Family, rooms and furniture
Build the core word and phrase bank for family and home.
Core words
Learn family words in small groups. Immediate family includes genitori, madre, padre, fratello, and sorella. Rooms answer the question dove? Furniture answers che cosa c’è?
Use capelli and occhi in the plural. Italian says avere i capelli and avere gli occhi.
- i genitori· the parents
- la madre / il padre· the mother / the father
- il fratello / la sorella· the brother / the sister
- il nonno / la nonna· the grandfather / the grandmother
- il marito / la moglie· the husband / the wife
- il figlio / la figlia· the son / the daughter
Useful chunks
Learn nouns with their articles and learn verbs inside a complete phrase. Say each Italian item aloud, cover the English, and retrieve the meaning.
- la cucina· the kitchen
- il soggiorno· the living room
- la camera da letto· the bedroom
- il bagno· the bathroom
- i capelli castani· brown hair
- gli occhi verdi· green eyes
In context
The words of this lesson in sentences from other A1 lessons.
- La nostra cucina è grande.· Our kitchen is large.Tappa 3 · Meet my family
- In soggiorno c’è un divano.· There is a sofa in the living room.Tappa 3 · Meet my family
- Luca ha gli occhi azzurri.· Luca has blue eyes.Tappa 3 · The verb avere
- C’è un bagno al piano terra.· There is a bathroom on the ground floor.Tappa 3 · Whose and where?
- La casa ha un soggiorno luminoso.· The house has a bright living room.Tappa 3 · A family and its home
- In cucina c’è un tavolo lungo.· There is a long table in the kitchen.Tappa 3 · A family and its home
- Che bella cucina! È nuova?· What a beautiful kitchen! Is it new?Tappa 3 · A short home tour
- Sì, e questo è il nostro soggiorno.· Yes, and this is our living room.Tappa 3 · A short home tour
- Sono i miei genitori.· They are my parents.Tappa 3 · A short home tour
- E quella camera?· And that room?Tappa 3 · A short home tour