A brief Italian grammar with exercises

CONTENTS.

[Preface - pp. I-II]

THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE - pp. 1-3

I. -PRONUNCIATION - pp. 4-8

Alphabet, 4. -Accent, 4. -Quantity, 4-5. -Simple Vowels, 5. -Vowel-compounds, 6. -Consonants, 6. -Double Consonants, 7. -Orthographical Changes and Abbreviation, 8.

II. -ARTICLES - pp. 9-10

Definite Article, 9. -Contraction, 9. -Indefinite Article, 10.

III. -NOUNS - pp. 11-13

Gender, 11. -Inflection, 11. -Compound Nouns, 13.

IV. -ADJECTIVES - pp. 13-16

Feminine Formation, 13. -Plural Formation, 13. -Comparison, 14-15.

V. -NUMERALS - p. 16

VI. -PRONOUNS - pp. 17-26

Personal, 17-22 (use, 18-20; position, 21; change of form, 22). -Reflexive, 23. -Possessive, 23. -Demonstrative, 24-25. -Interrogative, 25-26. -Indefinite, 26.

VII. -VERBS - pp. 27-51

Conjugations, 27. -Regular Verbs, 27. -Orthographic and other changes, 31. -First Conjugation, 31. -Second Conjugation (Pret. in -si, Participle in -so, -to), 31-33. -Third Conjugation, 34. -Irregular Verbs, 35-49. -Chief Irregularities, 35-38. -List of Verbs deviating from the regular type-verbs, 40-49. -Verb-phrases, 49,51 (Perfect active, 50; Passive, 50; Reflexive, 51).

VIII. -INDECLINABLES - pp. 50-51

Adverbs, 51-52. -Prepositions, 53. -Conjunctions, 53. -Interjections, 53.

IX. -QUALIFYING SUFFIXES - pp. 54-55

X. -SOME PECULIARITIES OF CONSTRUCTION - pp. 56-59

Articles, 56-58. -Adjectives, 58-59. -Numerals, 59-60. -Pronouns, 60-62. -Verbs. 62-69 (Present, 62; Imperfect, 62; Preterit, 62-63; Future, 63; Subjunctive, 63-67: Infinitive, 67-69). -Indeclinables, 69-72. -Arrangement of the Sentence, 73.

XI. -CAPITALS AND PUNCTUATION - pp. 73-74

XII. -VERSIFICATION - pp. 75-78

EXERCISES - pp. 79-112

VOCABULARY TO ALL EXERCISES - pp. 113-121

INDEX - pp. 122-128