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### Pots and pans

The recipe lesson gave you *la ricetta*, *mescolare* and the *grammo*; this one gives you the hardware. Water boils in a {{item:850170}} — the tall pot pasta lives in — while meat and vegetables go in a {{item:850173}}, the flat frying pan. Italian drops the article for the method: *cucino la carne **in padella*** — cooked pan-style.

### On the table

*Le posate* is what Italians call the cutlery set. You already know the knife — *il coltello* — and this lesson adds the rest, plus the cup:

| object | what it is for |
|---|---|
| {{item:850179}} | soup, stirring sugar into coffee |
| {{item:850182}} | pasta — never a spoon to help it |
| {{item:850176}} | a cup of *caffè* or *tè* |

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### What you do vs what the food does

You already *cucinare* — that is the cook's activity. {{item:850188}} is what happens **on the heat**: the cook cooks, the pasta *cuoce*. Its past participle is irregular: **cotto** — *la pasta è cotta*, the pasta is done. {{item:850185}} is the special case of cooking in bubbling water: first the water *bolle*, then in goes the pasta.

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### Shopping for the recipe

Everything a recipe lists is an {{item:850191}}. Two staples to measure: {{item:850194}}, bought by the *chilo* like fruit, and milk or water by the {{item:850197}} — the liquid measure that completes your *grammo* / *chilo* set.

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In cucina (pentole e posate)

adjective

adjective/adverb

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (il, la, l')

Indefinite articles (un, una)

Singular demonstratives (questo, questa)

Basic verbal negation (non)

Yes/No questions

Coordinating conjunctions (e, ma, o)

Regular plurals and definite articles (-i, -e, i, le)

Plural verb to be (noi siamo, voi siete)

Plural demonstratives (questi, queste)

Nouns ending in -e

Special singular articles (lo, l')

The plural article (gli)

Special indefinite articles (uno, un')

Demonstrative adjectives (quello, quella)

Adjective endings (-o, -a, -i, -e)

Expressing quantity (molto, poco, tanto)

The verb to have (ho, hai, ha...)

There is / there are (c'è, ci sono)

The preposition of (di)

Singular possessives (il mio, la mia)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, due, tre...)

Numbers 11 to 20 (undici, dodici...)

Numbers 21 to 100 (trenta, quaranta...)

Idiomatic avere (avere fame, avere anni)

Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)

Possessives with family members (mio padre)

Formal address (dare del Lei)

Present tense of -are verbs (-o, -i, -a)

Question words (chi, cosa, dove)

Present tense of -ere verbs (-o, -i, -e)

Question words (quando, come, perché)

Question word agreement (quanto, quanta, quanti, quante)

Regular -ire verbs

Verbs with -isc- (capisco, capisci, capisce)

Pronouns after prepositions (me, te, lui)

The verb fare (faccio, fai, fa)

The verb andare (vado, vai, va)

The verb stare (sto, stai, sta)

The verb venire (vengo, vieni, viene)

The verb uscire (esco, esci, esce)

Location and destination (a, in)

Origin and movement (da)

Articulated prepositions with a (al, alla)

Articulated prepositions with in (nel, nella)

Articulated prepositions with di and da (del, dal)

Simple prepositions (con, per, su, tra)

Articulated prepositions with su (sul, sulla)

Months of the year

Telling time (sono le...)

Dates (il + number)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primo, secondo, terzo...)

The verb to want (volere)

The verb can (potere)

The verb must (dovere)

The verb to know (sapere)

Reflexive verbs (mi lavo, ti lavi)

Indirect object pronouns (gli, le, ci...)

Expressing preferences (mi piace)

Plural preferences (mi piacciono)

Comparatives (più... di, meno... di)

The passato prossimo with avere (ho parlato)

Irregular past participles (fatto, letto, preso)

The passato prossimo with essere (sono andato)

Reflexive verbs in the past (mi sono svegliato)

Time adverbs with the past tense (già, mai, ancora)

Third-person direct object pronouns (lo, la, li, le)

First and second-person direct object pronouns (mi, ti, ci, vi)

The four seasons

Prepositions of place (vicino a, davanti a)

Conversational words (beh, allora, davvero)

Indefinite adjectives for some (qualche, alcuni)

Indefinite adjectives for every and all (ogni, tutti)

Indefinite pronouns (qualcosa, qualcuno)

Noun suffixes (-ino, -one)

Adverbs of manner (-mente)

Comparisons of equality (così... come)

The relative superlative (il più)

The absolute superlative (-issimo)

Irregular comparatives (migliore, peggiore)

Present progressive (stare + -ando, -endo)

Imminent actions (stare per)

The locative pronoun (ci)

The partitive pronoun (ne)

Pronoun placement with modal verbs

Impersonal subjects (si)

Prepositions of time (da, per, tra, fra)

Past participle agreement with pronouns

Question	Answer
the pot (for cooking)	la pentola
I put the water in a big pot.	Metto l'acqua in una pentola grande.
The pot is full of pasta.	La pentola è piena di pasta.
the frying pan	la padella
I cook the meat in the frying pan.	Cucino la carne in padella.
The frying pan is still hot.	La padella è ancora calda.
the cup	la tazza
Do you want a cup of coffee?	Vuoi una tazza di caffè?
I put the cup on the table.	Metto la tazza sul tavolo.
the spoon	il cucchiaio
I stir the sugar with the spoon.	Mescolo lo zucchero con il cucchiaio.
I eat the rice with the spoon.	Mangio il riso con il cucchiaio.
the fork	la forchetta
I eat the pasta with the fork.	Mangio la pasta con la forchetta.
I wash the forks and the plates.	Lavo le forchette e i piatti.
to boil	bollire
The water is boiling, I put the pasta in.	L'acqua bolle, metto la pasta.
The milk boils in two minutes.	Il latte bolle in due minuti.
to cook (heat until done)	cuocere
I cook the pasta for ten minutes.	Cuocio la pasta per dieci minuti.
The meat cooks slowly.	La carne cuoce lentamente.
the ingredient (m)	l'ingrediente
I buy the ingredients for the recipe.	Compro gli ingredienti per la ricetta.
Salt is an important ingredient.	Il sale è un ingrediente importante.
the flour	la farina
I mix the flour with the milk.	Mescolo la farina con il latte.
I buy a kilo of flour.	Compro un chilo di farina.
the liter	il litro
I buy a liter of milk.	Compro un litro di latte.
I put a liter of water in the pot.	Metto un litro d'acqua in pentola.

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