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Auf dieser Stufe reicht die Sprache für alles, was man in den ersten Tagen braucht: den eigenen Namen, die Herkunft, den Beruf, die Familie, Zahlen, Uhrzeiten, Essen und Trinken.

Die Sätze sind kurz und stehen für sich. Wer hier ankommt, kann sagen was ist, was er hat und was er möchte — noch nicht, was gestern war.

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To be and to have

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A1essere — to beSix forms, none of them regular — and two of them identical.A1avere — to haveAge, hunger and cold are had here, not been.A1c'è and ci sonoEnglish already agrees here — as long as you write what you would write.

The present tense

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A1The verbs in -areSix endings where English has one.A1The verbs in -ere and -ireThe last three letters of the infinitive are information English does not carry.A1The subject is missingPutting io in is what English does by saying it louder.A1The -isc- groupIt follows the stress — and English stress moves the same way.

The articles

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A1il, lo, la and their pluralsThree masculine forms, two feminine — and a rule you already obey.A1un, uno, unaYour a and an, with one more form and an apostrophe that carries the gender.

The noun

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A1The final vowelNothing is added — the vowel changes.

The adjectives

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A1Four forms or twoEnglish has one form for everything; here there are four or two.

The pronouns

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A1Whose it isThe gender is the thing's, not the owner's — and an article comes first.

Questions and negation

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A1The questionThere is no do to put in front.A1non in front of the verbOne word — and again no auxiliary.A1The question wordsOne word for why and because.

The past

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A1The passato prossimo with avereOne tense covering « I ate » and « I have eaten » alike.

Can, must, want

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A1potere, volere, dovereConjugated, and then the bare infinitive.

The little words

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A1When preposition and article melt togetherFive do it, the others never.A1a and in with placesOne word for being there and for going there.

The two ways of saying you

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A1The forms of LeiYou address a stranger as though speaking about somebody else.A1The phrases needed every dayFour words, and three of them do more than one job.