A DOZEN DOZEN

A Dozen Dozen: Your First 144 Italian Words

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	VII. A Dozen Adverbs and Articles.

			Word		Pronunciation		Type		Meaning
	1.		sì		see		adverb		yes
	2.		no		noh		adverb		no
	3.		non		nohn		adverb		not
	4.		molto		mohl-toh		adverb		very
	5.		più		pee-oo		adverb		more
	6.		qui		kwee		adverb		here
	7.		là		lah		adverb		there
	8.		dove		doh-vay		adverb		where
	9.		chi		kee		adverb		who
	10.		come		koh-may		adverb		how
	11.		un, una		oon, oo-nah		article		a Note: un is used with most masculine nouns, una with feminine. For more info on the articles in Italian, see Section II of the Grammar Guru.
	12.		il, la		eel, lah		article		the Note: il is used with most masculine singular nouns, la with feminine singular. The masculine plural is usually i, the feminine plural is le.


	VIII. A Dozen Prepositions and Conjunctions.

			Word		Pronunciation		Type		Meaning
	1.		di		dee		preposition		of
	2.		da		dah		preposition		from
	3.		con		kohn		preposition		with
	4.		senza		sehn-tsah		preposition		without
	5.		per		pehr		preposition		for
	6.		su		soo		preposition		on
	7.		in		een		preposition		in
	8.		a		ah		preposition		at
	9.		tra		trah		preposition		between
	10.		e		ay		conjunction		and
	11.		o		oh		conjunction		or
	12.		ma		mah		conjunction		but


	IX. A Dozen Pronouns and Possessive Adjectives.

			Word		Pronunciation		Type		Meaning
	1.		io		ee-oh		pronoun		I
	2.		tu		too		pronoun		you (singular)
	3.		lui, lei		loo-ee, lay-ee		pronoun		he, she
	4.		noi		noh-ee		pronoun		we
	5.		voi		voh-ee		pronoun		you (plural)
	6.		loro		loh-roh		pronoun		they
	7.		mio		mee-oh		possessive adj.		my, mine
	8.		tuo		too-oh		possessive adj.		your, yours (sing.)
	9.		suo		soo-oh		possessive adj.		his, hers
	10.		nostro		noh-stroh		possessive adj.		our, ours
	11.		vostro		voh-stroh		possessive adj.		your, yours (plural)
	12.		loro		loh-roh		possessive adj.		their, theirs

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