Avanti Term 1 - Comprehensive Vocabulary Revision Sheet

Written by Finnly 8ITA1

Italian is a language where every letter is almost always pronounced the same in every word
(unlike English where ough can be pronounced… eight ways). This means reading is more
comfortable as you continue to learn and encounter words. Also the subject of a sentence can
be dropped if it is clearly known and/or already mentioned (e.g ‘tu sei in ritardo’ becomes ‘sei in
ritardo’ because you and the speaker already know who is being referred to and the verb is sei).

Avanti! - advance, come in (the door)

Capitolo - chapter

Numbers so far
uno - one
due - two
tre - three
quattro - four (quad)

Days of the week so far

Lunedì - monday (moonday)
Martedì - tuesday
Mercoledì - wednesday (mer... middle??)
Giovedì - thursday

Greetings and goodbyes

Buongiorno - good morning
Buonasera - good evening
Ciao - hello, goodbye (causal between friends)
Arrivederci - goodbye (more formal)
Buonanotte - good night (as a goodbye)

Referring to people
Nouns (with Italian English
verbs to be)
Singular Plural Singular Plural

First person Io, sono Noi, siamo I, me We

Second person Tu, sei Voi, siete You You guys, Y’all,
Youse

Third person Lui/Lei, è Loro, sono He/She They

Asking about people
Questions
Come ti chiami? - What is your name? [lit. how are you called?]
Come si chiama? - What is his/her name? [lit. how is he/she called?’
Come stai? - How are you? [informal]
Come sta? - How are you? [formal]
Stai bene? - Are you well?
Ti chiami [name]? - Is your name [name]?

Questions in Italian are written the same as statements; question marks and a rising end tone
are used to signify a question.

Answers
Mi chiamo [name] - My name is [name].
Si chiama [name] - His/her name is [name].
Sto bene - I am well (beneficial)
Sto male - I am not well (males are bad - Pipio)
Sì - yes
No - no (wow)

Important pieces of speech

O - or
A - to, at
E (no accent) - and
Ed - and (used before a vowel, think of English’s ‘a’ vs. ‘an’)
Molto - very
Non - not (used before a verb)
É (with accent) - is, he is, she is, it is
Anche - also (too, as well)
Ma - but

Articles
[masculine/feminine]
Un/una - a/an (one thing)
il /la - the

When to use masculine or feminine version of the article? Use the masculine if referring to
someone that identifies male or a noun that ends with -o, use the feminine if referring to
someone that identifies female or a noun that ends with -a (eg. il ragazzo, la carta).

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Some Vocabulary
Chapter 1

Tutti - everyone
Signora - madam, mrs, ms, the lady (Signora Casati)
Signorina - miss (younger)
Signor - mr (used before a name)
Signore - mr, sir

In ritardo - late
Sempre - always
Mi dispiace - i am sorry, i am displeased (of myself)

Chapter 2
Grazie - thank you, thanks
Silenzio - silence
Oggi - today
In tempo - on time
Che (pronounced ke) miracolo - what a miracle
Miracolo - miracle
Bravo (as in bravo, dario) - good job, goob boy, good

Chapter 3
Ecco - here are
I ragazzi - the boys, the kids

Chapter 4
Scuola - school
Gelato - ice cream, dessert
Ripetete - (you) repeat
Porta - door
Per favore - please
Chiudi - (you) close
Apri - (you) open
Scusi - excuse me (sounds like excuse me)
Subito - right away, quickly
Dov’è - where
Armadio - closet
Carta - paper (magna carta)
Presto - quickly (sheet music)
Uffa - ugh! (exclamation) (so true giorgio)

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Long list of adjectives
-e adjectives
Felice - happy (felix is happy)
Triste - sad
Grande - big (grande from starbucks is small for some reason)
Forte - strong (strong notes on an instrument)
Intelligente - intelligent, smart (i wonder what that could mean)
Gentile - nice
Giovane - young (giovanni is sooo young)

-o/a adjectives
[m/f]
Avanti
alto/alta - tall
bello/bella - beautiful, nice (looking)
brutto/brutta - ugly
contento/contenta - happy ( content = happy)
modesto/modesta - modest
piccolo/piccola - small (piccolos the instrument are small)
simpatico/simpatica - likeable
timido/timida - timid
bravo/brava - good

EP
stupido/stupida - stupid (i wonder what that could mean)
antipatico/antipatica - annoying (simpatico means likeable so…)
generoso/generosa - generous
pigro/pigra - lazy (the pigs like to be lazy)
grasso/grassa - fat (imagine an overweight man mowing grass on one of those sit on
lawnmowers)
magro/magra - skinny
noioso/noiosa - boring
arrabbiato/arrabbiata - angry (long words make me angry)
vecchio/vecchia - old (ve = venice = old)
Ricco/ricca - rich
povero/povera - poor (poverty)
vivo/viva - alive (viva happy, viva la vida)
morto /morta - dead (mortician)
buffo/buffa - funny (buff people are funny)
basso/bassa - short (alto is tall, bass is short)
birichina/birichina - cheeky
cattivo/cattiva - naughty (cats are naughty…)
carino/carina - cute (carina is cute)