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Avere: to have (5 minutes)
Practice avere (to have (to have ( ) and the sample sentences,
then test yourself.
I have (io) ho
(eeoh) oh
you have (tu) hai
(informal singular) (too) ahee
you have (Lei) ha
(formal singular) (lay) ah
he/she/it has (lui/lei) ha
(loo-ee/lay) ah
we have (noi) abbiamo
(noy) abbeeahmoh
you have (plural) (voi) avete
(voy) avetay
Ha dei broccoli? they have (loro) hanno
ah day brokkolee (loroh) annoh
Do you have any broccoli?

Marco has a meeting. Marco ha una riunione.
markoh ah oonah
reeooneeonay

Do you have a Ha un cellulare?
cell phone? ah oon chaylloolaray

How many brothers and Quanti fratelli ha?
sisters do you have? kwantee fratellee ah

Negatives (4 minutes)

la bicicletta It is easy to make sentences negative in Italian.
lah beechee- Just put non in front of the verb: non siamo
klettah inglesi (we’re not English (we’re not English ( ), non ho fratelli
bicycle
(I don’t have any brothers).
He’s not married. Non è sposato.
non ay spozatoh
I’m not sure. Non sono sicuro/a.
non sonoh seekooroh/ah
Non ho l’auto. We don’t have Non abbiamo figli.
non oh la-ootoh any children. non abbeeamoh feelyee
I don’t have a car.