Unit 8 Review

Italiano A1A18. Unit 8: Shopping and Clothing

Unit 8 Review: Shopping & Clothing

Welcome to the Unit 8 review! In this lesson, you will practice everything you have learned about talking about clothes, colors, prices, and using demonstratives like questo (this) and quello (that).

1. Clothing & Colors

Clothing items agree in gender and number. Colors usually follow the noun and also agree in gender and number. For example:

2. Prices

To ask about prices, use Quanto costa? (How much does it cost?) for singular items or Quanto costano? (How much do they cost?) for plural items. Use costa for singular and costano for plural.

3. Demonstratives (This / That)

Use questo for ‘this’ (masculine singular) and questa for ‘this’ (feminine singular). In the plural, use questi (masculine) and queste (feminine).

Common Mistake: Do not mix up singular and plural forms of verbs with prices. Say Quanto costa? for one item, but Quanto costano? for multiple items!

Words

la camicia
shirt
La camicia è bianca.The shirt is white.
i pantaloni
pants
I pantaloni sono neri.The pants are black.
la gonna
skirt
La gonna è rossa.The skirt is red.
le scarpe
shoes
Le scarpe sono marroni.The shoes are brown.
il cappotto
coat
Il cappotto è blu.The coat is blue.
il maglione
sweater
Il maglione è giallo.The sweater is yellow.
il vestito
dress
Il vestito è verde.The dress is green.
la maglietta
t-shirt
La maglietta è grigia.The t-shirt is gray.
questo
this (masculine)
Questo cappotto è caldo.This coat is warm.
questa
this (feminine)
Questa gonna è bella.This skirt is pretty.
quello
that (masculine)
Quello è un bel vestito.That is a nice dress.
quanto costa
how much does it cost
Quanto costa la camicia?How much does the shirt cost?
quanto costano
how much do they cost
Quanto costano le scarpe?How much do the shoes cost?
troppo
too much
Costa troppo.It costs too much.
caro
expensive
Questo vestito è caro.This dress is expensive.
economico
cheap
Questa maglietta è economica.This t-shirt is cheap.

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Patterns

Quanto costa ___?

Ask for the price of a singular item.

Quanto costa la camicia?How much does the shirt cost?

Quanto costano ___?

Ask for the price of plural items.

Quanto costano le scarpe?How much do the shoes cost?

Questo ___ è ___.

Describe a masculine singular clothing item.

Questo cappotto è blu.This coat is blue.