Le ragazze
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Listen to the song and fill in the boxes with the missing element.
1. Le
2. si lanciano
3. chiusi
4. avventure
5. confondono
6. seguono
7. ragazze
8. decidono
9. destino
10. ragazzi
11. s'illudono
12. contano
13. sorridono
14. è
15. allontanano
16. stare
17. hanno
18. un'
19. vedere
20. testi
21. sono
22. -iamo
23. pensano
24. ha
25. volteggiano
26. seguiamo
27. -ano
28. è
29. hanno
30. un'altra
31. sfidano
32. opinioni
33. hanno
34. sono
Study Guide 1. What is the singular form of "le ragazze"? 2. How do we pronounce the "c" in "lanciano"? Why? 3. If the plural is occhi, what is the singular? what's the function of the "h"? 4. What is the singular of avventure? 5. What would the plural of volta be? 6. What is the plural of verità? 7. If treni is the plural, what is the singular? is it masculine or feminine? 8a. Explain the plural amori. b. Now, modify it with grande (big). c. So what happens to nouns, whether masculine or feminine in the singular that end in an -e? 9. What is the plural of giù and mai? 10. What is the singular of discorsi? 11. If the plural is aquiloni, what is the singular? 12. In the line "Guarda come planano, qualcuna scenderà [...]", explain why qualcuna. 13. If the plural is le opinioni, what is the singular? what gender is it? 14. In the last line of the song, to whom is "sincere" referring? What is the singular of sincere? |
Risposte: 1. La ragazza 2. soft. The "i" that follows makes the "c" soft, otherwise c/g + a, o, u are always HARD (and do not require and "H"!. Only c/g + i, e require the "H" to make the soft sound HARD, therefore c/g + H i, e). The "c" sound in amico is hard (as it is followed by an "o") but in amici it is soft (as it is followed by an "i".) 3. occhio. The "h" makes the sound hard. 4. avventura 5. volte 6. Verità. Accented vowels that occur at the end of a word are pluralized. Therefore, il caffè ~ i caffè, la verità ~ le verità. 7. treno. Masculine 8a. From the singular amore, a masculine noun ending in -e in the sing. b. Grandi amori. c. The plural is an -i 9. They do not have a plural form as they are adverbs and adverbs are invariable. 10. Discorso. 11. Aquilone (its's feminine). 12. Qualcuna is the femine form of qualcuno. It's in the feminine because it is referring to a "ragazza". 13. l'opinione. Feminine. 14. Referring to "le ragazze" therefore is feminine plurale. Sincera.
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