Il Mangiare
E' il pasto piu' importante per gli italiani
what is il pranzo
Translate: He will eat
Lui mangera'
Leonardo Da Vinci was born in this Italian town
What is Vinci (his name literally means Leonardo from Vinci)
I really hope you didn't get this one wrong.
What is a "pesca"?
a peach
He created the original version of the calendar we use today, which was later update by Pope Gregory XIII
Who was Julius Caesar
the drink that Italians have before a meal
what is the aperitivo
Translate: I'll go
adro'
it is the city known as the birthplace of the Renaissance and home to Michelangelo's David
What is Firenze
what is a Trattoria?
small usually inexpensive casual restaurant
Italian inventor Alessandro Volta gave us this
What are batteries
Che cos'e' il "pane integrale"
what is whole wheat bread
Translate: She can go
He is the author of "the Prince" and considered to be the father of modern political thought
Who is Machiavelli
It is the Italian verb "to choose"
what is scegliere
In ancient Rome, this branch of the Roman government met on Capitoline Hill.
What is the Roman Senate
That is why today, the U.S. Senate, meets on "Capitol Hill"
what is the "tavola calda"
Translate: will you want to eat dinner
vorrai mangiare la cena?
What is Bologna
the dish "pasta aglio, olio, e peperoncino" can be translated to this (and yes, it's soooooo good)
pasta with garlic, olive oil, hot pepper
Italian immigrant who invented the whirlpool hot tub
Who is Candido Jacuzzi
He introduced pasta to Italy
Who is Mr. Lasagna Maccheroni
Just kidding, it was Marco Polo
Translate: who will pay for dinner?
Chi paghera' per la cena?
She was the first Queen of Italy
Who is Queen Margherita (yes, that Margherita, the one they named the pizza after)
Italian vocab words for "to cut" and "to remove" (hint: one is ARE, the other is ERE, and they are very similar)
what is tagliare (cut) and togliere (to remove/take out/off)
Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, and Francesco Petrarca are all 3 famous Italian ______________.
(they are known as the 3 pillars)
writers/poets, known as the 3 pillars of Italian Literature.
Dante wrote "The Divine Comedy"
Boccaccio wrote "The Decameron"
Petrarch wrote "il Canzoniere"