Exercise 02.01

Fill in the gaps with the correct forms of the verb “star”:

Nua ______  ti?
Jau  ________ a Puntraschigna.
E tes ami? Mes ami ______ a Turitg.
E vus, signur Reber, nua __________ vus?
Nus ________ a Son Gagl.
E nua ____________ ils auters participants?
Ils auters participants ____________ a Tavau, a Glion, ...
 
 
 

Exercise 02.02

Use the data in the following table to complete the two exercises below.
In each case, the first answer is provided for you:

Sonja Marcus Lucerna Cuira
Miriam Aita Mustér Domat
Not Peder Scuol Ardez
Martegn Bigna Savognin Tusaun
Reto Yvonne Claustra Basilea

(a)
- Co has ti num?
- Sonia. E ti?
- Marcus.
- Danunder es ti?
- Jau sun da Lucerna.
- E nua stas ti?
- Jau stun a Cuira.
..........

(b)
 - Tgi es ti?
- Jau sun Sonia.
- Danunder es ti?
- Jau sun da Lucerna.
- E tgi è quai?
- Quai è Marcus.
- È el era da Lucerna?
- Na, el è da Cuira.
.........
 

Exercise 02.03

Use the data from the following table to complete the exercises below.
In each case, the first answer is provided for you:

signur Fravi Cuira via da la Posta
dunna Caduff Turitg via da la Banca
signur Keller Tavau via dal Spital
giuvna Walther Lucerna via da la Staziun
dunna Kunz Frauenfeld via da la Caserna
 

(a)
- Tgi è quai?
- Quai è signur Fravi.
- Nus stat el?
- Signur Fravi stat a Cuira.
- En tge via?
- A la via da la Posta.
..........
 

(b)
- Buna saira, essas vus signur Fravi?
- Gea, jau sun signur Fravi.
- Danunder essas vus?
- Jau sun da Cuira.
- En tge via stais vus?
- Nus stain a la via da la Posta.
..........
 

(c)
- Nua stattan ils Fravis?
- Ils Fravis stattan a Cuira a la via da la Posta.
..........
 

Exercise 02.04

Use the data from the following table to complete the exercise below.
In each case, the first answer is provided for you:

um dunna Condrau Giusep
dunna signur Lardi Gina
scolast giuvna Fischer Durisch
amia Chasper Sonja

Co ha num l’um da dunna Condrau? Ses um ha num Giusep.
.............
 
 
 
 

Exercise 02.05

Formulate questions to produce the answers given.
The first one is done for you:

È quai Anita. Quai è Anita.
 ? Ella è giuvna.
 ? Ella ha in ami.
 ? Ses ami è giuven.
 ? El spetga ella.
 
 
 
 
 

Exercise 02.06

Formulate questions with tgi or tge to produce answers that include the word or words in bold type.
The first one has been done for you:

1.  Tgi è da Mustér?
 Signur Condrau è da Mustér.
2.   ?
 Signur Durisch è scolast.
3.   ?
 Questa dunna cun chavels blonds è dunna Condrau.
4.    ?
 L’um cun egliers dat il curs da rumantsch.
5.    ?
 Il giuven che spetga si’amia ha num Chasper.
6.    ?
 Sonja fa ils exercizis da la lecziun dus.
 
 
 
 

Exercise 02.07

Fill in the gaps in the following six passages:

1. …………… è signur Durisch? …………… Alvagni, ma el stat …………… Cuira. ……………fa el a Cuira? El …………… il curs da rumantsch.

2. …………… stat dunna Condrau? A Cuira. Danunder è ses ……………? Da Mustér. …………… fa dunna Condrau il curs da rumantsch? …………… signur Durisch.

3. …………… scolasta che dat …………… curs …………… rumantsch è …………… Flem.

4. …………… giuven che fa …………… curs stat …………… Domat.

5. …………… um …………… dunna Condrau è …………… Mustér, ……………Surselva.

6. …………… amia …………… Chasper ha num Sonja.
 
 
 

Exercise 02.08

Put together pairs of words following the pattern given:
For (a), use the definite article; for (b), use the indefinite article:

(a)
il  scolast e la  scolasta
..... ami e ..... ...............
..... ............... e ..... dunna
..... ............... e ..... giuvna
..... signur e ..... ...............
..... ............... e ..... participanta
..... ............... e ..... mamma

(b)
in  scolast ed ina  scolasta
..... .............. ed ..... ..............
..... .............. ed ..... ..............
..... .............. ed ..... ..............
..... .............. ed ..... ..............
..... .............. ed ..... ..............
..... .............. ed ..... ..............
 
 
 

Exercise 02.09

Translate the following passage into Romansh:

Who is the woman with blond hair? Where does she live? She lives in Chur, but she is from Zernez. What is she doing in Chur? She is a teacher. (Miss) Sonja Fischer is attending the Romansh course given by Mrs Cilgia Bezzola. What are the names of the participants? Where do they live? Where do they come from? Who is waiting for his girlfriend? What does the man with spectacles do?
 
 
 

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