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Professional Development Today: Will Teach Periods 1-2-3-9-10 ** Objective: ** Ask and answer the question "Where are you from?" and what is your nationality.

** Fare Adesso: **
 * 1) Da dove vieni? / Di dove sei?

Asking for someone's nationality...there are two ways to do this: //**Da dove vieni?** //or **//Di dove sei? //** //**Vengo da...** //or  //**Sono di...**//


 * Da + //venire // .......................... Di + //Essere //**

The verb " ** venire ** " means " ** to come ** " and is often used to ask for someone's nationality in Italian.

In English if you want ask someone's nationality you have to use the verb " ** to come ** " " Where do you come from? ".

So first you need to know how to conjugate the verb ** to come ** ; then you need to learn the above expressions.

Conjugation of the irregular verb " ** Venire ** " [Present tense] 

//Da dove vieni? Where do you come from? // //Vengo da Milano. I am from Milan. //

//Da dove vieni? <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Where do you come from? // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Vengo dall'Italia. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from Italy. //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Da dove vieni? <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Where do you come from? // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Vengo da Elizabeth (città). <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from Elizabeth. // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Vengo dal New Jersey. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from New Jersey. // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Vengo dagli Stati Uniti. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from the United States. ..... Sono americana. // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Vengo dall'America. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from the United States............Sono americana //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Da dove viene Lei? //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) vengo dall'Inghilterra..... //<span style="color: #101212; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from England. //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) vengo dalla Germania.... //<span style="color: #1f2121; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from Germany //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) vengo dal Giappone...... //<span style="color: #151717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from Japan. //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) vengo dalle Filippine.... //<span style="color: #0e0f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from the Philippines.

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Dal - dallo - dalla, dall' - dai - dagli - dalle //

<span style="color: #101212; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Every preposition in Italian can be mixed with the definite article ( <span style="color: #c25c23; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Sing. / Plur. / Masc. /Fem <span style="color: #101212; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">)


 * ESSERE: **

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">**Di dove sei?** //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Di <span style="color: #171919; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;"> = the first meaning of the preposition "di" is "of", but in this case it means from. //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Dove <span style="color: #171919; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;"> = this is an adverb, and it's <span style="color: #369c9c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 210%;">Where // //<span style="color: #171919; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">in English //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Sei <span style="color: #171919; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;"> = ////<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Are you? //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Di dove sei? <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Where do you come from? // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Sono di Elizabeth. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from Elizabeth. // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Sono del New Jersey. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from New Jersey. // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Sono degli Stati Uniti. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from the United States. ..... Sono americana. // //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Sono degli Stati Uniti.. <span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from the United States............Sono americana //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Di dov'è Lei? //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) sono dell'Inghilterra..... //<span style="color: #101212; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from England. //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) sono della Germania.... //<span style="color: #1f2121; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from Germany //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) sono del Giappone...... //<span style="color: #151717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from Japan. //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) sono delle Filippine.... //<span style="color: #0e0f0f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I come from the Philippines.

And as you know if you want to ask this question in the formal way you change the verb //<span style="color: #3093a8; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 210%;">you // from the second to the third person.

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Di dov' è Lei? //

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Io sono di Madrid.............. //<span style="color: #0b0c0c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from Madrid. //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Io sono spagnolo/a.............. //<span style="color: #0b0c0c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am Spanish.

//<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Io sono di Tokio.............. //<span style="color: #0b0c0c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am from Madrid. //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">Io sono giapponese.............. //<span style="color: #0b0c0c; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">I am Japanese.

If the answer is //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io sono italiano/a //<span style="color: #141717; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">or //<span style="color: #32b4bd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Io) sono francese. // <span style="color: #1b1e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">(Since francese ends in **//<span style="color: #359399; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 30px;">e //** <span style="color: #1b1e1f; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">there is no need to change the ending in the singular.)


 * Dialogo Formale e Informale: ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">OneWorld Nazionalità



<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Nazioni e nazionalità


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,'Helvetica Neue','Lucida Grande',Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Big ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,'Helvetica Neue','Lucida Grande',Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">lietto d'uscita: **
 * 1) ** Di dove sei (tu)? **
 * 2) ** Da dove vieni (tu)? **
 * 3) ** Dove abiti (tu)? **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,'Helvetica Neue','Lucida Grande',Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Compito: **
 * In preparation for the Benchmark read and then answer the following questions. Then hand it in tomorrow upon entering class. **
 * 1) [[file:mrskachmar/LEGGERE IL DIALOGO.pdf|LEGGERE IL DIALOGO.pdf]]