Routledge intensive Italian course

Cover
 ROUTLEDGE INTENSIVE ITALIAN COURSE
 Copyright
 CONTENTS
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
 GLOSSARY
 Unit 0 Cominciamo da zero
 Introduction
 ALphabet
 Spelling
 CapitaL Letters
 Pronunciation
 Stress
 Written accents
 Using a dictionary
 Using a grammar reference book
 Unit 1 Ciao, mi chiamo . . .
 FUNCTIONS
 Greeting someone: buongiorno, buona sera, ciao, etc.
 Meeting people, introducing oneself and others
 Formal [Lei] or informal [tu] 'you'
 Indicating nationality
 Asking for something, ordering food and drink
 GRAMMAR
 Present tense of essere and chiamarsi
 Nouns [singular]. Indefinite articles un, uno, una, un'Subject pronouns io, tu, lui, lei, Lei, noi, voi, loro
 Adjectives of nationality inglese, italiano [singular form only]
 VOCABULARY
 Greetings
 Nationality
 Food, drink
 Numbers 1-100
 Euros
 Unit 2 Amici e famiglia
 FUNCTIONS
 Describing or indicating someone or something
 Talking about jobs and professions
 GRAMMAR
 Nouns [singular and plural]
 Definite article il, lo, la, l', i, gli, le
 Adjectives [singular and plural]
 Demonstratives: questo, quello
 Possessives: mio, tuo, suo, nostro, vostro, lora
 Present tense of regular verbs ending in -are. Present tense of irregular verbs: avere, fareVOCABULARY
 Family
 Professions
 Descriptions
 Unit 3 In viaggio
 FUNCTIONS
 Making travel arrangements
 Making accommodation arrangements
 Expressing notions of availability, time, place and cost
 GRAMMAR
 C'è, ci sono
 Numbers from 101, prices
 Time, days of the week, dates
 Expressions of frequency
 Prepositions: a, con, da, di, fra, in, per, SU, tra
 Combined prepositions: al, dal, del, nel, sul
 Present tense of regular verbs ending in: -ere, -ire
 Ci vuole, ci vogliono
 VOCABULARY
 Travel
 Accommodation
 Unit 4 Facciamo un po' di shopping! FUNCTIONSShopping for items, asking for something
 Describing or indicating something
 Talking about availability
 Talking about size, quantity, etc.
 Describing someone or something by physical characteristics
 GRAMMAR
 Indefinite adjectives: alcuni, dei/delle, qualche
 Indefinite pronouns: qualcuno, qualcosa
 Direct object pronouns: lo, la, li, le and ne
 Weights, quantities, measures: un litro di, un chilo di, etc
 Invariable adjectives
 Position of adjectives
 Present tense irregular verbs: andare, dare, dire, fare, sapere, stare, uscire, venire
 VOCABULARY
 Clothes
 Food. Weights and measuresUnit 5 Donne e lavoro
 FUNCTIONS
 Talking about the present
 Talking about daily routines
 GRAMMAR
 Present tense reflexive verbs
 Present tense of irregular verb stare + gerund
 Frequency
 Interrogatives
 Negatives
 Expressions of time [present]
 VOCABULARY
 Routine actions
 The world of work
 Unit 6 Tutti a tavola!
 FUNCTIONS
 Expressing a desire, preference, need
 Stating what you want
 Stating a preference
 Expressing likes and dislikes
 GRAMMAR
 Indefinites: niente di buono, qualcosa da mangiare
 Present tense of piacere
 Present tense of preferire.