POTERE VOLERE DOVERE: per mercoledi 10 dicembre

Use "Comment" to post your translation of the exercise in Dispensa 1.

For WED NOV 19

Che cosa vuol dire "RISCALDAMENTO GLOBALE?"

Do you have any thoughts about the possible relation between global warming and the current state of extreme weather in Northern Italy?

Yes, in English. (It's OK to say you didn't think about it, or didn't make the connection...)

FOR WED NOV. 5: AGAIN about the SPREADSHEET

USE the comment area below to ask your classmates any questions you may have about doing it right -- both for ARE verbs and for your grade records.

I don't know how many times I have sent out links, instructions, directions, corrections: and yet still someone keeps getting it wrong.

Per LUNEDI 3

Per il mio compleanno IO VOGLIO......

-- complete the sentence and say what kind of gift you want for your b-day.

Develop the sentence and change some components.

Use this structure to write what other people want for their birthday: your "significant other" (use something less stuffy, like boy/girl friend or fiance'); your parents, your children, your best friends.

I am introducing the use of POSSESSIVES: you should look online to find the rules that govern the possessive in Italian. I do expect that some errors will show up, but it will be a starting point for my explanation.

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SEPARATE SECTION (2)

write what you want to give as a present to this or that person for their birthday or for Christmas or whatever.

MODEL :  IO VOGLIO REGALARE (regalare means, to give as a gift)  ......

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 give it a try.

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READ YOUR CLASSMATES' work and OFFER SUGGESTIONS if you see errors using REPLY.

Per MERCOLEDI 5 novembre

Use Comment to post at least 4 sentences with C'E' -  CI SONO based on the dispensa in your COMPITO.

SCRIVERE - orale

FOLLOW the link to the page with the soundfiles

Per mercoledi 29 ottobre (3)

Here is how you ask and answer a very common question:

Use "comment" to tell us what you want to do when you grow up. If you want to be a Linux network administrator and you don't know how to say it in Italian, LIE: say that you want to be a PIZZAIOLO instead.

Read your classmates choices and follow the (grammatically) good examples. I will delete comments with errors.

So, ANALYZE grammatically the sentence very carefully and stick to the model (hint, do not forget the article).