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for dinner.Now, do the same thing once again below, except that this time you’ll be reading through the list of English words and trying to recall the Italian. All you need to do is to be able to do one full read-through of them without making more than three mistakes in total and you’re done!
| the weekend | il weekend (eel weekend) |
| romantic | romantico (roe-man-teek-oh) |
| fantastic | fantastico (fan-tass-teek-oh) |
| political | politico (pol-ee-teek-oh) |
| illogical | illogico (ee-lodge-eek-oh) |
| I have | Ho (o) |
| visited | visitato (visit-art-oh) |
| I have visited / I visited / I did visit | Ho visitato (o visit-art-oh) |
| Rome | Roma (roam-er) |
| Naples | Napoli (nap-oh-lee) |
| I have visited Naples / I visited Naples / I did visit Naples. | Ho visitato Napoli. (o visit-art-oh nap-oh-lee) |
| spent | passato (pass-art-oh) |
| I have spent / I spent / I did spend | Ho passato (o pass-art-oh) |
| You have | Ha (a) |
| You have spent / You spent / You did spend | Ha passato (a pass-art-oh) |
| We have | Abbiamo (ab-ee-arm-oh) |
| We have spent / We spent / We did spend | Abbiamo passato (ab-ee-arm-oh pass-art-oh) |
| September | settembre (se-tem-bray) |
| Christmas | il Natale (eel nat-arl-ay) |
| in Rome | a Roma (a roam-er) |
| in Italy | in Italia (een eet-al-yer) |
| in Switzerland | in Svizzera (een zvee-tser-er) |
| We have spent Christmas in Switzerland / We spent Christmas in Switzerland / We did spend Christmas in Switzerland. | Abbiamo passato il Natale in Svizzera. (ab-ee-arm-oh pass-art-oh eel nat-arl-ay een zvee-tser-er) |
| You have spent September in Italy / You spent September in Italy / You did spend September in Italy. | Ha passato settembre in Italia. (a pass-art-oh se-tem-bray een eet-al-yer) |
| and | e (ay) |
| It was | Era (air-ah) |
| It was fantastic. | Era fantastico. (air-ah fan-tass-teek-oh) |
| The weather was fantastic. | Il tempo era fantastico. (eel-tem-poe air-ah fan-tass-teek-oh) |
| I spent the weekend in Rome – and wow, the weather was fantastic. | Ho passato il weekend a Roma – e wow, il tempo era fantastico. (o pass-art-oh eel weekend a roam-er ay wow, eel-tem-poe air-ah fan-tass-teek-oh) |
| preparation | preparazione (prep-are-atz-ee-oh-nay) |
| prepared | preparato (pray-par-ay) |
| reservation | prenotazione (pray-no-tatz-ee-oh-nay) |
| reserved / booked | prenotato (pray-no-tart-oh) |
| ordered | ordinato (or-din-art-oh) |
| paid | pagato (pag-art-oh) |
| done | fatto (fat-oh) |
| the bill | il conto (eel kon-toe) |
| the dinner | la cena (la chain-er) |
| the coffee | il caffè (eel ka-fe) |
| a table | un tavolo (oon tav-oh-loe) |
| a room | una camera (oon-a cam-air-a) |
| a taxi | un taxi (oon taxi) |
| I have prepared the dinner / I prepared the dinner / I did prepare the dinner. | Ho preparato la cena. (o prep-are-art-oh la chain-er) |
| I have ordered coffee for dinner / I ordered coffee for dinner / I did order coffee for dinner. | Ho ordinato il caffè per la cena. (o or-din-art-oh eel ka-fe pair la chain-er) |
| I have booked a table for you / I booked a table for you / I did book a table for you. | Ho prenotato un tavolo per Lei. (o pray-no-tart-oh oon tav-oh-loe pair lay) |
| She has | Lei ha (lay a) |
| She has booked / reserved a table for this evening – She booked / reserved a table for this evening – She did book / reserve a table for this evening. | Lei ha prenotato un tavolo per questa sera. (lay a pray-no-tart-oh oon tav-oh-loe pair kwest-er sair-er) |
| He has | Lui ha (loo-ee a) |
| He has booked / reserved a room for two people – He booked / reserved a room for two people – He did book / reserve a room for two people. | Lui ha prenotato una camera per due persone. (loo-ee a pray-no-tart-oh oon-a cam-air-a pair doo-ay pair-soan-ay) |
| We have booked a taxi for you / We booked a taxi for you / We did book a taxi for you. | Abbiamo prenotato un taxi per Lei. (ab-ee-arm-oh pray-no-tart-oh oon taxi pair lay) |
| We paid the bill / We have paid the bill / We did pay the bill. | Abbiamo pagato il conto. (ab-ee-arm-oh pag-art-oh eel kon-toe) |
| What? / What thing? | Che cosa? (ke koe-ser) |
| What have you prepared? / What did you prepare? (literally “What thing you have prepared?”) | Che cosa ha preparato? (ke koe-ser a prep-are-art-oh) |
| What have you done? / What did you do? (literally “What thing you have done?”) | Che cosa ha fatto? (ke koe-ser a fat-oh) |
| I booked a table, ordered dinner and then paid the bill. What did you do? | Ho prenotato un tavolo, ordinato la cena e poi pagato il conto. Che cosa ha fatto? (o pray-no-tart-oh oon tav-oh-loe, or-din-art-oh la chain-er ey
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