School. La Scuola in Italia Schooling in Italy is quite different to that in Australia. Italian students go to school in different seasons from Australian.

School

La Scuola in Italia

Schooling in Italy is quite different to that in Australia. Italian students go to

school in different seasons from Australian students because they live in the

northern hemisphere. In Italy, summer vacation usually begins at the end of

June and classes resume in early September.

Traditionally school begins at 8.30 in the morning and finishes and 1 pm.

Students attend school from Monday to Saturday. In some parts of Italy this

has changed and students in primary and secondary school now attend

school all day from Monday to Friday.

Cantiamo !!!!

Scuola scuola,Siamo sempre la,Uffa uffa,Proprio non mi va,Lavagna qui e banco la,Cartella li e libro qua,Apri la finestra e scappiamo in citta`Apri la finestra e scappiamo in citta`

Kate is getting ready for school. She packs her bag with Giulia’s help:

Giulia: Ecco la riga, Kate.

Kate: Grazie. Che cos’altro mi serve?

Giulia: Il libro e il quaderno….

Kate: Si! E la matita, la penna e l’astuccio.

Giulia: Ecco anche il temperino e la gomma.

Kate: E la calcolatrice?

Giulia: Ah, si! Ecco!

Kate: Adesso sono pronta!

gomma

studente

matita

quaderno

carta

dizionario

aula

calcolatrice

astuccio

penna

riga

Mettete insieme:

student

pencil

dictionary

calculator

ruler

paper

rubber

Pencil case

classroom

pen

Exercise book

Gender of nouns

In Italian, all nouns are either masculine or feminine.

If the noun ends in o, the word is usually masculine.

If the noun ends in a, the word is usually feminine.

If the noun ends in e, it can be either masculine or feminine – the dictionary will assist you in determining whether it is masculine or feminine.

Fate un tavolo – maschile or femminile

ZainoRigaMatitaTemperinoQuadernoPennaLibroGommaDizionarioCalcolatriceAstuccioCdFoglio di cartaDischettoCollacarta

maschile femminile

Forming plurals

As a general rule, in English we add and ‘s’ to the end of a noun to make it plural. In italian we change the last letter.

Esempio: libro libri

(o => i for masculine nouns)

Note: Masculine nouns ending in –io generally change their ending to i in the plural

Ex. diario diari

Esempio: penna penne

(a => e for feminine nouns)

Esempio: studente studenti

(e => i for masculine/feminine nouns)

Cambiate al plurale:

ZainoRigaMatitaTemperinoQuadernoPennaLibroGommaDizionarioCalcolatriceAstuccioCdFoglio di cartaDischettoCollacarta