Essential Italian Grammar

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ISBN: 9780486207797 | 048620779X
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Copyright: 6/1/1963

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Very useful manual presents all the Italian really needed in everyday life and contemporary situations, without trivia or archaic material. Clearly presented with many shortcuts and timesavers, it is an ideal supplement to a phrase or record course, and the most efficient system for adults with limited learning time.

Introduction	p. 7
Suggestions for Vocabulary Building	p. 11
Similarities between English and Italian Vocabulary	p. 12
Word Order	p. 14
How to Form Questions	p. 15
Interrogative Words	p. 16
Nouns and Articles	p. 18
Gender of Italian Nouns	p. 18
The Definite Article	p. 18
Plurals of Nouns	p. 19
Irregularities in Noun Plurals	p. 20
Noun Suffixes	p. 21
Hints on the Identification of Gender	p. 21
Masculine and Feminine Forms of the Same Noun	p. 22
Common Prepositions and the Definite Article	p. 23
The Indefinite Article	p. 23
Adjectives	p. 25
Agreement of Adjectives with Nouns	p. 25
Forms of Adjectives	p. 25
Position of Adjectives	p. 26
Special Forms of Bello, Buono, Grande	p. 27
Adverbs	p. 30
Comparisons of Adjectives and Adverbs	p. 32
Comparisons of Inequality	p. 32
Irregular Comparative Forms	p. 33
The Absolute Superlative	p. 33
The Word "Than"	p. 34
Comparisons of Equality	p. 35
Expressing Possession	p. 36
Possessive Adjectives	p. 36
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns	p. 38
Demonstrative Adjectives	p. 38
Questo and Quello as Pronouns	p. 39
The Pronoun Cio	p. 40
Personal Pronouns	p. 41
Subject Pronouns	p. 41
Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns	p. 42
Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns with the Same Verb	p. 44
Stressed Forms of the Personal Pronouns	p. 44
How to Avoid the Use of Double Pronouns	p. 45
Table of Personal Pronouns	p. 45
Negatives	p. 49
Che, Cui, Chi	p. 51
Che as Conjunction	p. 51
Che as Relative Pronoun	p. 51
The Relative Pronoun Cui	p. 51
The Interrogative Pronoun Chi	p. 52
Conjunctions	p. 53
Verbs	p. 54
Comparison of English and Italian Verbs	p. 54
The Three Conjugations	p. 54
The Present Tense	p. 55
Comparison of Present Tense in English and Italian	p. 55
First Conjugation	p. 55
Second Conjugation	p. 56
Third Conjugation	p. 56
The Present Tense of Commonly Used Irregular Verbs	p. 58
The Progressive Present	p. 59
The Present Participle	p. 59
The Use of Stare	p. 59
The Imperative or Command Form	p. 59
Third Person Command Forms	p. 60
First Person Plural Commands	p. 61
Familiar Command Forms	p. 61
Review Table of Command Forms	p. 62
The Present Perfect Tense	p. 62
The Past Participle	p. 63
The Helping Verbs Avere and Essere	p. 63
The Present Perfect of the Model Verbs	p. 64
The Past Definite Tense	p. 65
The Past Definite of the Model Verbs	p. 65
The Past Definite of Irregular Verbs	p. 66
Common Irregular Past Definites	p. 67
The Past Definite of Essere and Dare	p. 67
The Imperfect Tense	p. 68
The Imperfect Tense of the Model Verbs	p. 68
The Imperfect Tense of Essere	p. 69
The Uses of the Imperfect Tense	p. 69
The Pluperfect Tense	p. 71
The Pluperfect Tense of the Model Verbs	p. 71
Use of the Pluperfect Tense	p. 72
The Future Tense	p. 72
The Future Tense of the Model Verbs	p. 72
The Future Tense of Irregular Verbs	p. 73
The Uses of the Future Tense	p. 74
The Conditional Mood	p. 75
The Conditional of the Model Verb Parlare	p. 75
The Conditional of Irregular Verbs	p. 76
The Uses of the Conditional	p. 76
The Subjunctive Mood	p. 77
Tenses of the Subjunctive	p. 77
The Present Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs	p. 79
The Uses of the Subjunctive	p. 80
Reflexive Verbs	p. 81
Comparison of Reflexive Verbs in English and Italian	p. 81
The Present Tense of Reflexive Verbs	p. 81
The Present Perfect Tense of Reflexive Verbs	p. 82
The Command Form or Imperative of Reflexive Verbs	p. 82
Important Reflexive Verbs	p. 82
Uses of the Reflexive	p. 83
The Passive Voice	p. 84
Prepositions and Infinitives	p. 84
Verbs Followed Directly by the Infinitive	p. 84
Verbs Followed by a or di before the Infinitive	p. 85
The Present Participle and the Infinitive	p. 85
Idiomatic Constructions	p. 86
The Verb Piacere	p. 86
The Verb Fare	p. 87
The Verb Avere	p. 89
The Verbs Essere and Stare	p. 89
C'e and Ci sono	p. 90
Aver bisogno and Bisognare	p. 90
The Verb Volere	p. 90
The Verbs Dare and Andare	p. 91
The Verbs Sapere and Conoscere	p. 91
Some Useful Expressions	p. 92
A Glossary of Grammatical Terms	p. 94
The Parts of Speech	p. 94
Words about Verbs	p. 97
Words about Nouns	p. 101
Miscellaneous Terms	p. 102
The Parts of the Sentence	p. 102
Index	p. 105
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