La mia nuova casa

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Words

67

Sentences

11

Words per sentence

6.1

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• La cucina è piccola · il balcone è grande

  Adjectives agree with the noun: la cucina è piccola, il balcone è grande (grande is the same for both genders). Adjective agreement →

• Ci sono due camere

  Ci sono + plural: Ci sono due camere. There is: c'è, ci sono →

• faccio una piccola festa · Vieni anche tu

  Irregular: faccio (fare), vieni (venire). Irregular present: fare, andare →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 30 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

• caro

  expensive; dear

  A1

• cominciare

  to begin

  A1

• contento

  pleased

  A2

• dormire

  to sleep

  A1

• due

  two

  A1

• essere

  to be

  A1

• fare

  to do, to make

  A1

• grande

  big

  A1

• il bagno

  the bathroom

  A1

• il balcone

  the balcony

  A1

• il centro

  the centre, the town centre

  A1

• il fiume

  the river

  A1

• il gatto

  the cat

  A1

• il piano

  the floor (storey)

  A1

• il sabato

  Saturday

  A1

• il sole

  the sun

  A1

• il vicino

  the neighbour

  A1

• la camera

  the bedroom, the hotel room

  A1

• la casa

  the house, the home

  A1

• la cucina

  the kitchen

  A1

• la festa

  the public holiday, the party

  A1

• l’appartamento

  the flat

  A1

• nuovo

  new

  A1

• otto

  eight

  A1

• piccolo

  small

  A1

• presto

  early, soon

  A1

• terzo

  third

  A1

• vedere

  to see

  A1

• venire

  to come

  A1

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Comprehension questions

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