A new Italian grammar, which contains a true and easy method for acquiring this language

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The contents p. VI-VIII

CHAP. I. Of the pronunciation p.1

SECT. I On simple sounds, and letters in general p. 2

SECT. II. Of the division of letters p. 2

SECT. III. Of the combination of sounds and letters p. 3

SECT. IV. Of the pronunciation of letters p. 4

Of the incompatibility of letters p. 19

SECT. V Of the accent p. 23

Of the apostrophe, or elision p. 25

SECT. VI. Of the syllable that ought to be pronunced short or long in the nouns p. 27

SECT. VII. Of points or stops p. 31

Of analogy p. 33

CHAP. II. Of the article p. 33

CHAP. III. Of the noun p. 36

SECT. I Of the gender p. 37

Of the augmentatives p. 44

Of the diminutives p. 45

Of the adjectives p. 46

SECT. II. Of the number p. 47

SECT. III. Of the case or declension p. 48

SECT. VI. Of the comparison of adjectives p. 54

SECT. V. Of the figure and species of nouns p. 57

CHAP. IV. Of the pronouns p. 59

SECT. I. Of the pronouns personal p. 61

SECT. II. Of the pronouns possessive p. 69

SECT. III. Of the pronouns demonstrative p. 75

SECT. IV. Of the pronouns relative p. 80

SECT. V. Of the pronouns interrogative p. 82

SECT. VI. Of the pronouns numeral p. 83

SECT. VII. Of the pronouns indefinite p. 84

CHAP. V. Of verbs p. 90

SECT. I. Of the gender p. 91

SECT. II. Of the moods p. 92

SECT. III. Of the tenses p. 93

SECT. IV. Of the persons p. 98

SECT. V. Of the numbers p. 98

SECT. VI. Of conjugation p. 98

General rules for the termination of verbs p. 99

The conjugation of the auxiliary verb, avere, to have p. 106

Verb essere, to be p. 111

Observations upon the auxiliary verbs p. 115

Variations of the auxiliary verb, avere, to have, which is used only in poetry p. 118

Of the verb essere, to be p. 118

The three conjugations of regular active verbs p. 119

Of the conjugation of passive verbs p. 131

The conjugation of reflected and reciprocal verbs p. 135

Of verbs irregular p. 140

Of verbs impersonal p. 203

Conjugation of the impersonal verb essere, to be, with the adverbs ci, and vi p. 207

CHAP. VI. Of participles p. 209

CHAP. VII. Of adverbs p. 213

CHAP. VIII. Of prepositions p. 228

CHAP. IX. Of conjunctions p. 232

CHAP. X. Of interjections p. 236

CHAP. XI. Of the syntax p. 238

ART. I. Of the construction of articles p. 238

ART. II. Of the construction of nouns substantive p. 248

Of adjectives p. 249

Of the comparison p. 254

ART. III. Of the use of pronouns p. 256

Personal pronouns p. 256

Possessive p. 262

Demonstrative p. 263

Relative p. 264

Interrogative p. 266

Indefinite p. 268

CHAP. XII. Of verbs p. 270

Of the use of moods p. 270

Of the use of tenses p. 277

Of the regimen of verbs p. 279

CHAP. XIII. Of the construction of participles p. 284

CHAP. XIV. Of the use of prepositions p. 281

A nomenclature English and Italian p. 289

Familiar dialogues Italian and English p. 321

Novelle scelte di Messer Giovanni Boccacci p. 353

[Fine] p. 368