Italian Demystified. A self-Teaching Guide
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Staremo in un albergo. We will be staying in a hotel.
Quando vedrai i tuoi nonni, Maria? When will you be seeing your grand-
parents, Mary?
Vedrò i nonni a Natale. I will see my grandparents at Christmas.
Chi verrà alla festa? Who will be coming to the party?
Tutti verranno. Everybody will be coming.
Che cosa vorrà fare tuo fratello What will your brother want to do
domani? tomorrow?
Vorrà andare al cinema. He will want to go to the movies.
Written Practice 3
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate future tense forms of the indicated verbs.
1. anche loro in centro? Will they also be going
downtown?
Sì, , anche loro. Yes, they will also be going.
2. Quanti anni sua madre? How old must his mother
be?
circa trent’anni. She must be around thirty.
3. Che cosa loro alla festa? What will they be
drinking at the party?
Loro solo il caffè. They will be drinking only
coffee.
4. Che cosa lei agli amici? What will she be giving
the friends?
Non niente. She will be giving nothing.
5. Dove andare domani, signor Dini? Where do you
have to go tomorrow, Mr. Dini?
andare a fare delle spese. I will have to go
shopping.
6. Chi quelle persone? Who are those people?
i loro cugini. They must be their cousins.
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7. Che tempo domani? How will the weather be
tomorrow?
bel tempo. It will be beautiful.
8. Lui venire alla festa? Will he be able to come to
the party?
Sì, venire. Yes, he will be able to come.
9. Voi parlare bene, vero? You will know how to
speak well, won’t you?
Sì, parlare molto bene. Yes, we will know how to
speak very well.
10. Dove loro in Italia? Where will they be staying in
Italy?
in un albergo. They will be staying in a hotel.
11. Quando i tuoi nonni, Maria? When will you be
seeing your grandparents, Mary?
i nonni a Natale. I will see them at Christmas.
12. Anche tu alla festa? Will you also be coming to
the party?
Sì, anch’io. Yes, I will be coming, too.
13. Che cosa fare i tuoi amici domani? What will
your friends want to do tomorrow?
andare al cinema. They will want to go to the
movies.
Future Perfect Tense
The future perfect tense refers to something that occurred before a simple future
action. Like the present perfect and the pluperfect tenses, the future perfect is a
compound tense. It is formed using the future tense conjugation of the auxiliary
verb plus the past participle of the verb showing the action, in that order.
Here are two examples of complete future perfect conjugations: one verb is con-
jugated with avere and the other with essere.
mangiare to eat
(io) avrò mangiato I will have eaten
(tu) avrai mangiato you (familiar) will have eaten
(Lei) avrà mangiato you (polite) will have eaten
(lui/lei) avrà mangiato he/she will have eaten
(noi) avremo mangiato we will have eaten
(voi) avrete mangiato you (familiar plural) will have eaten
(Loro) avranno mangiato you (polite plural) will have eaten
(loro) avranno mangiato they will have eaten
partire to leave
(io) sarò partito/a I will have left
(tu) sarai partito/a you (familiar) will have left
(Lei) sarà partito/a you (polite) will have left
(lui/lei) sarà partito/a he/she will have left
(noi) saremo partiti/e we will have left
(voi) sarete partiti/e you (familiar plural) will have left
(Loro) saranno partiti/e you (polite plural) will have left
(loro) saranno partiti/e they will have left
Oral Practice
Practice saying the following sentences out loud.
Che cosa faremo, quando tu avrai What will we be doing, when you will
pagato il conto? have paid the bill?
Dopo che io avrò pagato il conto, After I will have paid the bill, we can go
potremo andare in centro. downtown.
Chi pagherà il conto, tu o tuo Who will be paying the bill, you or your
fratello? brother?
Lui avrà già pagato il conto prima. He will have already paid the bill before.
Che cosa farete, appena sarà What will you be doing, as soon as he
arrivato lui? will have arrived?
Appena sarà arrivato, andremo As soon as he will have arrived, we will
al cinema. be going to the movies.
Appena sarai arrivata, Maria, che As soon as you will have arrived, what
cosa faranno i tuoi amici? will your friends be doing, Mary?
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Appena sarò arrivata, non faremo As soon as I will have arrived, we will
niente. be doing nothing.
Che cosa farà tua sorella, dopo che What will your sister be doing, after you
sarete usciti? will have gone out?
Appena saremo usciti, lei As soon as we will have gone out, she
comincerà a studiare. will start studying.
Che cosa farai, quando saranno What will you be doing, when your
usciti i tuoi amici? friends will have gone out?
Quando saranno usciti, voglio When they will have gone out, I want to
guardare la televisione. watch television.
Che cosa farete, quando i vostri What will you do when your parents will
genitori avranno venduto la casa? have sold the house?
Quando avranno venduto la casa, When they will have sold the house, we
noi andremo in Italia. will be going to Italy.
Written Practice 4
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate future perfect tense forms of the indicated
verbs.
1. Che cosa faremo, quando lui il conto? What will
we be doing, when he will have paid the bill?
Dopo che lui il conto, potremo andare in
centro. After he will have paid the bill, we can go downtown.
2. Chi pagherà il conto, tu o io? Who will be paying the bill, you or I?
Io il conto prima. I will have already paid the bill
before.
3. Che cosa farete, appena loro? What will you be
doing, as soon as they will have arrived?
Appena , andremo al cinema. As soon as they will
have arrived, we will be going to the movies.
4. Appena , Dino, che cosa faranno i tuoi amici? As
soon as you will have arrived, what will your friends be doing, Dino?
Appena , non faremo niente. As soon as I will
have arrived, we will be doing nothing.
5. Che cosa farà tua madre, dopo che voi ? What will
your mother be doing, after you will have gone out?
Appena , lei comincerà a leggere un nuovo
romanzo. As soon as we will have gone out, she will start reading a new
novel.
6. Che cosa farai, quando la tua amica? What will
you be doing, when your friend will have gone out?
Quando , voglio guardare la televisione. When she
will have gone out, I want to watch television.
7. Che cosa farete, quando voi la casa? What will
you be doing, when you will have sold the house?
Quando noi la casa, compreremo un’altra
casa. When we will have sold the house, we will buy another house.
8. E che cosa farete, quando loro la macchina? And
what will you be doing, after they will have sold the car?
Quando la macchina, compreremo un’altra
macchina. When they will have sold the car, we will buy another car.
9. Che cosa vorrai fare, dopo che tuo fratello ? What
will you want to do, after your brother will have woken up?
Non voglio fare niente, dopo che . I do not want
to do anything, after he will have woken up.
Talking About Sports
Just as in America and many other parts of the world, sports are an intrinsic part of
Italian culture, too. Here are some common sports vocabulary words:
la bicicletta bicycle
il calcio soccer
la ginnastica gymnastics
l’incontro match, encounter, meet
la pallacanestro basketball
la partita match, game
il pattinaggio skating
praticare to practice, play (a sport)
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il pugilato boxing
lo sport sport
il tennis tennis
giocare to play (a sport)
si gioca one plays
il giocatore/la giocatrice player (m./f.)
vincere to win (irregular past participle: vinto)
la maglia/la maglietta jersey, sweater
la squadra team
Written Practice 5
Fill in the blanks with the missing words.
1. Di chi è quella ? Whose bicycle is that?
È la di mia madre. It is my mother’s bike.
2. Ci sarà un incontro di domani, vero? There is a
soccer match tomorrow, right?
Sì, e sarà una bella . Yes, and it will be a great
game.
3. Che tipi di praticano i tuo amici? What types of
sport do your friends play?
Loro praticano ,
e . They play basketball, boxing, and tennis.
4. Anche tu pratichi il ? Are you into skating?
No, io pratico . No, I am into gymnastics.
SOCCER IN ITALY
Il calcio was once called il football in Italy. It got the name from England where the
game of soccer was played over 100 years ago in the English colleges. The fi rst set
of rules were established in 1848, and in 1863 the fi rst Football Association was
formed in England.
Italians love their calcio. Every Sunday the stadiums (gli stadi) are packed and
the whole day on television revolves around soccer. The winners of the campionato
(championship) wear a scudetto (a distinctive emblem) on their jerseys (le
magliette) the year following their win.
The Italian national team of soccer goes by the name of gli Azzurri (the blue
ones) and each player wears a blue jersey. Blue is the national color of all Italian
sports teams. The teams are named after the city for which they play. For example,
the team from Milano is called il Milan (without the -o), the team from Rome is
called il Roma, and so on. The gender of the name is generally masculine, with a
few exceptions: for example, la Fiorentina, which plays for Firenze. The most
famous team is la Juventus. It plays for the city of Turin.
QUIZ
For each present indicative verb form provided, give the corresponding future and
future perfect forms. For example:
io arrivo
io arriverò io sarò arrivato/a
Simple Future Future Perfect
1. io vendo
tu mangi
tu metti
lui comincia
lei chiede
noi paghiamo
noi chiudiamo
noi fi niamo
voi cercate
voi mettete
loro mangiano
loro chiedono
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Fill in the blanks with the appropriate future or future perfect forms of the given
verbs.
2. Domani mio fratello (andare) in centro per fare delle
spese.
3. Dopo che lui (fare) le spese, tornerà subito a casa.
4. Chi (essere) quell’uomo?
5. Appena (venire) i tuoi amici, usciremo.
6. Che tempo (fare) domani?
7. (venire) anche loro alla festa domani?
Personal Matters! Answer each question appropriately.
8. Quali sport pratichi?
.
9. Quali sport praticherai forse in futuro?
.
10. Che tempo farà domani nella tua città?
.
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CHAPTER 17
Using the
Conditional Tense
Here’s what you will learn in this chapter:
Conditional Tense
Irregular Forms in the Conditional Tense
Past Conditional Tense
Using Negatives
Italian People
Conditional Tense
Uscirei oggi, ma devo studiare. I would go out today, but I have to study. The fi rst
verb in this sentence is in the conditional tense or mood. The conditional mood
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allows you to express a condition, as its name implies: I would go if . . . or We would
do it, but . . . , and so on. In addition, the conditional tense is used when making a
polite request.
Potrei parlare? May I speak?
Mi darebbe la sua penna? Could you give me your pen?
The present conditional (also known as the simple conditional) is formed like the
simple future: the fi nal -e of the infi nitives of all three verb conjugations is dropped
(changing the -ar of fi rst-conjugation verbs to -er) and then the conditional endings
-ei, -esti,-ebbe, -emmo, -este, and -ebbero are added on.
parlare parler-
(io) parlerei I would speak
(tu) parleresti you (familiar) would speak
(Lei) parlerebbe you (polite) would speak
(lui/lei) parlerebbe he/she would speak
(noi) parleremmo we would speak
(voi) parlereste you (familiar plural) would speak
(Loro) parlerebbero you (polite plural) would speak
(loro) parlerebbero they would speak
scrivere scriver-
(io) scriverei I would write
(tu) scriveresti you (familiar) would write
(Lei) scriverebbe you (polite) would write
(lui/lei) scriverebbe he/she would write
(noi) scriveremmo we would write
(voi) scrivereste you (familiar plural) would write
(Loro) scriverebbero you (polite plural) would write
(loro) scriverebbero they would write
fi nire fi nir-
(io) fi nirei I would fi nish
(tu) fi niresti you (familiar) would fi nish
(Lei) fi nirebbe you (polite) would fi nish
(lui/lei) fi nirebbe he/she would fi nish
(noi) fi niremmo we would fi nish
(voi) fi nireste you (familiar plural) would fi nish