Italian: F–10 Sequence / Levels 7 and 8 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Use grammatical knowledge to extend meanings, including knowledge of irregular, reflexive and modal verbs
Elaborations
learning to use:
nouns: gender and number, regular and irregular
suffixes such as –ino/a, -issimo/a, -etto/a, -astro/a, for example, grande-grandissimo, piccolo-piccolino, casa-casetta, figlio-figliastro and figlia-figliastra; and prefixes such as pro- and bis-, for example,prozio and bisnonno
pronouns, including subject pronouns and direct object pronouns
articulated prepositions, for example, di, tra, con plus articlesa, di, da, in, su plus article; andprepositions which do not combine, for example tra, per
adverbs to qualify verbs, for example, proprio, troppo, abbastanza, specialmente, spesso, nemmeno, purtroppo, non... né... né...
negative constructions including the double negative, for example, Non vado mai in centro. Non c’è niente/nessuno...
verbs to express action in time, using a range of regular and some irregular verbs, reflexive verbs in the present tense, perfect and imperfect, and exposure to the impersonal si; using modal verbs to express ability, possibility, likelihood and permission
