Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

by Stella Peyronnel, Ian Higgins

Overview

Introducing Italian culture and people through the medium of the language used today, Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook provides readers with the basic tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations.

Presenting twenty-three individual grammar points in lively and realistic contexts, Basic Italian is an accessible reference grammar with related exercises in one, easy to follow volume. Each unit consists of jargon-free explanations and comparisons with English, which focus upon the more common difficulties experienced by learners of Italian.

Features include:

* contemporary examples in both Italian and English

* grammar tables for easy reference

* full exercise answer key

* glossary of grammatical terms.

Basic Italian is the ideal reference and practice book for beginners, as well as for students with some knowledge of the language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415347174
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/29/2005
Series:	Routledge Grammar Workbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stella Peyronnel, Ian Higgins

Table of Contents

Introduction. List of Signs and Abbreviations 1. Nouns; Gender and Number 2. Definite and Indefinite Articles 3. Adjectives; Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns 4. The Present Tense of essere and avere 5. The Present Tense of Regular (and some Irregular) Verbs 6. Adverbs 7. Direct Object Pronouns (1) 8. Prepositions 9. Questions 10. Indirect Object Pronouns (1) 11. Piacere and Similar Verbs 12. The Present Perfect Tense 13. Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns (2) 14. Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns (3: Stressed Forms) 15. Relative Pronouns 16. The Imperfect Tense 17. The Pronouns ne and ci 18. The Future Tense 19. The Past Perfect Tense 20. Reflexive Pronouns 21. The Imperative 22. The Pronouns si 23. The Present Conditional. Key to Exercises. Glossary

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'The book structure is functional, simple and easy to use.' - Daria Mizza, University of Warwick

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