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I’ve learned some verbs over the past couple days. Essere = to be. I vaguely remember that this and, I think, avere are two of the most important verbs in Italian.) Avere = to have. Stare = to stay, to be. (I vaguely remember that while both essere and stare mean “to be”, you use one in certain contexts and the other in other contexts, but I no longer remember the difference. I’ll just run with using essere for now and learn the rules later.) Andare = to go. Fare = to do, to make. Potere = to be able to. Imparare = to learn. Volere = to want. Aiutare = to help. Abitare = to live in, to inhabit. Piacere = to like. (So it seems to have multiple contexts - “piacere” means both the verb “to like” but also “pleased to meet you”.)
I also learned Covid vocabulary, which is important to me as a high-risk person whose life has become very circumscribed by Covid. A lot of the terms are more specialized, like polmonite (pneumonia) or diffusione globale (global spread), but some are very relevant to my life. Isolamente a casa = home isolation. Allontanamento sociale = social distancing. Mascherina = mask.
Some connective words were learned, such as e = and, é = is, a = to, ma = but, perché = because, and anche = also.
What I can do has opened up now that I have some verbs, even though I have no conjugations yet so it will definitely be very clunky:
Io sono Robin. Sono disabilite e sono abitare isolamento a casa, perché Covid-19 é molto male.
Google Translate returned: “I'm Robin. I am disabled and I am living isolation at home, because Covid-19 is very bad.” While this is somewhat ambiguous (am I currently in isolation due to having bad Covid, or am I living in isolation indefinitely because Covid-19 is too dangerous?), it’s a good start.
I also learned Covid vocabulary, which is important to me as a high-risk person whose life has become very circumscribed by Covid. A lot of the terms are more specialized, like polmonite (pneumonia) or diffusione globale (global spread), but some are very relevant to my life. Isolamente a casa = home isolation. Allontanamento sociale = social distancing. Mascherina = mask.
Some connective words were learned, such as e = and, é = is, a = to, ma = but, perché = because, and anche = also.
What I can do has opened up now that I have some verbs, even though I have no conjugations yet so it will definitely be very clunky:
Io sono Robin. Sono disabilite e sono abitare isolamento a casa, perché Covid-19 é molto male.
Google Translate returned: “I'm Robin. I am disabled and I am living isolation at home, because Covid-19 is very bad.” While this is somewhat ambiguous (am I currently in isolation due to having bad Covid, or am I living in isolation indefinitely because Covid-19 is too dangerous?), it’s a good start.
