MEAL TIMES

In the Middle School we were discussing types of food and when it would be eaten.

la colazione breakfast
la merenda snack
il pranzo lunch
la cena dinner

The children placed the foods they would eat within each meal time.
We compared this to other cultures. In Japan "il pesce" is eaten at all meal times. I spent nearly a week in Japan recently and I had "il pesce" per colazione!

Mamma mia!

BUON APPETITO!
SIGNORA NAC

GRAMMAR IN ITALIAN

GENDER OF NOUNS
All nouns in Italian are either masculine or feminine. (Ask an Upper School student to tell you more.)

Are there any other languages where nouns are masculine or feminine?
Most singular nouns ending in -0 are masculine.
Most singular nouns ending in -a are feminine.

MASCULINE
libro book
giorno day
ragazzo boy

FEMININE
zia aunty
penna pen
matita pencil

In English the definite article THE can be used before all nouns. But in Italian the definite article has more than one form.

THE can be:
il, lo, l', la

MAMMA MIA!

Italian really makes our students think about how languages work.