Emergency services
Servizi di emergenza
- Know the names of emergency services of your new country.
- Calling and advising about situations.
Learn to handle emergency situations in Italian with key phrases like 'incendio' (fire), 'ambulanza' (ambulance), and 'soccorso' (help). This lesson covers calling emergency services, describing incidents, and urgent medical assistance.
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Exercise 1: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Quando ___ visto il fuoco, ho avuto paura e ho chiamato subito la polizia.
(When ___ saw the fire, I was scared and I immediately called the police.)2. Il paramedico è arrivato presto e ___ portato con sé il kit di primo soccorso.
(The paramedic arrived early and ___ brought the first aid kit with him.)3. ___ chiamato l'ambulanza perché l'emergenza era grave.
(___ called the ambulance because the emergency was serious.)4. La Croce Rossa ___ salvato molte persone durante l'incendio.
(The Red Cross ___ saved many people during the fire.)Exercise 3: An Emergency at Home
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Preparare - Prepare
Imperfetto
- io preparavo
- tu preparavi
- lui/lei preparava
- noi preparavamo
- voi preparavate
- loro preparavano
Cominciare - Start
Imperfetto
- io cominciavo
- tu cominciavi
- lui/lei cominciava
- noi cominciavamo
- voi cominciavate
- loro cominciavano
Avere - Have
Passato prossimo
- io ho avuto
- tu hai avuto
- lui/lei ha avuto
- noi abbiamo avuto
- voi avete avuto
- loro hanno avuto
Parlare - Speak
Imperfetto
- io parlavo
- tu parlavi
- lui/lei parlava
- noi parlavamo
- voi parlavate
- loro parlavano
Cercare - Look for
Imperfetto
- io cercavo
- tu cercavi
- lui/lei cercava
- noi cercavamo
- voi cercavate
- loro cercavano
Salvare - Save
Passato prossimo
- io ho salvato
- tu hai salvato
- lui/lei ha salvato
- noi abbiamo salvato
- voi avete salvato
- loro hanno salvato
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Lesson Overview: Emergency Services in Italian
This lesson focuses on practical communication relevant to emergency situations in Italian, targeting A2 learners. It covers essential vocabulary and dialogues to help you handle calls for fire, road accidents, and urgent medical assistance.
Core Lesson Content
Through simulated dialogues, you practice key expressions such as:
- Chiamata ai soccorsi: Calling emergency services to report a fire ("C84955 un incendio nel mio appartamento!").
- Incidente stradale: Reporting a road accident and describing injuries ("Ho visto un'auto che ha colpito un ciclista.").
- Assistenza medica urgente: Requesting urgent medical aid for sudden illness ("Mio padre sta male, non respira bene.").
Key Vocabulary & Expressions
- Emergenza (emergency), incendio (fire), vigili del fuoco (firefighters), ambulanza (ambulance).
- Ferito (injured), dolore (pain), pronto soccorso (first aid/emergency room).
- Useful verbs in the passato prossimo tense to describe past emergency actions like: ho chiamato (I called), sono arrivati (they arrived), ho preso (I took).
Grammar Focus: Past Tenses and Verb Conjugations
The lesson also includes exercises on verb conjugations, especially the passato prossimo tense used for past actions related to emergencies. Examples include:
- Quando ho visto il fuoco, ho chiamato subito la polizia. (When I saw the fire, I immediately called the police.)
- I pompieri sono arrivati rapidamente per spegnere l'incendio. (The firefighters arrived quickly to put out the fire.)
Mini-story: "An Emergency at Home"
This narrative helps learners consolidate verbs in past tenses through context:
"Ieri sera, mentre preparavo la cena, ho visto del fumo uscire dalla cucina...". The story includes key verbs with tense indications like preparavo (imperfect) and ho chiamato (past perfect).
Language Notes: Differences Between English and Italian in Emergencies
Italian emergency calls often start with "Pronto", equivalent to "Hello" when answering a phone. The term for emergency services is "servizi di emergenza" or commonly the specific number 115 for fire or 112 for general emergencies. Unlike English, Italian uses the passato prossimo tense extensively to narrate recent past events, which is important to master for describing emergencies accurately.
Useful phrases include:
- Qual e8 l emergenza? – What is the emergency?
- Dove si trova esattamente? – Where exactly is it located?
- Ci sono persone dentro? – Are there people inside?
- Sto inviando un ambulanza – I am sending an ambulance.
Understanding these expressions and verb tenses will improve your ability to give clear, accurate information during emergencies in Italian.
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