Exercise
Families and parents. Expressions

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

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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)