Italian All-in-One For Dummies (188 page)

gli
(lyee): the

gonna
(
gohn
-nah) f: skirt

grande
(
grahn
-deh) f/m: great; big; large; tall

grande
magazzino
(
grahn
-deh mah-gaht-
tsee
-noh) m: department store

grassa
(
grahs
-sah) f;
grasso
(
grahs
-soh) m: fat

grazie
(
grah
-tsyeh): thank you

grigia
(
gree
-jah) f;
grigio
(
gree
-joh) m: gray

grossa
(
groh
-sah) f;
grosso
(
grohs
-soh) m: big

guanto
(
gwahn
-toh) m: glove

guardare
(gwahr-
dah
-reh): to watch; to look at

guidare
(gwee-
dah
-reh): to drive

I

i
(ee) m: the

ieri
(
yeh
-ree): yesterday

il
(eel) m: the

impermeabile
(eem-pehr-meh-
ah
-bee-leh) m: raincoat

impiegata
(eem-pyeh-
gah
-tah) f;
impiegato
(eem-pyeh-
gah
-toh) m: employee

imprenditorialità
(eem-prehn-dee-toh-ree-ah-lee
-tah
) f: entrepreneurship

in, in
(+ means of transportation) (een): in; at; to; by

in modo da
(een
moh
-doh dah);
in modo che
(een
moh
-doh keh): so as

in fretta
(een
freht
-tah): fast; quickly

in ritardo
(een ree-
tahr
-doh): late

incominciare
(een-koh-meehn-
chah
-reh) to begin; to start

incontrare
(een-kohn-
trah
-reh): to meet

indirizzo
(een-dee-
reet
-tsoh) m: address

indossare
(een-dohs-
sah
-reh): to wear

infermiera
(een-fehr-
myeh
-rah) f: nurse

informazione
(een-fohr-mah-
tzyo
-neh) f: information

ingegnere
(een-jeh-
nyeh
-reh) m: engineer

insalata
(een-sah-
lah
-tah) f: salad

intelligente
(een-tehl-lee-
jehn
-teh): intelligent

interessante
(een-teh-rehs-
sahn
-teh): interesting

intervista
(een-tehr-
vee
-stah): interview

intorno
(een-
tohr
-noh): around

inventore
(een-vehn-
toh
-reh) m: inventor

invito
(een-
vee
-toh) m: invitation

io
(
ee
-oh): I

italiana
(ee-tah-lee-
ah
-nah) f;
italiano
(ee-tah-lee-
ah
-noh) m: Italian

J

jeans
(jeenz) m: jeans

L

l'
(l-) f/m: the

la
(lah): the

là
(lah): there

lago
(
lah
-goh) m: lake

lana
(
lah
-nah) f: wool

larga
(
lahr
-gah) f;
largo
(
lahr
-goh) m: wide; large

lasciare
(lah-
shah
-reh): to leave; to let

latte
(
laht
-teh) m: milk

lavorare
(lah-voh-
rah
-reh): to work

lavoratore
(lah-voh-rah-
toh
-reh) m: worker

lavoratrice
(lah-voh-rah-
tree-
cheh) f: worker

lavoro
(lah-
voh
-roh) m: work; job

le
(leh): the

lei
(lehy) f: she; her; you (formal)

lentamente
(lehn-tah-
mehn
-teh): slowly

lettino
(leht-
teeh
-noh) m: cot

lì
(lee): there

libretto
(lee-
breht
-toh) m: opera libretto

libro
(
lee
-broh) m: book

lingua
(
leen
-gwah) f: language; tongue

lino
(
lee
-noh) m: linen

lo
(loh) m: the

lontano
(lohn-
tah
-noh) m: far

loro
(
loh
-roh) m: they; them; their;
[il] loro
([eel]
loh
-roh) m: theirs

luglio
(
looh
-lyoh): July

lui
(
looh
-ee) m: he; him

M

ma
(mah): but

macchina
(
mahk
-kee-nah) f: car

madre
(
mah
-dreh) f: mother

maggio
(
mahj
-joh): May

magra
(
mah
-grah) f;
magro
(
mah
-groh) m: thin; skinny

mai
(mahy): ever; never

malata
(mah-
lah
-tah) f;
malato
(mah-
lah
-toh) m: ill

male
(
mah
-leh) badly

malvolentieri
(mahl-voh-lehn-
tyeh
-ree): unwillingly

mamma
(
mahm
-mah) f: mom

mandare
(mahn-
dah
-reh): to send

mangiare
(mahn-
jah
-reh): to eat

maniere
(mah-nee-
eh
-reh) f, pl: behavior; manners

mano
(
mah
-noh) f: hand

marca
(
mahr
-kah)
f: brand of product

mare
(
mah
-reh) m: sea

marito
(mah-
ree
-toh) m: husband

marrone
(mahr-
roh-
neh) f/m: brown

marzo
(
mahr
-tsoh): March

massimo
(
mahs
-see-moh) most

materiale
(mah-teh-
ryah
-leh) m: material

matita
(mah-
tee
-tah) f: pencil

me
(meh): me

medicina
(meh-dee-
chee
-nah) f: medicine

medico
(
meh
-dee-koh) m: physician

meglio
(
meh
-lyoh): better

meno
(
meh
-noh): less

meno che
(
meh
-noh keh): less than

meno di
(
meh
-noh dee): less than

mensile
(mehn-
see
-leh) m: monthly; monthly magazine

mentre
(
mehn
-treh): while; whereas

menzionare
(mehn-tsyoh-
nah
-reh): to bring up

mercatino
(mehr-kah
-tee-
noh) m: small outdoor market

mercato
(mehr-
kah
-toh) m: market

merce
(
mehr
-cheh) f: goods

merletto
(mehr-
leht
-toh) m: lace

mese
(
meh
-zeh) m: month

metafora
(meh-
tah
-foh-rah) f: metaphor

metropolitana
(meh-troh-poh-lee-
tah
-nah) f: subway

mettere
(
meht
-teh-reh): to put

mettersi
(
meht
-tehr-see): to wear

mezzi di comunicazione di massa
(
meht
-tsee dee koh-mooh-nee-kah-
tsyoh
-neh dee
mahs
-sah) m: media

mia
(myah) f;
[la] mia
([lah] myah) f;
mie
(myeh) f, pl; [
le
]
mie
([leh] myeh) f, pl;
miei
(
myehy
) m, pl;
[i] miei
([ee] myehy), m, pl;
mio
(myoh) m;
[il] mio
([eel] myoh) m: my; mine

migliore
(mee-
lyoh
-reh): better

mille
(
meel
-leh): thousand

minima
(
meeh
-neeh-mah) f;
minimo
(
meeh
-neeh-moh) m: minimum; least

misura
(mee-
sooh
-rah) f: measurement

moda
(
moh
-dah) f: fashion

modernizzazione
(moh-dehr-neet-tsah-
tsyoh
-neh) f: modernization

moglie
(
moh
-lyeh) f: wife

molta
(
mohl
-tah) f;
molte
(
mohl
-teh) f;
molti
(
mohl
-tee) m;
molto
(
mohl
-toh) m: very; much; many; a lot

montagna
(mohn-
tah
-nyah) f: mountain

morire
(moh-
ree
-reh): to die

motore
(moh-
toh
-reh) m: engine

mucchio
(
moohk
-kyoh) m: pile

muovere
(
mwoh
-veh-reh);
muoversi
(
mwoh
-vehr-see):
to move

museo
(mooh-
seh
-oh) m: museum

musica
(
mooh
-see-kah) f: music

musicale
(mooh-see-
kah
-leh): musical

musicista
(mooh-see-
chee
-stah) m: musician

N

nascere
(
nah
-sheh-reh): to be born

naso
(
nah
-zoh) m: nose

naturale
(nah-tooh-
rah
-leh): natural

nazionale
(nah-tsyoh-
nah
-leh): national

ne
(neh): of this; of that; of him; of them

né . . . né
(neh . . . neh): neither . . . nor

nebbia
(
nehb
-byah) f: fog

negozio
(neh-
goh
-tsyoh) m: shop

negozio di scarpe
(neh-
goh
-tsyoh dee
skahr
-peh): shoe store

nera
(
neh
-rah) f;
nero
(
neh
-roh) m: black

nessuna
(nehs-
sooh
-nah) f;
nessuno
(nehs-
sooh
-noh) m: no one; nobody; none

neve
(
neh
-veh) f: snow

niente
(
nyehn
-teh): nothing

no
(noh): no

noi
(nohy): we; us

noiosa
(no
-yoh
-zah) f;
noioso
(no-
yoh
-zoh) m: boring

noleggiare (un'automobile)
(noh-lej-
jah
-reh [oohn ou-toh-
moh
-bee-leh]): to rent (a car)

nome
(
noh-
meh) m: name

non
(nohn): not

non ancora
(nohn ahn-
koh
-rah): not yet

non appena
(nohn ahp-
peh
-nah): as soon as

non . . . mai
(nohn mahy): never

nord
(nohrd) m: north

nostra
(
noh
-strah) f;
[la] nostra
([lah]
noh
-strah) f;
nostre
(
noh
-streh) f, pl;
[le] nostre
[leh]
noh
-streh) f, pl;
nostri
(
noh
-stree) m, pl;
[i] nostri
([ee]
noh
-stree) m, pl;
nostro
(
noh
-stroh) m;
[il] nostro
([eel]
noh
-stroh) m: our; ours

notizie
(noh-
tee
-tsyeh) f: news

notizie d'attualità
(noh-
tee
-tsyeh daht-tooh-ah-lee-
tah
) f: current events

notizie economiche
(noh-
tee
-tsyeh eh-koh-
noh
-mee-keh) f: economic news

notizie sportive
(noh-
tee
-tsyeh spohr-
tee
-veh) f: sports news

notte
(
noht
-teh) f: night

nove
(
noh
-veh): nine