First Italian book

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LESSON I - page 1

Vowels—First Conjugation: Infinitive and Participles

LESSON II - page 5

c—Present Indicative—Uses of Second and Third Person Forms

LESSON III - page 9

g—Present Subjunctive—Gender of Nouns-Definite Article

LESSON IV - page 13

h—Imperative—Plural of Nouns and of Definite Article

LESSON V - page 17

j, n, s, z—Present Tenses—Forms of Address—Indefinite Article

LESSON VI - page 23

Double Consonants—Past Descriptive—di with Definite Article—Two Negatives

LESSON VII - page 27

d, l, n, t, r—Past Absolute—Past Subjunctive—Prepositions with Definite Article

LESSON VIII - page 30

l, m, n, r prolonged—Future—Past Future—Adjectives

LESSON IX - page 35

First Conjugation—Verbs in -care, -gаrе, -iare— bɛllo and quello—Comparison

LESSON X - page 40

Second Conjugation—qualche-mi

LESSON XI - page 46

avere—Position of Subject-ti, lo, gli, la, le

LESSON XII - page 51

Perfect Tenses with avere— -issimo —si

LESSON XIII - page 55

Third Conjugation— -etti, -ette, -ettero—Special Noun and Adjective Plurals—ci, vi

LESSON XIV - page 61

ɛssere—Passive—li, le, loro

LESSON XV - page 65

Perfect Tenses with ɛssere—si—ne—Abbreviation

LESSON XVI - page 70

Fourth Conjugation—me, te, ce, ve—Possessives

LESSON XVII - page 76

Fourth Conjugation: -isc-Verbs—glie—chi—"only"—Elision

LESSON XVIII - page 81

andare—se (pronoun)—che (interrogative)

LESSON XIX - page 85

dare—stare—Disjunctive Pronouns—che (relative)

LESSON XX - page 89

fare—cui—Third Person Form of Direct Address

LESSON XXI - page 94

dire—Present as Vivid Past or Future—quale—Uses of Definite Article

LESSON XXII - page 97

Perfect Tenses of Reflexive Verbs—Cardinal Numerals—Collectives

LESSON XXIII - page 101

Irregular Verbs—Phrases with avere—Definite Article as Possessive

LESSON XXIV - page 104

Irregular Verbs of Second Conjugation: cadere, etc.—Future of Probability—ɛcco—Phrases with la (pronoun)

LESSON XXV - page 106

dolere, etc.—parere—sapere—Past Future of Mild and of Reported Statement—Pleonastic Conjunctive Pronouns—Partitive Phrases

LESSON XXVI - page 110

dovere—Uses of di

LESSON XXVII - page 114

potere—volere—Present Perfect for Past—Conjunctive Object of Infinitive with Main Verb

LESSON XXVIII - page 118

Irregular Verbs of Third Conjugation: all in -endere, -idere, -udere—Past Future Perfect for Past Future—Indirect Conjunctives as Possessive—Correlatives

LESSON XXIX - page 120

ɑrdere, etc.—Uses of Infinitive—Prepositional Phrases

LESSON XXX - page 122

chiɛdere, etc.—Uses of Past Participle—Augmentatives—Diminutives—Pejoratives

LESSON XXXI - page 125

Verbs in -cere—Intransitive Reflexives—Uses of a—Introductory o and che

LESSON XXXII - page 129

Verbs in -ggere and -ngere—Third Singular Reflexive for First Plural—Idioms with che—Uses of ci

LESSON XXXIII - page 131

accorgersi, etc.—Past Descriptive replacing Perfect Tenses — Untranslatable Indirect Reflexives — Ordinals

LESSON XXXIV - page 133

cogliere, etc.—Uses of Subjunctive—Pleonastic non—Questions with se

LESSON XXXV - page 135

Verbs with Irregular Infinitive—Uses of Subjunctive— -mente—Predicate Adjectives as Adverbs

LESSON XXXVI - page 137

Irregular Verbs of Fourth Conjugation—Passive with venire—Uses of Subjunctive

LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS - page 140

THE PRONUNCIATION OF e, o, s, AND z - page 149

VOCABULARY - page 151

INDEX - page 161