DOCUMENT RESUME ED 022 400 FL 000 964 By- Rocklyn. Eugene H. POST LANGUAGE PROGRAM: ITALIAN COURSE. Foreign Service Inst. (Dept. of State). Washington, D.C. Spons Agency-Department of the Army. Washington, D.C. Repor t No- DA -44 -188-ARO -2; PROF -PS-5-67 Pub Date 65 Note-630p. Available from-Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific 8 Technical Information, Springfield, Va. 22151 (AD-647 839, MF S.65 HCS3.00). EDRS Price MF -S2.50 HC-S2528 Descr±irors- INSTITUTES (TRAINING PROGRAMS). *INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, ITALIAN. *LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION. LANGUAGE SKILLS, LANGUAGE USAGE, *PATTERN DRILLS (LANGUAGE). PRONUNCIATION INSTRUCTIO *TEXTBOOKS. VOCABULARY This Foreign Service Institute (FS!) introductory course in Italian is designed especially for use by US. personnel at overseas missions. The text is a field manual for instructors trained and operating under the supervision of an FS! Regional Language Supervisor. The fifteen units of the text cover basic vocabulary, pronunciation exercises, brief grammar notes. and conversation drills. Words and phrases used are intended for practical. everyday usage. (DS) U S DEPARTMENT Of HEALTH,EDUCATION A WELFARE OrlICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED IRONTHE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSAMR REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OFEDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY PostLanguage Program ITALIAN COURSE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE Washington, D.C. 1965 0002 PREFACE This tentative course,which does not contain eitherexplicit instructions to the user norfully detailed explanations of grammar, provides lesson materialsfor a short course in Italian. It was produced by the staff of FSIPost Language Programs inItaly and is designed for use in short,intro- ductory courses for U.S.personnel in the field byinstructors train- ed by and operatingunder the sup- ervision of an FSI RegionalLangu- age Supervisor. UNIT 1 0003 Unit pg. 1,2 1) Dialogo fino a Idomani, " 0 (1) 2) Domande.' Drills 21(11.1) 3)Pronuncia 21(n.2) 4) Pronuncia Unit 3,4 Dialogo fino aleccoli 5) " " 1(II)4 6)Domandel . .. 17 7)Racconto n.I Drills 21(n.3) 8)Pronuncia Unit 4,5,6 9) ,Dialogo fino alarrivederlal " 14(III) 10)Domande1 " 19 11) Spunto no Drills 22(n.4) 12) Pronuncia 6,7 Ivada a sinistral Unit " 13) Dialogo fino a .. " 15(IV) 14) Domandel 18 15) Racconto n.2 Drills" 22(1165) 16) Pronuncia " 7,8,900 Dialogo fino a 1frapochi minutil Unit 17) " " 15(17) 18)Domandel Drills 31(IV) 19) Esercizi (avverbi) Unit 19 2o) Spunto n.2 Drills 22(1166) 21)Pronuncia Unit 1091102 22)Dialogo fino allafine .. 16(VI) 23)Domande1 Drills" 24,25(es.a,b) 24)Esercizi (articoli eaccordi) 23(11.7) 25)Pronuncia Uhit" 19 26) Spunto n.3 "" .13 27) Telefono Drills" 26,27 28)Esercizi (accordi) Unit 1,2,3,4,5,6 29)Lettura del dialogofino alarrivederLa12 i 00Q) UNIT I - (contld) 30) Esercizi (sing.e plur.) Drillspg. 27,28 31) Esercizi (eccolo, ecc.) 28,29 (es.f) 32) Lettura dal dialogo Linoalla fine2 Unit 6,7,819,10 33)Esercizi (essere) Drills 3o,31 34) Domandel Unit 16(71I) 35) Esercizi (llora) Drills 32,33 1 Dopo che llinsegnante hafatto le domande aglialunni, gli alunni faranno le domandealllinsegnante e poi fra loro. 2 Una frase per ogni alunno senza che llinsegnantelegga prima e ripetere ii ciclo in modoche tutii leggano tutto. Rifare le domande. 0005 It.l. 1 Unit 1 Useful_Phrases Frasi utili good buon the day ii giorno A. Good morning. Buon giorno. how come you are, feel, stay sta B. Good morning. How are you? Buon giorno, come eta? well, fine bene thankti grazie A. Fine, thanks. Bene, grazie, and you (polite address,sill.) Lei And you? E Lei? badly male not non there is cle B. Not so bad, thank you. Non cod male, grazie. is, you are (polite) American (noun and adj.) 1116 americano A. Are you an American? americano Lei? 0006 Ita. 2 Useful Phrases Frasi utili no no I, I myself io I am sono Italian (noun and adj.) m. italiano B. No, I am an Italian. No, io sono italiano. English (noun ahd adj.) inglese You speak, he, she speaks parla A. Do you speak English? Parla inglese? I speak parlo very, much molto B. I don't speak English very well. Non parlo inglese molto bene. is said si dice in in in Italian in italiano A. Haw do you say 'thanks' in Italian? Come si dice 'thanks' in italiano2 B. We say Igraziel. Si dice Igraziel. A. Good-blay. Arrivederci. at, to, until a. tomorrow domani qt40 0007 3. B. See you tomorrow. A domani. good (f.) buona the evening la sera sir signore B. Good evening. Buona sera. what? che? you (sing.) wish,desire he wishes, desires desidera A. What do you wish? Che desi4era? I would like vorrei something qualcosa to drink bere for the purpose of drinking da bere Vorrei qualcosa da bere. B. I'd like something to drink also, too anche to eat mangiare for the purpose of eating da mangiare Desidera anche qualcosa da A. Would you also like something to eatz mangiare? a little un pot more, plus pia late tardi later pitardi 0008 It.l. 4 B. A little later, thanks. Un pa pitardi, grazie. the cigarette la sigaretta a cigarette una sigaretta the cigarettes le sigarette some cigarettes delle sigarette the favour ii favbre (if you) please per favore I'd like some cigarettes, please. Vorrei delle sigarette, per favore, here is, are ecco them (obj. pron. f. pl.) le A. Herl they are. Eccole. the match fiammifero a match un fiammifero the matches fiammiferi some matches dei fiammiferi B. Also some matches, please, Anche dei fiammiferi, per favore. them (obj, pron. m. pl.) li A. Here they are. Eccoli. how much quanto it comes to, amounts to, he cames viene all, everything tutto 0009 '"%1 It.l. 5. B. How much does it came to in all? Quanto viene in tutto? it costa costa four hundred quattrocento lire lire you (sing.) understand he understands capisce A. It costs loo lire. Do you understand? Costa quattrocento lire. Capisce? I understand capisco speak (request form) parli slowly adagio the pleasure il piacere if you please per piacere B. No, I don't understand. Please, No, non capisco. Parli speak slowly. adagio, per piacere. willing4 volentieri now ora A. Gladly. It costs 400 lire. Do VOlentieri. Costa quattro. yru understand now? cento lire. Capisce ors? repeat (request form) ripeta B. No, repeat, please. No, ripeta, per piacere. certainly certamente A. Certainly. It costa 400 lire. Certamente. Costa 400 lire 10 0010 It.l. 6. Ora capisco.Grazie. B. Now I understand,thanks. prego I beg non cle there is not di che of what Prego. Non Oa di che. A.Don't mention it(II beg of you°. You are welcame('itlsnot worth mentioningI). Arrivederci. B. Good-bye. ArrivederLe. A. Good-bye. pardon me (or) excuse me scusi dove where dovIe where is ilristorante the restaurant un ristorante a restaurant Scusi, dovIa un risto- A. Pardon me, where is a rante, per favore? restaurant, please? lo him, it Eccolo. B. Here it is. buono good un buonristorante a goodrestaurant t un buon ristorantel A.Is it a goodrestaurant2 col It.l. 7. B. Yes, it's very good. SI, ii molto buono.. the station la stazione A. Where is the station? Dovti la stazione: here qui on the left a sinistra Ecco la stazione, qui a B. Here is the station,(here) on the left. sinistrao the airport l'aeroporto A.And where is the airport: E dovle l'aeroporto go (requestform) vada always oeuvre straight, direct dritto straight ahead sempredritto B. Go straight ahead. Vada sempre dritto. the American Elbassy l'AmbasciatR ameri- cane A.And where is the American E dovla 11Ambasciata Embassy? americana? on the right, to theright a dustra Vada a destra. B. Go to the right. 11_ 0012 It.1. 8. the English Consulate iiConsolato inglese A. And where is the English Consulate? E dov'a ii. Consolato inglese 11Go to the left. Vada a sinistra. Numbers and Time I numeri e Pore limo 6sei 2due 7sette 3 tre 8otto 4 quattro 9nove 5cinque lodieci me, to me mi you know sa to say, tell dire the hour, time Vora can you tell me mi sa dire A.Pardon me, can you tell me what Scusi, nd sa dire che time it is: ora O2 they are Bono two o'clock le due B. It is two o'clock. Sono le due. one o'clock 1'una A. Isn't it one o'clock: Non a l'una2 13 0013 , Ita. 9 No, no, sono le due, B. No, no, it is twoo'clock. 2 molto tardi.Arrive- A. It is very late. Good-bye. derci Buon giorno B. Good afternoon at what time a che ora the train ii treno departs, leaves parte Bolsi, a che ora parteil A. Pardon me, at what timedoes the train leave2 treno2 still, yet ancora at (a certaintime) a at (umMAJmd witharticles) all', alle Non parte ancora. Parte B. It is not leaving yet. It leaves alle sei. at six. too, too much troppo when quando arrives arrival the mail la posts g troppo tardi. Quando A. It is too late. 'When does the posta? mail arrives arriva now adesso Arriva adesso. B. It is arriving now. ()(0.41 means vuol dire A. What does tadessol mean? Che vuol dire ladessol? B ladessolmeans now. tadessof vuol dire A.When is Mr. Bianchi comings Wando viene il signor Bianchi ? within, between fra little (in quantity) poco think, believe credo B.