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Italian Beginners · Week 2B · Lesson 7

Where do you live? Real Italian: a phone call

We are learning to say where we live and where we are from, and to follow a short real phone call.

Words

Dove abiti?Where do you live?
Abito a Sydney.I live in Sydney.
Di dove sei?Where are you from?
Sono di Roma.I am from Rome.
vicino anear
a casaat home
staseratonight
dopo scuolaafter school
con gli amiciwith friends
la cenadinner

Play, students echo twice. Press E to show the English.

Say it

Dove abiti? Abito a Parramatta.

Where do you live? I live in Parramatta.

Students say it before you press E.

Say it

Di dove sei? Sono di Sydney, ma mia nonna è di Napoli.

Where are you from? I am from Sydney, but my grandmother is from Naples.

Students say it before you press E.

Grammar: A and di with places

Abito a + city: where you live.

Sono di + city: where you are from. Use the city name, not the country: sono di Roma.

A and di with places

abito aI live inAbito a Sydney.
sono diI am fromSono di Napoli.
Dove abiti?Where do you live?
Di dove sei?Where are you from?

Abito a Liverpool, ma sono di Milano. · I live in Liverpool, but I am from Milan.

Mia nonna è di Palermo. · My grandmother is from Palermo.

Together

Echo the patterns; each student says where they live.

Together

Map game: point at an Italian city, students say “Sono di …”.

Together

Before the recording: who calls whom? Listen for papà.

Exit ticket

  1. Write where you live.
  2. Write where you, or someone in your family, is from.
  3. What did Olivia tell her dad?