Italian

Say what you did this morning in Nonna's house, with the Italian past: I opened, I cleaned, I slept.

Tell Nonna what you did today on the evening phone call, with the past made with avere and with essere.

Order a cappuccino and a croissant at Gino's bar, ask how much it is, pay and say keep the change, with the numbers from sixty to a hundred.

Empty Nonna's house with Assunta, box by box, and say what you keep and what you throw away with lo, la and le before the verb.

Hear Pietro's news of a bear behind the house and ask what it did, with the past for he, she and it: ha mangiato, e andato via.

Answer the forest ranger's questions about the bear politely, say when you saw it and how big it was, and take her advice.

Ask for work at Bruna's trattoria politely, say what you can do and where you have worked, and agree to start tomorrow.

Make the market list with Bruna at closing time: what is needed for tomorrow, in kilos, litres, halves and eggs.

Phone the repairman from Bruna's kitchen, say the dishwasher broke, ask when he is coming and what it will cost.

Join Nicola the shepherd for the walk up the mountain with the sheep, and talk about the plan with the noi form in -iamo.

Say you are tired on the mountain path, ask how far is left, and say how long you have walked with abbiamo camminato.

Tell Nonna on the phone what you will do tomorrow, with the Italian future: I'll go, I'll do, she'll come, I'll call you.

Invite your cousin for the weekend on the phone, with the future for you and for me: will you come, I'll come, I'll take the train, I'll wait for you.

Wait for a late train at the station in town, then greet the cousin who gets off it, with the Italian past made with essere: it has arrived, I have arrived.

Talk about the dinner you cooked for the whole village, with the past of fare and mangiare: I made the pasta, we ate everything, everyone liked it.

Agree to cook for the village feast in August, with the summer months, a hundred people and the future: I'll cook.

Meet an emigrant back in the village after thirty years, and say where you come from and that you have come back, with the past made with essere: sono tornato, sono tornata.

Look at an old photo and tell where someone went and what he did, with the past for him and for her: he left, he went to America, he worked, she left later.

Get asked to dance at the feast, say you cannot dance, and let a friend teach you, with ti insegno io and the present for right now.

Say how hot it is and how long it has not rained, with the Italian da: for a month.

Say what has happened in a storm, with the Italian past made with essere: the storm arrived, the power went off.

Say you don't feel well, answer the doctor's questions, and say what she must do with dovere: deve riposare.

Ask how a dish is made and follow a recipe in order, with come si fa, prima, poi, alla fine.

Take your pay at the trattoria and say how long you worked, with the past of an are verb: ho lavorato venti giorni.

Say what you all did together, with the Italian past for we: abbiamo raccolto il grano, abbiamo lavorato tre giorni.

Ask what a repair will cost and say what you will do, with the Italian future: costera, chiedero.

Say goodbye at work and say when you will be back, with the future tornerai and the present for a settled plan: torno a giugno.

Say goodbye to a friend who is leaving, with the orders scrivimi and chiamami, and ci rivediamo, buon viaggio.

Tell Nonna you are staying until Christmas and what you will do in the autumn, with fino a and the present for a plan.