Essential Italian Grammar
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.
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Essential Italian Grammar
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.
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Essential Italian Grammar

Essential Italian Grammar

by Olga Ragusa
Essential Italian Grammar

Essential Italian Grammar

by Olga Ragusa

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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

Introduction7
Suggestions for Vocabulary Building11
Similarities between English and Italian Vocabulary12
Word Order14
How to Form Questions15
Interrogative Words16
Nouns and Articles18
Gender of Italian Nouns18
The Definite Article18
Plurals of Nouns19
Irregularities in Noun Plurals20
Noun Suffixes21
Hints on the Identification of Gender21
Masculine and Feminine Forms of the Same Noun22
Common Prepositions and the Definite Article23
The Indefinite Article23
Adjectives25
Agreement of Adjectives with Nouns25
Forms of Adjectives25
Position of Adjectives26
Special Forms of Bello, Buono, Grande27
Adverbs30
Comparisons of Adjectives and Adverbs32
Comparisons of Inequality32
Irregular Comparative Forms33
The Absolute Superlative33
The Word "Than"34
Comparisons of Equality35
Expressing Possession36
Possessive Adjectives36
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns38
Demonstrative Adjectives38
Questo and Quello as Pronouns39
The Pronoun Cio40
Personal Pronouns41
Subject Pronouns41
Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns42
Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns with the Same Verb44
Stressed Forms of the Personal Pronouns44
How to Avoid the Use of Double Pronouns45
Table of Personal Pronouns45
Negatives49
Che, Cui, Chi51
Che as Conjunction51
Che as Relative Pronoun51
The Relative Pronoun Cui51
The Interrogative Pronoun Chi52
Conjunctions53
Verbs54
Comparison of English and Italian Verbs54
The Three Conjugations54
The Present Tense55
Comparison of Present Tense in English and Italian55
First Conjugation55
Second Conjugation56
Third Conjugation56
The Present Tense of Commonly Used Irregular Verbs58
The Progressive Present59
The Present Participle59
The Use of Stare59
The Imperative or Command Form59
Third Person Command Forms60
First Person Plural Commands61
Familiar Command Forms61
Review Table of Command Forms62
The Present Perfect Tense62
The Past Participle63
The Helping Verbs Avere and Essere63
The Present Perfect of the Model Verbs64
The Past Definite Tense65
The Past Definite of the Model Verbs65
The Past Definite of Irregular Verbs66
Common Irregular Past Definites67
The Past Definite of Essere and Dare67
The Imperfect Tense68
The Imperfect Tense of the Model Verbs68
The Imperfect Tense of Essere69
The Uses of the Imperfect Tense69
The Pluperfect Tense71
The Pluperfect Tense of the Model Verbs71
Use of the Pluperfect Tense72
The Future Tense72
The Future Tense of the Model Verbs72
The Future Tense of Irregular Verbs73
The Uses of the Future Tense74
The Conditional Mood75
The Conditional of the Model Verb Parlare75
The Conditional of Irregular Verbs76
The Uses of the Conditional76
The Subjunctive Mood77
Tenses of the Subjunctive77
The Present Subjunctive of Irregular Verbs79
The Uses of the Subjunctive80
Reflexive Verbs81
Comparison of Reflexive Verbs in English and Italian81
The Present Tense of Reflexive Verbs81
The Present Perfect Tense of Reflexive Verbs82
The Command Form or Imperative of Reflexive Verbs82
Important Reflexive Verbs82
Uses of the Reflexive83
The Passive Voice84
Prepositions and Infinitives84
Verbs Followed Directly by the Infinitive84
Verbs Followed by a or di before the Infinitive85
The Present Participle and the Infinitive85
Idiomatic Constructions86
The Verb Piacere86
The Verb Fare87
The Verb Avere89
The Verbs Essere and Stare89
C'e and Ci sono90
Aver bisogno and Bisognare90
The Verb Volere90
The Verbs Dare and Andare91
The Verbs Sapere and Conoscere91
Some Useful Expressions92
A Glossary of Grammatical Terms94
The Parts of Speech94
Words about Verbs97
Words about Nouns101
Miscellaneous Terms102
The Parts of the Sentence102
Index105
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