Families and parents

Summary:

Exercise
Families and parents. Listen to the song

There are some gaps in this text. Choose the right answer from the list, and then validate it. Each word can only be used once.

Translation

Ragiunata
Families and parents. Listen to the dialogue

Love’s attraction
1 : O Pè, is Maria a beautiful girl ?
2 : No, I don’t really like her.
3 : But for my part, I really do !

Exercise
Families and parents. Expressions

Way of speaking. Link the expression (1.2.3.4.5) to its meaning.

Ci sò sbalgi. sbalgiu.
Pruvate la dinù clicchendu quì sottu. Bravu, hè tuttu ghjustu!
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1. Avè una famiglia in giru hè megliu chè di avè soldi è prupietà
Translation: It is better to have relatives than belongings.
- Hè megliu ghjente chè robba (You’d better havec people around you rather than a lot of money.)
- Prima i denti chè i parenti (Teeth before relatives ! (= Think about yourself before thinking about others))
- À e nozze è à i doli si cunnoscenu i soi (You know your true friends only when there is a wedding or a funeral.)
- Chjama babbu à chì ti dà pane! (Call « Daddy » only the one who feeds you !)
- Marita ti, ma stà luntana da mamma! (Get married, but stay away from Mum !)
2. Si guarda prima u so interessu persunale chè quellu di i soi
Translation: Your personal interests comes first, before your relatives’ ones.
- Hè megliu ghjente chè robba (You’d better havec people around you rather than a lot of money.)
- Prima i denti chè i parenti (Teeth before relatives ! (= Think about yourself before thinking about others))
- À e nozze è à i doli si cunnoscenu i soi (C’est à l’occasion des noces ou des funérailles qu’on reconnait les siens)
- Chjama babbu à chì ti dà pane! (Call « Daddy » only the one who feeds you !)
- Marita ti, ma stà luntana da mamma! (Get married, but stay away from Mum !)
3. A parentia si stringhje quand’ellu ci hè qualcosa un avvenimentu felice o a morte di un parente
Translation: You and your relatives get closer when there is a joyful occasion or a relative’s death.
- Hè megliu ghjente chè robba (You’d better havec people around you rather than a lot of money.)
- Prima i denti chè i parenti (Teeth before relatives ! (= Think about yourself before thinking about others))
- À e nozze è à i doli si cunnoscenu i soi (C’est à l’occasion des noces ou des funérailles qu’on reconnait les siens)
- Chjama babbu à chì ti dà pane! (Call « Daddy » only the one who feeds you !)
- Marita ti, ma stà luntana da mamma! (Get married, but stay away from Mum !)
4. Cunsidereghja cum’è un parente quellu chì ti face u bè
Translation: You have to consider as a relative the one who does you some good.
- Hè megliu ghjente chè robba (You’d better havec people around you rather than a lot of money.)
- Prima i denti chè i parenti (Teeth before relatives ! (= Think about yourself before thinking about others))
- À e nozze è à i doli si cunnoscenu i soi (C’est à l’occasion des noces ou des funérailles qu’on reconnait les siens)
- Chjama babbu à chì ti dà pane! (Call « Daddy » only the one who feeds you !)
- Marita ti, ma stà luntana da mamma! (Get married, but stay away from Mum !)
5. Quand’omu si marita, ùn ci vole più à dipende da a so mamma
Translation: When one gets married, one has to be independ from their parents.
- Hè megliu ghjente chè robba (You’d better havec people around you rather than a lot of money.)
- Prima i denti chè i parenti (Teeth before relatives ! (= Think about yourself before thinking about others))
- À e nozze è à i doli si cunnoscenu i soi (C’est à l’occasion des noces ou des funérailles qu’on reconnait les siens)
- Chjama babbu à chì ti dà pane! (Call « Daddy » only the one who feeds you !)
- Marita ti, ma stà luntana da mamma! (Get married, but stay away from Mum !)

Exercise
Expressions. Ne hà, ùn ne hà micca

Marcella : Laetitia, do you have any sisters ?
Laetitia : Yes, a sister and a brother. What about you ?
Marcella : Well I’m an only child, like Marie.
Maria : Ok, but I have many relatives. Not all of them are here.
Laetitia : So you have some uncles and cousins out of Corsica ?

1.
- Laetitia doesn’t have any sisters
- Yes, Laetitia has one sister.
2.
- Marcella has three sisters
- Laetitia doesn’t have three sisters
3.
- Maria is an only child. She doesn’t have any sister
- Maria has three sisters and brothers
4.
- Maria doesn’t have any relatives
- Maria has some relatives
5.
- Maria doesn’t have any uncles and cousins outside Corsica
- Maria has some uncles and cousins outside Corsica
6.
- Maria’s grandmother doesn’t have any job.
- Maria’s grandmother is a nurse.
7.
- Maria has some relatives living in the continent
- Maria doesn’t have any relatives living in the continent

Exercise
Personal pronouns

Choose the good answer

1. Sò figliola sola. Fratelli ùn ... aghju micca.
Translation: I’m an only child (I’m a girl). I haven’t got any brothers.
- ne
- nunda
- e to
2. Sò figliola sola. Fratelli ùn ... aghju micca.
Translation: I’m an only child (I’m a girl). I haven’t got any brothers
- e mo
- qualcosa
- ne
3. Sò figliolu solu. Fratelli ùn ... aghju micca.
Translation: I’m an only child (I’m a boy). I haven’t got any brothers.
- ne
- nunda
- e so
4. Sò figliolu solu. Surelle ùn ... aghju micca.
Translation: I’m an only child (I’m a boy). I haven’t got any sisters.
- u mo
- a mo
- ne
5. Sò figliola sola. Surelle ùn ... aghju micca.
Translation: I’m an only child (I’m a girl) I haven’t got any sisters.
- ne
- nunda
- e so
6. Hè figliola sola. Fratelli è surelle ùn ... hà micca.
Translation: She is an only child. She hasn’t got any brothers or sisters
- ne
- a mo
- e so
7. Simu figlioli soli. Fratelli è surelle ùn ... avemu micca.
Translation: We are only children. We haven’t got any brothers or sisters.
- u mo
- nunda
- ne
8. Sò figlioli soli. Fratelli è surelle ùn ... anu micca.
Translation: They are only children. They haven’t got any brothers or sisters.
- e mo
- ne
- qualcosa

Exercise
Possessive adjectives

Choose the right answer

1. ... fratellu hà diciottu anni
Translation: My brother is 18
- u mo (My)
- nunda (Nothing)
- qualcosa (something)
2. ... babbu hè Antone Simonpietri
Translation: Our father is Antone Simonpietri
- a so (His/her)
- u nostru (Our)
- a mo (My)
3. Marcellu hà vintu ... macciu
Translation: Marcellu won his match
- u so (His)
- a nostra (Our)
- nunda (Nothing)
4. Andemu à corre cù ... amiche
Translation: We are going for a run with your (plural) friends
- i so (His)
- e vostre (Your)
- a mo (My)
5. Partimu in vacanze cù ... parenti
Translation: We are going on holidays with our parents
- u so (His)
- i nostri (Our)
- nunda (nothing)
6. I figlioli di i nostri zii sò ... cugini
Translation: Our uncle’s children are our cousins
- u so (His)
- i nostri (Our)
- e so (Her)
7. ... nipote sò e figliole di u vostru fratellu
Translation: Your (plural) nephews are your brother’s children
- u so (His)
- e vostre (Your)
- e so (Her)
8. ... scarpi ùn li facenu micca male à i pedi
Translation: Their shoes don’t hurt their feet
- I vostri (Your)
- I nostri (Our)
- I so (Their)
9. A mo zia Maddalena hè a surella di ... babbu
Translation: My aunt Maddalena is my Dad’s sister
- u mo (My)
- a mo (My (female))
- e so (Their)