Day 4 – some more easy words

✓ bambino (nm) (bahm – BEE – noh) child (in general), baby boy, little boy
❑ bambola (nf) (BAHM – boh – lah) doll.
✓ capodanno (nm) (kah – poh-DAHN – noh) New Year’s Day
✓ domani (nm) (doh – MAH – nee) tomorrow
❑ fiore (nm) (FYOHR – reh) flower
❑ pantaloni (nm) (pahn – tah – LOH – nee) pants
❑ pomodoro (nm) (poh – moh – DOHR – roh) tomato
✓ testa (nf) (TEH – stah) head (anatomy)
❑ verde (adj.) (VEHR – deh) green
✓ vita (nf) (VEE – tah) life

Day 3 – more new words

✓    bocca (nf) (BOHK- kah)   mouth (anatomy)
❑    caro (adj) (KAHR- roh)   dear
❑    finestra (nf) (fee – NEH – strah)   window
✓    funghi (nm) (FOON – gee)   mushrooms; often mispronounced (FOON-jee)
❑    nonni (nm) (NOHN – nee)   grandparents
❑    passeggiata (nf) (pahs – sehd – JAH – tah)   stroll, (pleasure) walk
✓    salute! (sah – LOO – teh)   to your health!
❑    simpatico (adj.) (seem – PAH – tee – koh) nice
❑    vecchio (adj.) (VEHK – kyoh)   old, elderly
✓    amico (nm) (ah- MEE – koh)   friend

Day 2 – You already know Italian…

✓    antipasto (nm) (ahn – tee – PAH – stoh)   appetizer ; plural – antipasti
✓    basta! (BAH – stah)   enough! (from the adverb abbastanza)
❑    buon compleanno! (bwohn kohm – pleh – AHN – noh)   happy birthday!
❑    consiglio (nm) (kohn – SEE – lyoh)   advice
❑    farina (nf) (fahr – REE – nah)   flour
❑    gelato (nm) (jeh – LAH – toh)   ice cream
❑    mano (nf) (MAH – noh)   hand
❑    pace (nf) (PAH – cheh)   peace
✓    ristorante (nm) (ree – stohr – RAHN – teh)   restaurant
✓    troppo (TROHP – poh)   too (much)

Day 1 – You already know Italian…

❑ acqua (nf) (AHK- kwah) – water
❑ acqua in bocca – keep a secret, mum’s the word
❑    bianco (adj) (BYAHN – koh) – white
❑    carne (nf) (KAHR- neh) – meat
❑    diavolo (nm) (DYAH – voh – loh) – devil
❑    inferno (nm) (een-FEHR – noh) – hell
❑    mare (nm) (MAHR- reh) – sea
❑    padrone (nm) (pah – DROH – neh) – master, boss, employer, landlord
❑    scerzo (nm) (SKEHR – tsoh) – joke
❑    stella (nf) (STEHL – lah) – (celestial star)
❑    via (nf) (VEE – ah) – road, street, way; as an adverb: by means of, by way of
❑    ferrovia (nf) (fehr – rroh – VEE – ah) – railroad, literally means iron road