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Formation of the negative

In Italian, the negative is formed by placing non before the verb:

(Lui) non studia. – “He does not study.”

(Lei) non è italiana. – “She is not Italian.”

 

VOCABULARY A

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all’
at the
anche
also
bravo
good, nice, fine
c’è
there is
ci sono
there are
di
from, of
dove
where
e
and
ecco
here is, here are
grande
large, big
l’, la

the
ma
but
nella (=in + la)
in the
ragazza
girl
ragazzo
boy
ricco
(pl. ricchi)
rich
signorina
young lady/woman
storia
history
un, una
a (an)

 

VOCABULARY B

alcuni, –e
so
che
which, that
chiamato
called
cinque
five
così
so, thus
dal (= da+il)
from the
del (= di+il)
of the
fra (or tra)
among, between
hanno
have (third plural, avere)
molto
much (sing.), many (plur.)
mondo
world
nel (= in+il)
in the
parlato
spoken
perché
because
più
more (with article=most)
quelle
the ones, those (f. pl.)
questi, –e
these
tedesco
German

Various forms of irregular verbs will first be presented in this way, the information in parentheses being the person and number of the given form and the infinitive of the verb.

 

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