busuu tips

Question 1

words that end in “e” don’t change whether the person is male or female

Question 2

use “piacere” when you meet someone for the first time

Question 3

you use “vivo a +your city” for where you live and “soon di + your city” for where you are from

Question 4

use “ciao” for friends, family, and informal situations

Question 5

use “buongiorno” for elderly, strangers, and formal situations

Question 6

the “L” in “Lei” (formal you) is always a capital

Question 7

as you learn italian, you will discover that these five vowels are key to understanding if a word refers to a man or woman, a person or group of people, and yourself or someone else

Question 8

“lei”, “lei”, “tu”, and “io” are singular personal pronouns because they only refer to one person

Question 9

when it’s clear who were are talking about, we can often skip the personal pronouns. to sound more natural we often skip personal pronouns

Answer 9

io sono russa > sono russa (i’m russian)
tue sei americano? . sei americano? (are you american?)

Question 10

to talk about someone’s name, we say “si chiama (he/she is called)”. we use this for both women and men

Question 11

to introduce a woman we say “questa è Jen” (this is Jen), for a man we say “questo è Filippo” (this is Filippo)

Question 12

you can build the verb form of “abitare” in two easy steps.
step 1: remove the three final letters (“-are”). the part of the word that is left is called the “stem” and it doesn’t change.
step 2: at the end of the stem (“abit”), add the correct ending (“o” or “i”) for the person you are talking about