Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- identifying gender, singular and plural nouns in the regular form, for example,
il quaderno/i quaderni; la mela/le mele - observing gender in patterns of naming, for example, Paolo/Paola, but that Luca, Andrea and Simone are all male names in Italian
- using singular and plural, recognising that some singular nouns do not follow the regular masculine/feminine pattern, for example,
la mano, il papà - using the definite and indefinite articles and understanding how to specify a particular person or object, for example, la mamma, una mamma; il quaderno, un quaderno; l’arancia, un’ arancia
- using cardinal numbers for dates and ages
- using adjectives to describe characteristics or qualities of a person or object such as nationality, shape and colour and noticing that they change with gender, for example, Mia nonna è carina; Il mio amico è indonesiano
- using possessive adjectives with io, tu, lui and lei to express ownership, for example, la mia casa; la tua famiglia; il tuo cappello; mia nonna
- recognising suffixes to add nuance, for example, -ino, fratellino, piccolino
Begin to develop a metalanguage in Italian for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLITU033)
Notice and use context-related vocabulary and apply elements of grammar in simple spoken and written texts to generate language for a range of purposes, including:
- identifying gender, singular and plural nouns in the regular form, for example,
il quaderno/i quaderni; la mela/le mele - observing gender in patterns of naming, for example, Paolo/Paola, but that Luca, Andrea and Simone are all male names in Italian
- using singular and plural, recognising that some singular nouns do not follow the regular masculine/feminine pattern, for example,
la mano, il papà - using the definite and indefinite articles and understanding how to specify a particular person or object, for example, la mamma, una mamma; il quaderno, un quaderno; l’arancia, un’ arancia
- using cardinal numbers for dates and ages
- using adjectives to describe characteristics or qualities of a person or object such as nationality, shape and colour and noticing that they change with gender, for example, Mia nonna è carina; Il mio amico è indonesiano
- using possessive adjectives with io, tu, lui and lei to express ownership, for example, la mia casa; la tua famiglia; il tuo cappello; mia nonna
- recognising suffixes to add nuance, for example, -ino, fratellino, piccolino
Begin to develop a metalanguage in Italian for talking about language, using terms similar to those used in English
(ACLITU033)