Futuro Semplice
Fill in the blanks:
Io: _______
Tu: Parlerai
Lui/lei: Parlerà
Noi: ________
Voi: Parlerete
Loro: __________
Io: Parlerò
Noi: Parleremo
Loro: Parleranno
What is the imperative tense?
Used for telling people what to do/giving orders.
What are the present conditional "io" forms of dovere, potere, and volere? And, what do they translate to?
Dovrei --> I should/ought to...
Potrei --> I could/might...
Vorrei --> I would like...
When do you use/not use the subjunctive tense?
Use for expressing emotions, opinions, desires, demands, doubt, uncertainty.
Don't use when talking about something 100% certain. Also, typically not used when subject doesn't change.
Double object pronouns: Fill in the blanks
mi + lo = ______
gli + le = _______
ci + la = ______
me lo
gliele (one word)
ce la
Conjugate "partire" in futuro semplice.
Io: Partirò
Tu: Partirai
Lui/lei: Partirà
Noi: Partiremo
Voi: Partirete
Loro: Partiranno
L'imperativo formale: How do you form the imperative form for Lei?
For example, how would you conjugate parlare, leggere, dormire, and finire in the Lei form (formal imperative).
-ARE: drop -are and add "i"
-ERE/-IRE: drop infinitive and add "a"
-ISC verbs: use same base as normal, but last vowel should be "a"
Ex. Parli, legga, dorma, finisca
Comparatives of equality: When comparing two things with an adjective, what are the two sets of words you could use to compare?
Ex. She is as tall as he is.
Così...come...
Tanto...quanto...
Ex. Lei è così alta come lui. OR Lei è tanto alta quanto lui.
Conjugate "dormire" in present subjunctive.
Dorma, dorma, dorma, dormiamo, dormiate, dormano.
Conjugate "chiamare, leggere, and dormire" in progressive tense (-ing).
Form of stare + chiamando/leggendo/dormendo.
Che cosa farai questo weekend?
(Rispondete in Italiano usando il futuro semplice)
...
L'imperativo informale: What are the forms of essere and avere for tu, noi, and voi?
Essere: sii, siamo, siate
Avere: abbi, abbiamo, abbiate
Ex. sentence: Abbi pazienza.
Conjugate "cominciare" in the present conditional.
comincerei, cominceresti, comincerebbe, cominceremmo, comincereste, comincerebbero.
Conjugate "pagare" in present subjunctive.
Paghi, paghi, paghi, paghiamo, paghiate, paghino.
What is si impersonale & si passivante?
AND
How do you form them?
They refer to people in general (one, people, you, they). Not personal.
Si impersonale:
• Si + 3rd person singular
• No subject
• Ex. In estate si va spesso al mare.
Si passivante:
• Si + 3rd person sing/pl (depending on subject)
• Subject
• Ex. A Firenze si vedono molti turisti
List three irregular verbs and conjugate one of them in futuro semplice.
Some irregulars: Essere, dare, fare, stare, andare, avere, dovere, potere, vedere, venire, volere, vivere, rimanere, bere.
Name three (or more) irregular verbs for the formal imperative and conjugate them in the Lei form.
andare --> vada, fare --> faccia, uscire --> esca,
dire --> dica, avere --> abbia, stare --> stia,
dare --> dia, essere --> sia, sapere --> sappia
Comparatives of equality:
Translate: In Rome, there are as many motorcycles as cars.
A Roma ci sono tanti motorini quante macchine.
- Use tanto...quanto... when comparing quantities of two nouns. Tanto and quanto must agree in gender/number.
When the subject in the sentence doesn't change, what do you do differently from using the subjunctive?
Ex. She doubts that she has enough money.
di + infinitive instead of che + subjunctive.
Ex. Lei dubita di avere abbastanza soldi.
Exceptions: volere, desiderare, preferire
In comparatives of inequality, when do you use più/meno...di and when do you use più/meno...che?
Di:
- Comparing one adj. to two nouns
Che:
- Comparing existence/quantity of two nouns.
- Comparing two infinitives
- Two adjectives to one noun
Rispondete a questa domanda:
Quale stagione è la preferita del professore?
(You're not allowed to ask him 🙂)
Hint: This is in the Futuro Semplice column. Why?
Sarà l'estate/l'inverno/l'autunno/la primavera.
Future tense can be used to indicate probability/conjecture.
Which one of these is correct? (Tu, informal)
a) Non dammi la mela.
b) Non mi dare la mela.
c) Non mi dia la mela.
b) Non mi dare la mela. ("Non darmi la mela" is also correct)
("Dammi" is tu, informal, affirmative; option c is formal)
Comparatives of equality:
What words do you use to compare verbs?
Ex. How would you say, "She reads as much as me"?
tanto quanto
(tanto can be omitted if you want)
Ex. Lei legge tanto quanto me.
How do you form the past subjunctive?
AND
What happens when you have a verb after a superlative?
Subjunctive form of avere/essere + past participle.
Ex. Pare che il treno sia già arrivato.
Ex. Mi dispiace che tu non abbia visto quel film.
When you have a verb after superlative, use past subjunctive.
Ex. È il lago più grande che io abbia visto.
The relative pronouns we learned are che, chi, cui, and quello che/quel che/ciò che. How are each of these used?
Che: Can refer to people or things. Refers to specific noun previously mentioned.
Chi: Only refers to people. Commonly used in proverbs.
Cui: Used after a preposition.
Quello che/quel che/ciò che: Can refer to object concept not yet specified.