Introduction to Italian/Lesson 10
Here are a few new nouns to help expand you vocabulary.
Places
[edit | edit source]una città – a city
un ristorante – a restaurant
un parco – a park
una biblioteca – a library
una scuola – a school
un’università – a college
un negozio – a shop
un mercato – a market
un supermercato – a supermarket
fuori città – outside the city
un bar/un caffè – used interchangeably to mean café
un cinema – a movie theater (the masculine article is used because cinema is an abbreviation of cinematografo)
un teatro – a theater (for plays)
una discoteca – a dance club
una farmacia – a pharmacy
una chiesa – a church
Furniture
[edit | edit source]un tavolo – a table
una sedia – a chair
una porta – a door
una finestra – a window
un gabinetto – a toilet
un letto – a bed
un lavandino – a sink
Countries and Continents
[edit | edit source](l')Europa – Europe
[edit | edit source](l')Italia – Italy
(la) Gran Bretagna/(il) Regno Unito – Great Britain/the United Kingdom
(l')Inghilterra – England
(la) Scozia – Scotland
(il) Galles – Wales
(l')Irlanda del Nord – Northern Ireland
(l')Irlanda – Ireland
(la) Francia – France
(la) Svizzera – Switzerland
(la) Spagna – Spain
(il) Portogallo – Portugal
(la) Germania/(l')Alemagna – Germany
(la) Svezia – Sweden
(la) Norvegia – Norway
(l')Asia – Asia
[edit | edit source](la) Cina – China
(il) Giappone – Japan
(l')Africa – Africa
[edit | edit source](il) Sudafrica – South Africa
(le) Americhe – Americas
[edit | edit source](l')America del Nord/(il) Nordamerica – North America
[edit | edit source](gli) Stati Uniti – the United States
(il) Canada/(il) Canadà – Canada
(il) Messico – Mexico
(l')America del Sud/(il) Sudamerica – South America
[edit | edit source](il) Brasile – Brazil
(l')Argentina – Argentina
(l')Oceania – Oceania
[edit | edit source](l')Australia – Australia
(la) Nuova Zelanda – New Zealand
Studies
[edit | edit source]biologia – biology
chimica – chemistry
fisica – physics
geografia – geography
scienze naturali – natural sciences
filosofia – philosophy
religione – religious studies
letteratura – literature
lingue straniere – foreign languages
scienze politiche – politcal science
storia – history
matematica – mathematics
informatica – computer science
