A Grammar of the Italian Language

By Joseph Rampini, Fellow of the Educational Institute of Scotland; Teacher of the Italian Language and Literature in the Naval and Military Academy, the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, the Scottish Institution for Young Ladies, the Edinburgh Institution for Languages, &c.

Autore:
Joseph Rampini | Rampini Joseph

Luoghi:
Edinburgh | Edimburgo
London | Londra

Editori:
Oliver & Boyd | Oliver and Boyd
Simpkin & Marshall | Simpkin and Marshall

Anno: 1852

Tipo: Grammatica

Metalingua:
Inglese

Lingua oggetto:
Italiano

Consistenza: XIII + 189 pp.

CONTENTS.

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PART I.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF GRAMMAR - Page 3

PART II.

PRONUNCIATION AND WRITING OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE.

Sounds - Page 15

Vowel Sounds - Page 16

Mute Sounds - Page 16

Liquid Sounds - Page 17

Compound Sounds - Page 17

Diphthongs and Triphthongs - Page 17

Letters - Page 17

Observations on the Pronunciation of the Italian - Page 18

Directions for the Pronunciation of the e and o - Page 19

Accent - Page 20

Quantity - Page 21

Directions for acquiring a good Pronunciation of the Italian - Page 21

Syllables, and the Rules for arranging them - Page 23

Apostrophe - Page 24

Contraction - Page 25

Use of Capital Letters - Page 26

Punctuation - Page 26

Tones - Page 26

Pauses - Page 26

Emphasis - Page 27

The Dash - Page 27

Euphony - Page 27

Exercises on Pronunciation-Table of the most remarkable Sounds in the Italian Language - Page 28

List of words that have a different meaning according as their accented e or o is pronounced closely or openly - Page 30

List of Words in which the z has the sound of ds - Page 32

On the Accent - Page 33

Exercise in Italian Poetry - Page 34

PART III.

PRINCIPAL RULES OF THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE.

Gender - Page 45

Number - Page 46

Article - Page 48

Case - Page 50

Personal Pronouns - Page 51

Pronominal Particles - Page 53

Adjectives - Page 56

Comparatives and Superlatives - Page 58

Augmentatives and Diminutives - Page 61

Numerals - Page 63

Pronouns - Page 65

General Observations on the Italian Pronouns - Page 68

Possessive Pronouns - Page 72

Demonstrative Pronouns - Page 74

Indefinite Pronouns - Page 75

Prepositions - Page 79

Adverbs - Page 86

Moods and Tenses - Page 90

Regular and Irregular Tenses - Page 94

Peculiarities in the Use of the Verbs - Page 100

PART IV.

ON THE ITALIAN VERBS - Page 109

Regular Verbs - Page 111

Irregular Verbs - Page 114

Defective Verbs - Page 121

List of Verbs conjugated like Unire - Page 123

PART V.

EXERCISES.

On the Articles - Page 133

On the Personal Pronouns - Page 136

On si, &c. - Page 138

On the Adjectives - Page 141

On the Comparatives and Superlatives - Page 144

On the Augmentatives and Diminutives - Page 147

On the Numbers - Page 149

On the Pronouns - Page 152

On the Relative Pronouns - Page 155

On the Possessive Pronouns - Page 158

On the Demonstrative Pronouns - Page 161

On the Words tutto and ogni - Page 163

On the Prepositions - Page 166

On the Adverbs - Page 169

On the Conjunctions - Page 171

On the Use of the Auxiliary Verbs - Page 174

On the Irregular Verbs - Page 177

On the Present Participle - Page 180

On the Past Participle - Page 183

On the Moods - Page 186

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THE INTERJECTIONS - Page 189

Compilatore: Mattia Ragazzoni

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