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Colloquial Italian
The complete course for beginners

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Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
The market
True or false
False friends
Plurals
Reading
Unit 6
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Unit 8
Unit 9
Unit 10
Unit 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
Unit 14
Unit 15
Unit 16
Unit 17

False friends

In this unit, you met the idea of false friends. Here are some sentences in Italian, each with one word underlined, and an English translation. However, the word underlined is missing from the translation. You are offered three possible English words to complete the sentence. Choose the one you think correctly translates the Italian word underlined.

 

1. Per studiare, preferisco essere in una biblioteca. È silenzioso.

For studying I prefer to be in a ...

bedroom
 bookshop
 library

 

2. Alfredo č proprietario di una fattoria.

Alfredo is the owner of a ...

business
 farm
factory

 

3. Paolo suona il pianoforte. È molto bravo.

Paolo plays the piano. He is very ...

clever
 good
 brave

 

4. Mi piace la lettura.

I like ...

the lecture
 literature
 reading

 

5. Attualmente lavoro molto.

... I have a lot of work.

At present
 Actually
 Incidentally

 

6. È un bambino sensibile.

He is a ... child.

sensitive
 sensible
 senseless

 

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