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More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Italian for travelling

Words

63

Sentences

19

Words per sentence

3.3

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• al primo piano · Dalle sette alle dieci

  Preposition + article merge: al primo piano (a + il), alle dieci (a + le), dalle sette (da + le). Contractions: del, nel, al →

• C’è l’ascensore · c’è un ristorante

  Questions with c’è: C’è l’ascensore?, c’è un ristorante qui vicino? There is: c'è, ci sono →

• A che ora

  A che ora …? asks about the time. The question words →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: 30 of the 31 of the 47 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• avere

  to have

  A1

• bene

  well

  A1

• benvenuto

  welcome

  A1

• buonanotte

  good night (on parting)

  A1

• buonasera

  good evening

  A1

• buono

  good, tasty

  A1

• chiamarsi

  to be called

  A1

• dieci

  ten

  A1

• dodici

  twelve

  A1

• due

  two

  A1

• ecco

  here is

  A1

• essere

  to be

  A1

• grazie

  thank you

  A1

• il bar

  the café, the bar

  A1

• il piano

  the floor (storey)

  A1

• il ristorante

  the restaurant

  A1

• il vicino

  the neighbour

  A1

• la camera

  the bedroom, the hotel room

  A1

• la chiave

  the key

  A1

• la colazione

  the breakfast

  A1

• la notte

  the night

  A1

• la piazza

  the square

  A1

• l’ascensore

  the lift

  A1

• l’ora

  the hour, the time

  A1

• mille

  a thousand

  A1

• numero

  number

  A1

• piccolo

  small

  A1

• primo

  first

  A1

• sette

  seven

  A1

• signore

  sir, gentleman

  A1

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