia duck

sea bass

cavoletti di Bruxelles

in orange sauce

brasato braised beef with

Brussels sprouts

anguilla in umido stewed

herbs

cavolfiore cauliflower

eel

bresaola dried, salted beef

cavolo cabbage

anguria watermelon

eaten with oil and lemon

cefalo mullet

antipasti appetizers

brioche type of croissant

cernia grouper (fish)

antipasti misti mixed

brodo clear broth

charlotte ice-cream cake

appetizers

brodo di pollo chicken

with cream, cookies, and

aperitivo aperitif

broth

fruit

aragosta lobster

brodo vegetale clear

Chianti dark red Tuscan

arancia orange

vegetable broth

wine

aranciata orangeade

budino pudding

cicoria chicory

aringa herring

burro butter

cicorino small chicory

arista di maiale al forno

burro di acciughe

plants

roast chine of pork

anchovy butter

ciliege cherries

arrosto roast

cime di rapa sprouting

arrosto di tacchino roast

broccoli

turkey

cioccolata chocolate

asparagi asparagus

caciotta tender, white

cioccolata calda hot

avocado all’agro avocado

cheese from Central Italy

chocolate

with dressing

caffè coffee

cipolle onions

caffè corretto espresso

cocktail di gamberetti

with a dash of liqueur

shrimp cocktail

caffè latte half coffee, half

conchiglie alla

baccalà dried cod

hot milk

marchigiana pasta shells

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