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AC9LIT2U03
Understanding systems of language
notice that Italian has features that may be similar to or different from English
Elaborations
- AC9LIT2U03_E1<p>noticing that Italian words end mostly with vowels which mark gender and number, for example, <em>o–i </em>(masculine singular and plural); <em>a–e</em> (feminine singular and plural); <em>e–i </em>(masculine/feminine, singular and plural)</p>
- AC9LIT2U03_E2<p>observing gender in patterns of naming, for example, <em>Paolo/Paola, Alessandro/Alessandra</em></p>
- AC9LIT2U03_E3<p>noticing that Italian has definite and indefinite articles that are gender based, for example, <em>la casa, una casa; il giardino, un giardino; lo zoo, uno zoo</em></p>
- AC9LIT2U03_E4noticing that Italian forms singular and plural differently from English
- AC9LIT2U03_E5<p>noticing some words for asking questions, for example, <em>Chi? Cosa? Quando? </em>are similar to English and do not change, and some change to denote number and gender, for example, <em>Quanti? </em></p>
- AC9LIT2U03_E6noticing that rising intonation denotes a question
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