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AC9LIT4U02
Understanding systems of language
recognise Italian language conventions, grammatical structures and basic syntax in familiar texts and contexts
Elaborations
- AC9LIT4U02_E1<p>identifying the gender of nouns in the singular and plural regular form, for example, ‘<em>o-i'; ‘a-e’; ‘e-i' </em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E2<p>observing gender in patterns of names, for example, male names generally end in ‘o’ and female names end in an ‘a’, for example, <em>Giorgio/Giorgia</em> and <em>Marcello/Marcella</em> and noticing exceptions to the rule such as male names in Italian ending in ‘<em>a’ </em>or ‘<em>e’, </em>for example, <em>Simone, Luca, Andrea,</em> and <em>Nicola</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E3<p>using singular and plural, recognising that some singular nouns do not follow the regular masculine/feminine pattern, for example, <em>la mano – le mani; il papà – i papà</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E4<p>using the definite and indefinite articles and understanding how to specify a particular person or object, for example, <em>la mamma, una mamma; il quaderno, un quaderno; l’arancia, un’ arancia</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E5<p>using personal pronouns in context, for example, <em>Chi ha finito? Io!</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E6<p>recognising the different conjugations of common regular verbs in the present tense, for example, <em>‑are</em> verbs <em>gioco-gioca, mangio-mangiamo</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E7<p>expressing negation, for example, <em>voglio/non voglio</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E8<p>expressing preferences and reasons for preferences, for example, <em>preferisco ... perché …</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E9<p>using adjectives to describe characteristics or qualities of a person or object and noticing that adjectives change with gender, for example, <em>Chiara è italiana, Bruno è greco, Riccardo è portoghese e Marianna è irlandese, la macchina rossa, il libro rosso</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E10<p>using prepositions to indicate location or direction, for example, <em>a casa, a Roma, in città, a sinistra, sopra il tavolo</em>, <em>sotto il banco</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E11<p>using possessive adjectives to express ownership, for example, <em>la mia casa, la tua famiglia, il tuo cappello, mia</em> <em>nonna</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E12<p>using suffixes to add nuance, for example, <em>-ino</em> (<em>fratellino, piccolino</em>) or <em>-etto</em> (<em>poveretto, casetta</em>)</p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E13<p>creating simple sentences in the subject+verb+object pattern, and linking ideas using conjunctions such as <em>e </em>and <em>ma</em></p>
- AC9LIT4U02_E14<p>recognising how ideas are sequenced in simple texts by using link words such as <em>prima, dopo</em></p>
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