A new method for the Italian tongue; or, a short way to learn it.

To LADY DOROTHEA SAVELL, Countess of BURLINGTON

Amico lettore - To the reader

The names of the subscribers

LESSON I. Of the Italian letters and their pronunciation p. 1

LESSON II. Of accents p. 7

LESSON III. Of nouns and articles p. 13

LESSON IV. Of the degrees of comparison: and of diminutives and augmentatives p. 21

LESSON V. Of numerical nouns p. 23

LESSON VI. Of pronouns p. 25

LESSON VII. Of possessive and demonstrative pronouns p. 28

LESSON VIII. Of relative, interrogative, and indefinite pronouns p. 30

LESSON IX. Of verbs p. 36

LESSON X. The verb essere, to be p. 39

LESSON XI. Rules for the conjugating of verbs p. 41

LESSON XII. A more particular account how the tenses of verbs are formed p. 44

LESSON XIII. A verb of the second conjugation p. 47

LESSON XIV. A verb of the third conjugation p. 49

LESSON XV. Of the irregular verbs of the first conjugation p. 52

LESSON XVI. Of the irregular verbs of the second conjugation p. 55

LESSON XVII. Of some extraordinary verbs of the second conjugation p. 60

LESSON XVIII. Of irregular verbs of the third conjugation p. 63

LESSON XIX. Of reciprocal and impersonal verbs p. 68

LESSON XX. Of participles p. 70

LESSON XXI. Of adverbs p. 72

LESSON XXII. Of prepositions p. 74

LESSON XXIII. Observations on particular prepositions p. 76

LESSON XIV. Of conjunctions and interjections p. 78

LESSON XXV. Of alterations that happen in some words p. 79

LESSON XXVI. Of the apostrophe p. 82

A collection of phrases, for speaking or writing Italian currently, on any subject or opportunity whatsoever p. 85

PREFACE To all such as are lovers of the Italian tongue p. 87

FINIS p. 183

Tavola di tutti i concetti (A table of all the phrases) 8 pp. senza num.

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