Italian conversation-grammar

Frontespizio - p. I

Preface - p. III

Contents - p. V

Errata - p. IX

CONTENTS.

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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

1. I due ladri - page 350
2. Il gallo, il cane e la volpe - page 351
3. Il rusignuolo e 'l cardellino - page 353
4. La rondinella, by Tommaso Grossi - page 354
5. From Petrarca's Canzone to the holy Virgin - page 356
6. Third Canto of Dante's Inferno - page 357

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