Italian: F–10 Sequence / Levels 3 and 4 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Use key grammatical structures to form simple sentences, including the use of possessive pronouns, prepositions, definite and indefinite articles, and gender and singular/plural forms
Elaborations
identifying gender, singular and plural in the regular form
observing gender in patterns of naming, for example, Paolo/Paola and Alessandro/Alessandra, but that Luca, Andrea and Simone are all male names in Italian
using singular and plural, recognising that some singular nouns do not follow the regular masculine/feminine pattern, for example, la mano, il papà
using the definite and indefinite articles and understanding how to specify a particular person or object, for example, la mamma, una mamma; il quaderno, un quaderno; l’arancia, un’ arancia
using personal pronouns in context, for example, Chi ha finito? Io!
learning to conjugate common regular verbs in the present tense, for example, gioco-gioca, mangio-mangiamo
expressing negation, for example, voglio/non voglio
expressing preferences and reasons for preferences, for example, mi piace...perché
using cardinal numbers to tell the time and for dates and ages; using ordinal numbers such as primo, secondo, etc.
using adjectives to describe characteristics or qualities of a person or object, such as nationality, shape and colour (for example, Chiara è italiana), and noticing that they change with gender, for example, la macchina rossa, il libro rosso,
using prepositions to indicate location or direction, for example, a casa, a Roma, in città,a sinistra, sopra il tavolo, sotto il banco
using possessive adjectives to express ownership, for example, la mia casa, la tua famiglia, il tuo cappello, mia nonna
using suffixes to add nuance, for example, -ino (fratellino, piccolino) or -etto (poveretto, casetta)
creating simple sentences in the subject–verb–object pattern, and linking ideas using conjunctions such as e and ma
