Unit 9: Il pesce [fish]

Exercise 1

l’acciuga – le acciughe          

la cozza – le cozze           

il gambero – i gamberi

l’alice – gli alici                       

il calamaro – i calamari      

l’astice – gli astici

Exercise 2

i fagioli – beans   i fagiolini – string beans

l’arancia – orange (fruit)   l’arancione – orange (color)

il peperone – sweet pepper   il pepe – pepper   il peperoncino – chili pepper

la burrata – burrata cheese   la burriera – butter dish    il burro – butter 

il caprino – type of goat cheese   la capra – goat   il capriccio – whim, caprice

Exercise 3

chicken in broth – pollo in brodo                    

tuna steak – bistecca di tonno

steamed mussels – cozze al vapore                   

salt cod stew – spezzatino di stoccafisso

soused beef – manzo in carpione           

sole filet – filetto di sogliola

swordfish meatballs – polpette di pesce spada          

marinated octopus – polpo marinato

Unit 9 Review Exercise

After you complete these review exercises, wait a few days and then review your work. Feel free to go on to the next unit in the meantime.

When it’s time to review your work, use a bilingual dictionary to check your answers to Review Exercise 1. Doing the extra legwork of looking up words will help reinforce this vocabulary.