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Gramática

As irmãs compartilham uma gramática e discordam nos detalhes — e é justamente por isso que aprendê-las juntas funciona. Cada lição mostra um sistema nas seis línguas de uma vez, com a história latina que explica as diferenças.

Ortografia e pronúncia

Como cada irmã escreve seus sons e como ler qualquer uma delas em voz alta.

5 lições · 55 min

  1. Reading SpanishOne letter, one sound — almost. Among the most regular spellings in the family.10 min
  2. Reading ItalianSwitch letters, long consonants and two kinds of e and o.10 min
  3. Reading FrenchSilent letters, nasal vowels and words that run together.12 min
  4. Stress and rhythmSame words, six melodies: where the weight falls and how words fuse.11 min
  5. Spotting cognatesA practical toolkit: suffixes, French disguises and the two layers of vocabulary.12 min

O substantivo e o sintagma nominal

Artigos, gênero, plurais, o partitivo, adjetivos e possessivos.

6 lições · 70 min

  1. ArticlesThe, a, and how Latin 'that' became six sets of little words — one of them glued to the end of the noun.12 min
  2. GenderTwo genders from Latin's three — Romanian kept a neuter — and the words the sisters disagree on.12 min
  3. PluralsAdd -s, or change the vowel: two Latin cases, two families of plural.12 min
  4. The partitive'Some bread': compulsory in French, optional in Italian, absent in the other four.9 min
  5. AdjectivesAgreement, position, and adjectives that change meaning when they move.13 min
  6. PossessivesMy, your, his, their: agreement with the thing owned, and who uses an article.12 min

Verbos

Conjugações, o verbo «ser/estar», os três passados, os auxiliares, os futuros e o subjuntivo.

7 lições · 87 min

  1. The present tenseFour Latin verb classes, several ways of sorting them, one family of endings.10 min
  2. To be: ser, estar, être, essere, stare, fiLatin ESSE, plus a verb for sitting and a verb for standing.12 min
  3. The spoken pastcomí, j'ai mangé, ho mangiato, vaig menjar: the sisters' biggest everyday mismatch.14 min
  4. Have or be? The auxiliariesWhy French and Italian sometimes 'are arrived' and the other sisters never do.12 min
  5. The imperfectBackground, habit and scenery: where the sisters agree almost perfectly.10 min
  6. Future and conditionalBorn as 'I have to sing': two tenses the sisters built themselves.14 min
  7. The subjunctiveque, che, să: the mood of wishes, feelings and doubt, and where the sisters disagree.15 min

Construindo frases

Negação, perguntas, pronomes oblíquos, y/en/ci/ne, preposições e comparações.

6 lições · 74 min

  1. Saying nono, ne…pas, non, nu, and why 'nothing' needs two negatives.10 min
  2. Asking questionsRising voice, inversion, est-ce que, and the question words.10 min
  3. Object pronounslo, le, lui, gli: little words from ILLE, and where they sit.15 min
  4. y, en, ci, neTwo tiny pronouns French, Italian and Catalan can't do without, and the other three can.11 min
  5. Prepositionsa, de, en, and the great por / para / per split.14 min
  6. Comparisons, numbers and timemás vs plus and più, French counting by twenties, and the clock.14 min