italian - nouns, pronouns, propositions, adverbs

con

un, una

la, il, l' (feminie, masculine, before vowel)

le, i, le, gli (feminine, masculine, feminine before vowel, masculine before vowel)

• masculine: -o, -e, ore
• feminine: -a, -e, ione

• plural: -a becomes -e
• -o becomes -i
• -e becomes -e

a = to a place, at a place, by a place

• a+il = al
• a+la = alla
• a+l' = all'
• a+i = ai
• a+le = ale
• a+gli = agli

• di= of; aka, "niece of" or "from madrid"
• =thant; piu giovanne di lei = younger than her
• da = from, aka, I"m coming from the station (Vengo dalla stazione)
• = at a palce, aka, nonna va dal dottore, perche non passata da noi?
• = how much time has passed

• da+il = dal
• da+la = dalla
• da+l' = dall'
• da+i = dai
• da+le=dalle
• da+gli = dagli

• in = talking about where something is located, aka, Sono in Mazzinin, numero settantanove
• a= talking about where you are going, aka, to a taxi driver

• in = a country
• a = a city

• in = type of place you work
• a= which company who work for

• in = what type of transport you are using
• a = by foot, a pied

• in+il = nel
• in+la = nella
• in+l' = nell'
• in+lo = nello
• in+i = nei
• in+le = nelle
• in+gli = negli

mas. singular, mas. plural, fem singular, fem plural

• my:mio, miei, mia, mie
• your (fam)tuo, tuoi, tua, tue
• your (form) suo, suoi, sua, sue
• his/her: suo, suoi, sua, sue
• our: nostro, nostri, nostra, nostre
• your (pl): vostro, vostri, vostra, vostre
• their: loro

if

otherwise, or

before

• to me: mi
• to you: ti
• to you: le
• to him: gil
• to her: le
• to us: ci
• to you: vi
• to them: gli

nothing

no one

never (also ever)

no longer

not yet

not even

not at all

neither, nor

• keep the non before the verb then the article after the verb:
• non sento niente (I don't hear anything)
• tu non senti mai niente: You don't ever hear anything
• non voglio perdere niente: I don't want to lose anything

nobody vs. everybody

never versus always

nothing versus everything

not yet versus already

not at all versus a lot

in this case

so, then

instead of

otherwise, or

• me: mi
• you: ti
• you: la
• him/it: lo
• her/it: la
• us: ci
• you: vi
• them (m): li
• them (f): le

one time, once

once in a while

at times

usually

often

always

• mi:me lo, me la, me li, me le
• ti: te lo, te la, te li, te le
• le: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliele
• gli: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliele
• ci: ce lo, ce la, ce li, ce le
• vi: ve lo, ve la, ve li, ve le
• gli: glielo, gliela, glieli, gliele

• AKA, I'll bring them to you = Te li porto io.
• Te lo guiro = I promise you (it)

use feminine form of adjective, and add -mente to verbs

• sure = sicuro, sicura
• surely = sicuramente

• quick = veloce
• quickly = velocemente

for adjective ending in -le or -re, drop the final e before adding the -mente, facilmente

by the way

even if

frankly

honestly

certainly

used with per, com, su, di and tra/fra

me, te, lei, lue, noi, voi, lei, loro

for

with

on

of, from

between

between

• "us"
• "to/for us"
• "there"
• "ourselves"

• replace something begining with aVoglio
• pensare a questo regalo can change to Ci voglio pensare

• small
• -ello/-ella
• -etto/etta
• -ino/ina

• small or endearment
• -uccio/-uccia

• large:
• -one/-ona
• -accio/-accia
• -astro/astra

• ugly or poor quality
• --azzo/-azza

• una cravatonna = large tie
• la cameretta = smal room
• malaccio = very bad (largely bad)
• tesorino= little treasure
• scatolina = little box

"some of them, some of it"

Quanti ne vuole? How many of them would you like?

"about it, about them"

Ne ho comprate dieci.. I bought ten of them.

CAN ALSO replace any preposition started with di. Non ne voglio parlare, I don't want to talk about it