A grammar of the Italian language

CONTENTS.

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The references in this Table of Contents are made to paragraphs and not to pages; and, it will be observed, that each Chapter is referred to under the number of the paragraph with which such Chapter begins.

I. Of Grammar in general; of its Branches; and of the different Parts of Speech - p. 1

II. Of Orthography - p. 4

III. Of Prosody - p. 8

The Accents - p. 9

The Mark of Elision - p. 13

IV. Of Etymology in General - p. 17

V. Etymology of Articles - p. 18

VI. Etymology of Nouns - p. 21

The Gender of Nouns - p. 22

The Number of Nouns - p. 28

The Article as employed with the Nouns - p. 29

VII. Etymology of Pronouns - p. 35

Personal Pronouns - p. 36

Possessive Pronouns - p. 43

Relative Pronouns - ib.

Demonstrative Pronouns - p. 44

Interrogative Pronouns - p. 45

Indeterminate Pronouns - p. 46

VIII. Etymology of Adjectives - p. 47

The Gender of Adjectives - p. 48

The Number of Adjectives - p. 49

Adjectives of Number and Numerical Order - p. 51

The Degrees of Adjectives - p. 53

IX. Of Augmentatives and Diminutives - p. 55

IX. Etymology of Verbs - p. 56

The Regularity or Irregularity of Verbs - p. 59

Conjugations of the two Auxiliary Verbs (see pages from 80 to 83).

The Three Conjugations of Regular Verbs (see pages from 84 to 90).

List of the Irregular Verbs - p. 64

Verbs Defective - p. 66

Observations relating to the Conjugations - p. 68

X. Etymology of Adverbs - p. 69

XI. Etymology of Prepositions - p. 70

XII. Etymology of Conjunctions - p. 71

XIII. Etymology of Interjections - p. 72

XIV. Of Increase and Diminution in words - p. 73

Increase in Words - p. 74

Diminution in Words - p. 75

XV. Of Syntax in General - p. 85

XVI. Syntax of Articles - p. 86

Of the Definite Article - p. 87

Of the Indefinite Article - p. 104

XVII. Syntax of Nouns - p. 112

XVIII. Syutax of Pronouns - p. 116

Of Personal Pronouns - p. 117

Conjunctive Pronouns - p. 127

Of Possessive Pronouns - p. 129

Of Relative Pronouns - p. 148

Of Demonstrative Pronouns - p. 151

Of Interrogative Pronouns - p. 152

Of Indeterminate Pronouns - p. 153

XIX. Syntax of Adjectives - p. 157

Agreement of the Adjective with the Noun - ib.

Of Comparison - p. 159

Of the words sì, così, come, tanto, cotanto, quanto, altrettanto, alquanto, molto, troppo, poco - p. 178

Of the placing of the Adjective - p. 180

XX. Syntax of Verbs - p. 181

1st. Of the Mode - p. 183

2d. Of the Time - p. 220

3d. Of the Number and Person - p. 231

4th. Of the Participle - p. 243

The Active Participle - p. 244

The Passive Participle - p. 252

5th. Of the Sort of the Verb - p. 256

XXI. Of the use of Avére and Essere as Auxiliaries - p. 269

XXII. Of Case, and of the Governing of Cases - p. 277

XXIII. Syntax of Negatives - p. 290

XXIV. Syntax of Adverbs, Prepositions, and Conjunctions - p. 302

1st. Of Adverbs - p. 303

2d. Of Prepositions - p. 307

3d. Of Conjunctions - p. 317

XXV. Of the Words called Expletives - p. 319

XXVI. Of Collocation - p. 324

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ERRATA.

In page 20, line 16, for two g's have read one g has.

In page 31, line 4, for merely read namely.

In page 39, line 32, for milla read mila.

In page 45, line 2, for il angelo, il elmo, &c. read lo angelo, lo elmo, &c.

In page 49, line 12, for a, te, or ti, read a te, or ti.

In page 53, line 27, for haved used read have used.