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Contents
Dedication
PREFACE
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 THE PRONUNCIATION OF ITALIAN
The Italian Alphabet and Its Sounds
Sounding out the Alphabet.
Vowels.
Single and double consonants.
Stress (accento tonico) and accent marks.
Diphthongs and triphthongs.
Hiatus.
Syllabication.
Punctuation and Orthographic Marks.
Chapter 2 NOUNS AND ARTICLES
Nouns
Nouns ending in -o and -a.
Plural forms.
Nouns ending in -e.
Nouns referring to human beings.
Nouns referring to things.
Feminine nouns.
Forming the plural.
Masculine nouns ending in -a.
Feminine nouns ending in -o.
Plural of nouns ending in -ca and -ga.
Plural of masculine nouns ending in -co and -go.
Plural of masculine nouns ending in -io.
Nouns with two plurals (feminine and masculine) and two meanings.
Masculine nouns with feminine plurals.
Plural of feminine nouns ending in -cia and -gia.
Plural of nouns ending in a stressed vowel.
Plural of monosyllabic nouns.
Irregular plural nouns.
Masculine and feminine endings of the same noun.
Foreign nouns.
Compound nouns.
Diminutives, augmentatives, and pejoratives.
The Definite Article
With general and abstract nouns.
With titles.
With languages.
With continents, countries, islands, regions, and cities.
With nouns denoting family members preceded by possessive adjectives.
With days of the week.
With prepositions and contractions.
Articulated prepositions.
Feminine singular plural forms.
Masculine plural forms.
Feminine plural forms.
The Indefinite Article
Special uses of the indefinite article.
The Partitive
The partitive versus the definite article.
Exception to the rule for using the partitive.
After expressions of quantity with di.
Chapter 3 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
Adjectives Ending in -o
Adjectives Ending in -e
Adjectives of Nationality
Adjectives Ending in -co, -ca, -go, -ga
Adjectives Ending in -cio, -cia, -gio, -gia
Irregular Adjectives of Color
Adjectives with Shortened Forms
Bello, Grande, Santo, Buono, and Nessuno.
Titles Ending in -e
Formation of Nouns from Adjectives
Possessive Adjectives
With nouns denoting family members or relatives.
Demonstrative Adjectives
Expressions Che! and Quanto!
Formation of Adverbs
Chapter 4 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Comparatives
Comparative of equality with adjectives.
Comparative of equality with nouns.
Comparative of inequality.
Relative Superlative of Adjectives
Absolute Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives of Adverbs
Chapter 5 NUMBERS, DATES, AND TIME
Numbers
Cardinal numbers.
Special use of Duecento, Trecento, etc.
Ordinal numbers.
Ordinal numbers with titles.
Fractions.
Dates
Days of the week.
Months of the year.
Seasons of the year.
Time
Colloquial time.
Official time.
Chapter 6 VERBS
Moods and Tenses
Simple Tenses
Formal versus familiar forms.
Subject pronouns.
Present Indicative Tense (Presente Indicativo)
Regular first-conjugation verbs.
Verbs in -ciare, -glare, -chiare, -ghiare.
Verbs in -care and -gare.
Regular second-conjugation verbs.
Verbs ending in -cere.
Regular third-conjugation verbs.
Third-conjugation vote with -isc.
Irregular verbs.
Irregular verbs with -co.
Verbs with -go.
Verbs with -io.
Other verbs with a vowel change in the root.
Modal Verbs (Verbi Modali): Dovere, Potere, Volere
Avere and Essere
Special use of the Present Indicative
