A new and practical method of learning the Italian language by Charles Marquard Sauer, professor of the Italian language at the Public Commercial School of Leipsic. Author of the "Italian conversation-grammar for Germans".
Autore:
Charles Marquard Sauer | Sauer Charles Marquard
Frontespizio - p. I
Preface - p. III
Contents - p. V
Errata - p. IX
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First Part.
On Pronunciation. Letters of the Alphabet - page 3
On the signs of punctuation. On vowels - page 4
On diphthongs - page 5
Reading Execises - page 7
First Lesson. On the Article - page 9
Second Lesson. The substantive - page 12
Third Lesson. Declension of Substantives - page 15
Fourth Lesson. On Prepositions - page 22
Fifth Lesson. On the Partitive sense or the general form - page 24
Sixth Lesson. Continuation - page 27
Seventh Lesson. Augmentation and Diminution of the substantives - page 31
Eighth Lesson. On proper names - page 34
Ninth Lesson. The auxiliary verb avere, to have - page 37
Tenth Lesson. Exercises on avere - page 41
Eleventh Lesson. The auxiliary verb essere, to be - page 44
Twelfth Lesson. Exercises on essere - page 47
Thirteenth Lesson. Determinative Adjectives - page 49
Fourteenth Lesson. Possessive Adjectives - page 53
Fifteenth Lesson. Numerals - page 56
Sixteenth Lesson. Ordinal Numbers - page 60
Seventeenth Lesson. Indefinite Numerals - page 64
Eighteenth Lesson. On the Adjective - page 67
Nineteenth Lesson. Degrees of Comparison - page 71
Twentieth Lesson. On the regular verb - page 76
Reading Exercise: Un padre e tre figli - page 81
Twenty first Lesson. Peculiarities of different verbs - page 82
Twenty second Lesson. On Pronouns - page 86
Twenty third Lesson. Conjunctive personal pronouns - page 90
Reading Exercise: Il mattino fortunato - page 94
Twenty fourth Lesson. Demonstrative pronouns - page 95
Reading Exercise: Il mattino fortunato - page 99
Twenty fifth Lesson. Possessive pronouns - page 100
Twenty sixth Lesson. Indefinite pronouns - page 105
Twenty seventh Lesson. On the Passive Voice - page 108
Neuter Verbs - page 111
Twenty eighth Lesson. Reflective or Pronominal Verbs - page 114
Twenty ninth Lesson. Impersonal Verbs - page 119
Reading Exercise: L'astrólogo - page 122
Thirtieth Lesson. On adverbs - page 123
Thirty first Lessen. Adverbs continued - page 126
Reading Exercise: Creso e Solone - page 131
Thirty second Lesson. On prepositions - page 132
Reading Exercise: Creso e Solone - page 135
Thirty third Lesson. On conjunctions - page 136
Thirty fourth Lesson. On interjections - page 141
Reading Exercise: Il sofista convinto - page 140
Thirty fifth Lesson. On irregular verbs - page 142
Reading Exercise: Sonetto all' Italia - page 154
Thirty sixth Lesson. Continuation of the irregular verbs - page 156
Thirthy seventh Lesson. Exercises - page 164
Reading Exercise: Le mie prigioni - page 167
Thirty eighth Lesson. Defective verbs - page 168
Reading Exercise: Le mie prigioni - page 169
Alphabetical List of the irregular Verbs - page 171
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Second Part.
On signs of punctuation - page 179
First Lesson. On the Genders of Substantives - page 182
Reading Exercise: La patria - page 187
Second Lesson. On the Plural of Substantives - page 188
Reading Exercise: La patria - page 194
Third Lesson. On the Article - page 195
Reading Exercise: Cristoforo Colombo - page 202
Fourth Lesson. On the use of di, a and da - page 204
Fifth Lesson. Exercises - page 210
Reading Exercise: Cristoforo Colombo - page 211
Sixth Lesson. Some particular remarks on the use of proper names - page 212
Reading Exercise: Cristoforo Colombo - page 215
Seventh Lesson. On possessive adjectives and pronouns - page 217
Reading Exercise: Cristoforo Colombo - page 220
Eight Lesson. On adjectives and numerals - page 222
Reading Exercise: Luigi Cornaro - page 226
Ninth Lesson. On Pronouns - page 229
Reading Exercise: Le mie prigioni - page 233
Tenth Lesson. Interrogative Pronouns - page 236
Reading Esercise: Le mie prigioni - page 239
Eleventh Lesson. Indefinite Pronouns - page 241
Reading Exercise: Le mie prigioni - page 247
Twelfth Lesson. Continuation - page 249
Reading Exercise: Le mie prigioni - page 254
Thirteenth Lesson. On Adverbs - page 255
Reading Exercise: L'incendio - page 258
Fourteenth Lesson. On prepositions - page 260
Reading Exercise: L'incendio - page 263
Fifteenth Lesson. On Conjunctions - page 265
Reading Exercise: Lettera del Ganganelli sopra l'Italia - page 270
Sixteenth Lesson. On complements of verbs - page 272
Reading Exercise: I lavori - page 274
Seventeenth Lesson. Verbs whereof the complements are different in both langagues - page 276
Reading Exercise: Lettera del Ganganelli - page 282
Eighteenth Lesson. On neuter, pronominal and impersonal verbs - page 284
Reading Exercise: Lettera del Ganganelli - page 288
Nineteenth Lesson. Peculiarities of different verbs - page 290
Reading Exercise: Lettera del Ganganelli - page 294
Twentieth Lesson. On Moods. On the use of the Tenses - page 296
Reading Exercise: Lettera del Ganganelli - page 305
Twenty first Lesson. On the consecution of tenses - page 307
Reading Exercise: Fine della lettera del Ganganelli - page 316
Twenty second Lesson. On the Infinitive Mood - page 318
Reading Exercise: Lettera del conte Vittorio Alfieri - page 328
Twenty third Lesson. On the Participio and Gerundio - page 330
Reading Exercise: Beniamino Franklin - page 333
Twenty fourth Lesson. On the Participio Passato - page 336
Reading Exercise: Beniamino Franklin - page 342
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Appendix.
I. Materials for conversation - page 345
II. Proverbs - page 348
IlI. Some specimens of Italian poetry - page 350
Prose:
Le grotte di Catullo, by Atto Vanucci - page 365
L'addio di Lucia, by Manzoni - page 367
Alcune lettere - page 369
Una giornata in città ed alla campagna by C. M. Sauer - page 373
Alphabetical List of poetical forms - page 382
Vocabulary - page 390
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