Italian Nouns

Welcome to the third Italian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Italian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes patate

tomatoes pomodori

onions cipolle

carrots carote

fruits frutta

apples mele

bananas banane

oranges arance

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Italian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] ha del latte?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] ho latte e caffè
he has three apples [number + plural noun] ha tre mele
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ha solo una mela
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] viviamo in una piccola casa
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] mi piace la nostra colazione

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread pane

milk latte

butter burro

cheese formaggio

coffee caffè

sandwich panino

meat carne

chicken pollo

fish pesce

breakfast prima colazione

lunch pranzo

dinner cena

Conversation in Italian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Italian
Do you speak (English/ Italian)? parla (inglese/italiano)?
Just a little un pochino
I like Italian mi piace l'italiano
Can I practice with you? posso fare pratica con lei?
How old are you? quanti anni ha?
I'm thirty three years old ho 33 anni
It was nice talking to you mi ha fatto piacere parlare con lei!

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