CHAPTER 6: EXPRESSING SURPRISE, PAIN, ECT.

CAPITOLO 6: EXPRESSING
SURPRISE, PAIN, ECT.
SEE WHAT YOU REMEMBER…
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Boh!-_______________
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Magari!-_______________
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Mamma Mia!/Oddio!-_______________
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Peccato!-_______________
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Ehilà!- _______________
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Ahi!-_______________
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Dai!-_______________
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Macché!-_______________
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Uffa!-_______________
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS
USING THE RIGHT EXPRESSIONS…
1.
Il mio regazzo é andato al cinema
con la mia migliore (best) amica!
Ehilà!
b) Ahi!
c) Macché!
d) Boh!
a)
c) Macche!
2.
Quali problemi sono per i compiti di
matematica?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Boh!
Dai!
Uffa!
Ahi!
a) Boh!
3.
Ho tagliato (cut) il piede sul vetro.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Dai!
Ahi!
Magari!
Ehilà!
b) Ahi!
4.
Il film che volevo vedere era tutto
esaurito (sold out).
a.
b.
c.
d.
Peccato!
Dai!
Boh!
Magari!
a) Peccato!
5.
Stai andando al ballo?
Oddio!
b. Mamma Mia!
c. Ahi!
d. Magari!
a.
d) Magari!
ASKING WHAT HAPPENED
WHAT HAPPENED?
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Cosa é successo?
Example:
1.
Cosa é successo?
2.
Mia madre ha avuto un incidente.
1. Oddio!
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1.
2.
1.
Cosa é successo?
Mia sorella ha distrutto la mia macchina!
Peccato!
YOUR TURN!
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Each person find a partner. Follow the earlier
examples by asking “what happened,” answer the
question, and then respond using the appropriate
expression. Make four original sentences to
share.
CAPITOLO 7: MAKING POLITE
REQUESTS and ASKING
PERMISSION
MAKING POLITE REQUESTS
To ask someone politely to do something for you, you would
say:
Mi puoi + infinitive (tu)
Mi può + infinitive (Lei)
-You would use mi puoi when you know the person on a first
name basis.
-You would use mi può when asking someone you do not know.
Answers include:
Si!, Ok!, Va bene!, Bene!, Benissimo!, Certo!, e Perfetto!
*Sometimes Italians use a combination of several of these
expressions.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU USE?
Mi puoi o mi può?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A man at the bus stop.
Your best friend.
Your cousin.
The woman working at the bookstore.
Your father.
1. Mi può
2. Mi puoi
3. Mi puoi
4. Mi può
5. Mi puoi
PRACTICE!
How would you say, in italian:
1. Excuse me, can you please describe
your family?
1. Scusa, mi puoi descrivere la tua famiglia?
PRACTICE!
2. Excuse me, can you please explain to me
the difference between Italian and English?
2. Scusa, mi puoi spiegare la differenza tra
italiano e inglese.
PRACTICE!
3. Excuse me, can you please tell me when the
bus will arrive?
3. Scusa, mi può dire a che ora arriva
l’autobus?
ASKING PERMISSION
To ask permission to do something, use:
posso + infinitive
Examples include:
-Posso entrare? (May I come in?)
-Posso parlare? (May I speak?)
*Sometimes it’s enough to just say posso? with an
accompanying gesture.
YOUR TURN!
Practice asking permission to do something.
Come up with a question and we will go around
the room asking each other our question.
For example: Posso andare al bagno?
Si!
REVIEW…
To ask someone politely to do something for you,
you would say….
To ask permission to do something, you would
say…