Essentials of Italian grammar

CONTENTS

THE NUMBERS REFER TO THE SECTIONS

1. The Alphabet - p. 3
2. Diphthongs and Triphthongs - p. 4
3. Table of Diphthongs - p. 5
4. Double Consonants - p. 5
5. Accentuation - p. 5
6. Elision - p. 5
7. Truncation - p. 5
8. Syllabification - p. 6
9. Nouns - p. 7
      Gender - p. 7
      Number - p. 7
10. Adjectives - p. 8
       Agreement - p. 8
       Number - p. 8
       Position - p. 8
11. Definite Article - p. 9
12. Contractions - p. 10
13. Some Uses of the Definite Article - p. 10
14. The Indefinite Article - p. 11
15. Present Indicative of Avere - p. 12
16. Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns - p. 12
17. Some Idioms with Avere - p. 13
18. Avere - p. 14
19. Essere - p. 16
20. Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns - p. 19
21. Demonstrative Pronouns - p. 19
22. The Regular Conjugations - p. 20
23. The First Conjugation - p. 21
24. Relative Pronouns - p. 23
25. Interrogatives - p. 24
26. Conjunctive Pronouns - p. 25 
27. Position of Conjunctive Pronouns - p. 26
28. Position of Two Object Pronouns - p. 27
29. Change of Forms - p. 27
30. Reciprocal Pronouns - p. 27
31. The Ethical Dative - p. 28
32. Forms of Direct Address - p. 29
       The Intimate Form - p. 29
       The "Voi" Form - p. 29
       The Polite Form - p. 29
33. Formal Pronouns - p. 30
34. The Second Conjugation - p. 31
35. Comparison - p. 33
       Comparison of Inequality - p. 33
       Comparison of Equality - p. 34
       Superlative Absolute - p. 34
       Correlatives - p. 34
36. Time: Tempo, Volta, Ora - p. 35
37. Some Numerals - p. 35
38. Time of Day - p. 36
39. "Ago" - p. 36
40. Disjunctive Pronouns - p. 37
41. Uses of the Subject Pronouns - p. 37
42. Uses of the Object Disjunctive Pronouns - p. 37
43. Table of Personal Pronouns - p. 39
44. The Third Conjugation - p. 40
45. The Imperative - p. 42
46. Compound Tenses - p. 42
47. Participles - p. 43
48. The Infinitive - p. 44
49. The Passive Voice - p. 44
50. Reflexive as Substitute for the Passive - p. 44
51. The Subjunctive - p. 45
52. Subordinate Clauses - p. 47
53. Partial List of Irregular Verbs - p. 49