Basic Words Flashcards

1
Q

A flexible pronoun that can be used to mean “that”, “which,” whom,” “what”, “as”.

Use this when you don’t want to repeat a word

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Che

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2
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What

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che cosa
cosa

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3
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who

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chi
(key)

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4
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When

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quando

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5
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why

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perché

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6
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Where

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dove

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7
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how

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come

come stai = how are you
come si dice = how do you say
fai come voi = do as you like

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8
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how are you

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come sta / come stai

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9
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how do you say

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come si dice

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10
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do as you like

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fai come voi

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11
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Excuse me - informal
Excuse me - formal

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Scusa = informal
Scusi = formal

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12
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Soon

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Presto

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13
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Someone

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qualcuno

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14
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ready

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pronto

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15
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I know

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Lo so

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16
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who is it?

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chi è?

17
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I don’t know

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non Lo so

18
Q

here (you are)
Draw attention to the presence of an object or person

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ecco

*doesn’t change forms with nouns

19
Q

there is / is there?

A

c’è

20
Q

Is

A

é

21
Q

There are / are there?

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ci sono

22
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How many?

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Masculine = Quanti?
Feminine = Quante?

*add “ci sono” at the end of the question

ex: Quanti studenti ci sono?
ex: Quante matite ci sono?

23
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A lot

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Molto as an adjective= “a lot” or many

I have a lot of chocolate | I eat many cookies

Molto / molta / molti / molta

*Molto as adverb = always molto (no gender or number) - after verb

I eat a lot | She is greedy

24
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I’m…

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Sono…

25
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What’s up?

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Che cosa c’è
(kay / cosa / Chay)

26
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“That” or “Those”, as in a determiner; talking about “that” thing

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Quello

As adjective: Form depends on noun’s gender, number and first letter. Goes before noun

quel
qull’
qullo
quei
quegli

quella
quell’
quelle

As pronoun: used in place of the noun and form has 4 endings of -o, -a, -i, -e.

27
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This

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Questo / a / i / e

Adjective: Form depends on gender and number (4 endings). 1st letter doesn’t matter

Pronoun: Questo / a / i / e - replaces noun

28
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Which/what?

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  • Quale? = Singular
  • Qual (no ‘) before singular noun with vowel
  • Quali = Pural

*Gender doesn’t matter

Qual (no ‘) before singular noun with vowel