Learn about the days of the week
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| Ciao a tutti, sono Felice Angelini, welcome to another Italian Whiteboard lesson. |
| In this lesson you'll learn how to say the days of the week in Italian, let's get started! |
| Ok, let's look at the vocabulary. |
| First we have lunedì, Monday, lunedì, |
| martedì, Tuesday, martedì, |
| mercoledì, Wednesday, mercoledì, |
| giovedì, Thursday, giovedì, |
| venerdì, Friday, venerdì, |
| sabato, Saturday, sabato, |
| domenica, Sunday, domenica, domenica. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| When I read, I want you to pay attention to the day of the week, find it and see how it's used in the dialogue. |
| Che giorno è oggi? What day is it today? |
| Oggi è mercoledì. Today is Wednesday. |
| Now let's look at some examples. |
| Oggi è martedì. Today is Tuesday. |
| Oggi è sabato. Today is Saturday. |
| Now let's look at the sentence pattern. This pattern will be the structure that our dialogue |
| and our examples will follow. |
| Oggi è [day of the week]. |
| Today is [day of the week]. |
| Mercoledì. |
| Oggi è mercoledì. |
| Oggi è martedì. Oggi è sabato. |
| The days of the week in Italian are named after celestial bodies and ancient deities. |
| For example, martedì, Tuesday, means day of Mars, the Roman god of war. |
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