15-minute Italian : learn Italian in just 15 minutes a day

162 Pages·2005·11.9 MB·English

eyewitness travel
15-minute
ITALIAN

eyewitness travel
15-minute
ITALIAN
LEARN ITALIAN
in just 15
minutes A DAY
FRANCESCA LOGI
Contents
London, New York, Munich, Melbourne,
and Delhi
How to use thisbook 6
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Senior EditorAngeles Gavira
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Production ControllerLuca Frassinetti Introductions
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Managing Art EditorPhilip Ormerod Hello 8
Publishing DirectorJonathan Metcalf
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Myfamily 12
Language content for Dorling Kindersley by To be and to have 14
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Review and repeat 16
Produced for Dorling Kindersley by
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Art EditorHugh Schermuly
Project EditorCathy Meeus Eating and drinking
Special photographyMike Good In the café 18
First American Edition, 2005 In the restaurant 20
Published in the United States by To want 22
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New York, New York 10014 Review and repeat 26
05 06 07 08 09 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Review and repeat 36
Kindersley Limited.
A Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book Week4
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Taxi, bus, and metro 42
Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore On the road 44
Printed and bound in China by Leo Paper
Products Limited Review and repeat 46
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Week5 Atthe hospital 94
Getting around Review and repeat 96
Around town 48
Week10
Finding your way 50
Athome
Sightseeing 52
Atthe airport 54 Athome 98
Review and repeat 56 In the house 100
The backyard 102
Week6 Pets 104
Accommodation Review and repeat 106
Booking a room 58
Week11
In the hotel 60
Services
Atthe campground 62
Descriptions 64 Mailand bank 108
Review and repeat 66 Services 110
To come 112
Week7 Police and crime 114
Shopping Review and repeat 116
Shops 68
Week12
Atthe market 70
Leisure and socializing
Atthe supermarket 72
Clothesand shoes 74 Leisure time 118
Review and repeat 76 Sportsand hobbies 120
Socializing 122
Week8 Review and repeat 124
Workand study
Jobs 78 Reinforce and progress 126
The office 80
Menu guide 128
Academicworld 82
In business 84
Review and repeat 86 English–Italian dictionary 134
Week9 Italian–English dictionary 146
Health
Atthe pharmacy 88 Acknowledgments 160
The body 90
Atthe 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 18 WEEK 2
1Warm up Albar
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English, and the
pronunciation
In conversation
guide (see right).
Illustrated dialogues
reflecting how
vocabularyand
phrasesare used in
everydaysituations
appear throughout
the book.
How to use the flap 124WEEK 12 LEISURE AND SOCIALIZING 125
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 7
Pronunciation guide
ManyItalian soundswillalreadybe familiar to
you, buta few require specialattention. Take
note ofhow these lettersare pronounced:
Usefulphrases c an Italian cispronounced chbefore
Selected phrases ior ebutkbefore other vowels:
relevantto the topic cappuccinokappoocheenoh
help you speakand ch pronounced kasin keep
understand. g pronounced jasin jambefore ior e
butgasin getbefore other vowels
gh pronounced gasin go
EATING AND DRINKING 19
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i asthe English keep
u asthe English boot
After each word or phrase you willfind a
pronunciation transcription. Read this,
bearing in mind the tipsabove, and you will
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In these exercisesyou
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8 WEEK 1
1 Warm up Buongiorno
The Warm Up panel Hello
appearsatthe
beginning ofeach
topic. Use itto In Italy a firm handshake usually
reinforce whatyou accompanies an introduction or
have alreadylearned
and to prepare meeting in a formal situation. Italians
yourselffor moving greet relatives and friends with a kiss
ahead with the new on each cheek but only when they
subject.
haven’t met, or are not going to see
each other, for a while. Men often
greet each other with a hug.
2 Wordsto remember Ciao!
chow
Say these polite expressions aloud. Hide the Hi!
text on the left with the cover flap and try to
remember the Italian for each. Check your
answers and repeat, if necessary.
Buongiorno. Hello/Good day.
bwonjornoh
Piacere. Pleased to meet you.
peeahcheray
Come si chiama? What’s your name?
komaysee keeamah
Buonasera/Buonanotte. Good evening/
bwonasayrah/ Good night.
bwonanottay
Conversationaltip Italianstend to use “sir” (signore),
“madam” (signora), and “miss” (signorina) more than English-
speakerswould. These titlesare also used with lastnames.
3 In conversation: formal
Buongiorno. Mi Buongiorno. Marco Piacere.
chiamo Suzi Lee. Paoletti, piacere. peeahcheray
bwonjornoh. mee bwonjornoh. markoh
keeamoh soozee lee pa-olettee, peeahcheray Pleased to meet you.
Hello. My name is Suzi Hello. Marco Paoletti,
Lee. pleased to meet you.