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Today we shall take a look at singular possessive adjectives. Anna is looking for her history book at Luca’s house.
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15 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #10 - My history book”
ItalianPod101.com says:
April 8th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Let us all practice singular possessive adjectives.
I will write a few sentences omitting the adjective my, please fill it out!
Il ___ libro.
La ___ casa.
Il ___ cane.
Marco says:
April 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Corretto!
Correct!
Next questions:
Il ___ gatto.
La ___ palla rossa.
La ___ gatta.
gail says:
April 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Hello again…
The premium content links do not seem to be working properly.
I enjoy your podcasts. I find your english to be very good (Molto buona) and without too heavy an Italian accent. On one of the other podcasts available I can not understand the Italian speakers when they speak English. My trip (mio viaggio) to Italy starts April 23. I will try to speak Italian to the best of my ability. But I have only been studying (Studiare) a month! I am going to visit my relatives (famiglia) in Calabria. I hope they won’t be too unhappy that I can only speak a few words. Perhaps I will improve while I am visiting.
Marco says:
April 17th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Dear gail,
I fixed a problem on the dialog track it should be working now.
Thank you for your compliments.
A trip to Italy!
Nice!
I am sure you will improve while in Italy, but careful the accents in Calabria can be pretty difficult to understand and replicate, it will take some practice.
Please let us know of your trip!
Ciao
Marco
Marco says:
April 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Dear Peter, that is because “interessante” is an adjective with only two endings, “e” for singular masculine and feminine, “i” for plural masculine and feminine.
Buona giornata
Tor Erik says:
April 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I believe Peter referred to the missing N in the first word..
Marco says:
April 18th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Aha! Ho capito!
Scusate non lo avevo visto.
Aha! I understad!
Excuse me I didn’t notice it.
Grazie
Marco
Peter says:
April 19th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Dear Marco,
No you don’t- you understaNd !
What is about “n” that you don’t like?
Jacqueline says:
April 19th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Hahahahaha Peter and his N and Marco eating it. hahahaha 
Peter says:
April 19th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Dear Marco,
Can you explain “lo e” as used in the lesson especially as the previous words to which it refers are feminine.
Thank you.
roma55 says:
April 21st, 2008 at 5:29 am
Ciao Peter,
In ‘lo e’ ” lo is not an article but a pronoun and is the subject of the verb to be “e’ “. As the PDF says it translates as it, as in ” it is”.
“Lo e’ ” is a quick way to confirm…:
E’ rossa la tua penna?
si’, lo e’.
..or deny:
E’ Australiana tua madre?
No non lo e’.
Note that I used lo even if the name of the phrase it confirms or denies is feminine.This is because lo comes from the latin ‘illo’ a neutral pronoun that refers to the fact presented by the statement not to the statement subject. So
lo e’=the fact is as you say= the fact you said is true.
I hope this helps.
Saluti
roma55
Peter says:
April 21st, 2008 at 6:22 am
Roma 55,
Thanks for the detailed response. Yes it is helpful.
Is the use of “lo e” in that context therefore invariable or are there any exceptions?
Grazie.
Marco says:
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Dear Roma55,
thank you for the precious help you are giving us.
Dear Peter, “lo è” in that context is invariable, one of the lucky times it gets easy!!!
Buona giornata
Marco
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Grammar: loro, mia, mio, nostra, nostro, sua, suo, tua, tuo, vostra, vostro | Function: using singular possessive adjectives | Topic: singular possessive adjectives | Politeness Level: informal
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