These videos give you some basic vocabulary in Italian. The videos on the other pages have many more vocabulary in addition to the grammar lessons. I would recommend watching those as well. These are more “themed” videos in order to teach people some basic vocab.
The Colors: From Florence!
Colors – colori, green – verde, red – rosso, white – bianco, blue – azurro, yellow – giallo, purple – porpora, orange – arancio, black – nero
Plural Nouns: Lugano, Switzerland
Masculine Nouns
Nouns with –o ending in singular change to –i, for example Il telefono – the telephone, i telefoni the telephones
Nouns with – e endings in singular change to –i, for examples il cane (the dog), i cani (the dogs)
Nouns with –a endings in singular change to –i for example il sistema (the system), i sistemi (the systems)
Feminine Nouns
Nouns with –a endings in singular change to –e, for example la scuola (the school), le scuole
Nouns with –e endings in singular change to –i, for example la chiave (the key), le chiavi (the keys)
Nouns with –tá endings in singular stay the same, la libertá (the liberty), le libertá (the liberties)
Nouns with –tú endings in singular stay the same, la virtú (the virtue), le virtú (the virtues)
Nouns with –i endings in singular stay the same, la crisi (the crisis), le crisi (the crises)
Nouns with –o endings in singular change to –i, la mano (the hand), le mani (the hands)
Irregular Noun endings in Plural
Masculine
Verbs ending in –io, change to –i or –ii, for example il figlio (the son), i figli (the sons), or lo zio (the uncle), gli zii (the uncles)
Verbs ending in – co or –go change to –ci/chi and gi/ghi for example il medico (the doctor) I medici (the doctors), l’albergo (the hotel), gli alberghi (the hotels)
Italian Adjectives
Good – buon, Bad – male
Tall – alto, short – basso
Fat – grasso, skinny – magro
Pretty – bello, ugly – brutto
Smart – intelligente, stupid – stupid
Fast – veloce, slow – lento
Young – giovane, old – vecchio
New – nuovo, old – vecchio
Happy – felice, sad – triste, mad – arrabbiato
Hot – caldo, cold – freddo
Early – presto, late – tardi
Big – grande, small – piccolo
Dirty – sporco, clean – pulito
Tasty – saporito
Bar Vocabulary in Italian from Vicenza
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXactOaJTc
What would you like? Cosa preferisci? I would like – Io preferisco or you can say Io vorrei.
Cheers – Salute
