1. COME FORMARE UNA FRASE HOW TO BUILD A SENTENCE

2. FIRST… YOU WILL NEED A SUBJECT ( WHO PERFORMS THE ACTION) Generic NOUNS : TREE, BOOK, CINEMA Proper NOUNS : JOHN, MARY PRONOUNS ( they substitute a noun) : HE, SHE, I, WE….

3. ….and a verb VERBS EXPRESS THE ACTION : To eat To study To go

4. But now you need to put them together!!! First comes the subject : I, Mary, the library…. Then you MUST conjugate the verb…..

5. CONJU…WHAT????? CONJUGATE means that the verb’s ending changes according to the subject (singular, plural, first person ( I), second (you) etc. SO….. I ( SUBJECT) STUDY ( VERB)…..

6. BUT SOMETIMES…. You will need an object…. OBJECTS ARE NOUNS THAT RECEIVE THE ACTION FROM THE VERB I EAT AN APPLE APPLE IS THE OBJECT

7. YOU WILL DO THE SAME : 1)SUBJECT (SOGGETTO) IO, TU, LUI, MARIA, GIOVANNI, IL TAVOLO, LA CASA 2) VERB ( VERBO) … which in Italian has a different ending for each person…. MANGIO, STUDI, PORTA, GUARDIAMO

8. 3 CONJUGATIONS: -ARE prima coniugazione -ERE seconda coniugazione -IRE terza coniugazione

9. First person S. IO - o Second person S. TU - i Third person S. LUI/Lei -a /e First pesron P. NOI -iamo Second person P. VOI - ate/ete/ite Third person P. LORO - ano/ono

10. And…object…. oggetto casa, mela, libro, bambini,ragazzi… LUIGI, GIOVANNI……. TUTTI I NOMI COMUNI O PROPRI ( ALL GENERIC NAMES AND PROPER NAMES)

11. Now…let’s try it!!! PROVIAMOCI!

12. Adesso tocca a voi!! It’s your turn now!!! Choose a subject Io, tu, lui, Maria, noi, voi, I bambini, la casa, la scuola, la mamma, il libro, il film… Choose a verb studiare leggere, guardare, dipingere, mangiare frequentare,ascoltare…. Choose an object la musica, il pane…. PUT THEM TOGETHER!!!! Mettili insieme!