Beverages & Snacks

I am listing down the beverages that I have come across so far, please check it frequently I will append new words here as soon as I confront a new one.........

la té .......................... Tea
la caffé ..................... coffee
il vino ....................... wine
l'acqua ...................... water
la bira ....................... beer
la cioccolata ............. Chocolate
la limonata .............. Lemonade (lemon juice)
il latte ...................... Milk
la cioccolata calda(hot) .......... Hot Chocolate
il succo(juice) d'arancia ......... Orange Juice
ls soda ..................................... soda
la pasta ................................... Cake
la gelato .................................. Icecream
formaggio ............................... Cheese
Pizza ....................................... Pizza
Zucchero ................................ Sugar
Tramezzini ............................. Sandwiches
fresco ...................................... fresh

Primo Dialogo(meetings and greetings part 2)

Lets start with a conversation between you(girl) & me, depicting how to greet someone when we meet and asking general questions, based on what we learnt so far and introducing some more useful words.English translation is given in brackets after each sentence.

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ME : buongiorno, signorina Simona (Goodmorning Miss Simona)
YOU: bunogiorno, come ti chiama(informal) or come si chiama(formal) ? (Goodmorning, What is your name)

ME : Mi chiamo Russo, come sta ? (My name is Russo, How are you ?)
YOU: Sto Bene, grazie, ? lei (formal) or ? tu (informal)? (I am fine, Thanks, and you?)
Me : Molto bene. (Very fine)

YOU : piacere di conoscerla (Pleased to meet you)
ME : Ci vediamo domani ! (see you tomorrow !)
YOU : Ci vediamo, ciao (see you later, bye)
ME : Arrivederci (Goodbye)
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Taking another example, you are new to italy, not much familiar with italian and want to ask something to me.

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YOU : Scusi, Signore! (Excuse me, Sir!)
ME : Si....Prego..........?(Yes ....Can I help you......?) or (yes please ......?)

YOU : Parla inglese ? (Do you speak English?)
ME : No. Mi dispiace.Non parlo inglese.(No.I am sorry.I dont speak English)

YOU : Va bene(Okay). Dove ? stazione?(Where is station)
ME : Sempre dritto. poi a destra.dopo il semaforo.(go straight.then right.after traffic lights)

YOU : E il telefono?(And the telefono)
ME : mi dispiace.Non lo so(I dont know)

YOU : Grazie mille(Thanks a lot)
ME : Prego. (you are welcome)
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New words we learnt here are :

Italiano .............. Italian
Rusoo ................. Russian
Tedesco ............... German
Cinese ................ Chinese
Giappanese ............ Japanese
Spagnolo .............. Spanish
Greco ................. greek
francese .............. french
inglese ............... English
portoghese ............ portuguese
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L'ascensore ........... The elevators
Bene .................. Good
Ma .................... But
Sempre Dritto ......... go straight (Sempre .... Always : Dritto .... Straight)
A Destra .............. To right
A Sinistra ............ To left
Poi ................... then
E ..................... and

molto bene ............ Much good
sto bene .............. I am well
no si bene ............ not well
malato ................ sick

Meetings and Greetings part1

I am giving here few words, which will be very helpful in starting a conversation with an italian, how to say goodbye, and how to ask and answer general things in Italian.
To learn pronunciation of words in Italian, now onwards I will write its pronunciation in brackets after every italian word whenever I feel its prunciation is different from what it seems in english, pronounce the word in brackets as if you do in english, and please feel free to drop a comment if you have any doubt.As we go ahead I will post the rules of pronunciation that will be very helpful.Enough said................here we go

Signore(sinyore) ..................................... Mr.
Signora(sinyora) ..................................... Mrs.
Signorina(sinyorina) ............................... Miss.
Signori(sinyori) ........................................ Mr. & Mrs.

Buongiorno (bonjiarno) ........................... Good morning
Buonasera .................................................. Good evening
Buonanotte ................................................ Good night
Ciao(chao)/Arrivederci(erivederchi).... Goodbye
Ciao ............................................................. Hello
Salve ........................................................... Hi
Si/No .......................................................... Yes/No
Bene ........................................................... Good
Va bene ...................................................... Okay
Per favore/Per piacere(piachere) ......... Please
Excellent ................................................... Benessimo
Cheers! ...................................................... Salute
Grazie ........................................................ Thank you

Primo Punto (First Step) SUBJECT PRONOUNS

So guys lets get on the track ..........
Lets start with learning to say........I, you, he, she.........

Io --------- I
tu --------- You(singular)
lui --------- He
lei --------- She
noi -------- We
voi -------- you(plural)
loro ------- They


For helping verbs we have two verbs with us, different forms of these verbs are used with different subjects.

Present tense forms of essere(to be)

sono ---------- I am
sei ------------ you are (singular)
é ------------- he is
é ------------- she is
siamo -------- we have
siete --------- you have (plural)
sono --------- they are

Present tense forms of avere(to have)

ho ----------- I have
hai----------- you have
ha ----------- he has
ha ----------- she has
abbiamo ----- we have
avete -------- you have (plural)
hanno ------- they have

h is silent in all forms of avere above.
I will devise a technique to write here how to pronounce these words, as its very different from english.