Thursday, June 22, 2006

Colours

Here are the colours :

Black ------ Nero
Blue ------- Azzuro
Brown ------ Marrone
Gray ------- Grigio
green ------ Verde
Orange ----- Arancione
Purple ----- Viola
Red -------- Rosso
Pink ------- Rosa
Yellow ----- Giallo
White ------ Bianca

Colours are adjectives, therefore like most adjectives they follow the noun.
To ask what colour a thing is/things are?

Di che colore é / Di che colore sono ?

Singular -------- il vestito giallo (the yellow dress)
Plural ---------- i vestiti gialli (the yellow dresses)

Singular -------- la maghetta rossa (the Red T shirt)
Plural ---------- le maghette rosse (the Red T shirts)

Days of the week

Here I am mentioning the days of week in italy (i giorni della settimana in italiano)......
In Italy the week starts on Monday and days are written without Capitals.

Monday --------- lunedì
Tuesday --------- martedì
Wednesday ------ mercoledì
Thursday -------- giovedì
Friday ----------- venerdì
Saturday --------- sabato
Sunday ---------- domenica

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Numerals





Apart from the tables above, here are some tips, how do we say numbers more than 100 or 1000

100 ------- Cento (Invariable for Singular or Plural)

like :
Cento(100), Duecento(200), Trecento(300), Seicento(600) ......

1000 ------ Mille (Singular or you can say for One thousand only)

The plural of MILLE(1000) is MILA
like
1000 --- Mille
2000 --- Duemila
20,000 --- Ventimila
120,000 --- Centoventimila
220,000 --- Duecentoventimila

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Articles & Propositions

M ----- Masculine
F ----- Feminine
Sing. - Singular
Plu. -- Plural
vow. -- vowel
cons -- consonent




Examples :

il libro (the book) ------------- i libri (the books)
l'uomo (the man) ---------------- gli uomini (the men)
lo zio (the uncle) -------------- gli zii (the uncles)
lo scopo (the aim) -------------- gli scopi (the aims)
l'inno (the hymn) --------------- gl'inni (the hymns)