Italian Beginners · Term 1 Week 2B · Lesson 7
Where do you live? Real Italian: a phone call
Draft for the class teacher to check.
By the end of this lesson you can
- Say where you live and where you are from
- Understand a short phone call from an HSC paper
- Pick out who, where and why
Hear the words
Tap ▶, listen, then say it.
Say it in a sentence
Say the Italian first, then open the meaning.
Dove abiti? Abito a Parramatta.
Where do you live? I live in Parramatta.
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.
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.
| abito a | I live in | Abito a Sydney. |
| sono di | I am from | Sono 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.
91Grammar practice: a or di?
On your own
Work through these with headphones while the other group is with the teacher. Your typing saves on this device.
1HSC 2020 Question 1 (2 marks)
Two marks: give two details. Write your answer in English, then open the transcript.
Why does Olivia call her dad?
Sample answer
To tell him she will not be going home after school and she will be eating out (at a pizzeria with friends).
Transcript
FEMALE: Ciao Papà, senti stasera non torno a casa dopo scuola.
MALE: Olivia, torni per cena o no?
FEMALE: No, vado in pizzeria con gli amici.
2About you
Type the missing word, then check.
abiti?
Abito Sydney.
Di dove ?
Sono Roma.
Exit ticket
Write where you live.
Write where you, or someone in your family, is from.
What did Olivia tell her dad?