Essential Italian Grammar

by Olga Ragusa

Overview

If you want a good reference book on Italian grammar, this one's for you! This value-packed gem presents the major aspects of Italian grammar, including all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Ragusa offers literal translations as well as common usage for those who are trying to learn the language, and if you're short on time, you'll appreciate the numerous learning shortcuts and timesavers included! Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789563100358
Publisher:	Beta Nu Publishing
Publication date:	01/07/2008
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.27(d)

Table of Contents

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