A Grammar of the Italian Language by Ferdinand CiciloniRicordi and Company, 1838 - 359 pages |
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abbia accent accusative adjective adverb alcuno altri altro amico andare anzi avete avuto bevo buon casa Ch'egli ciò CONJUGATION conjunctive pronouns dare dative Egli Eglino employed English Esso expressed fare fatto feminine Future gender genitive Gerund giorno give governed gran Imperf impura Indicative Mood infinitive mood inflexions IRREGULAR VERBS Italian king l'altro l'uno language LESSON libro masc masculine means Mettere mode molto morire neuter verb nominative noun nulla ogni one's parlare participle phrase piacere placed plur plural poco poet potere preceding preposition Present Preterite pron può quale quali relative pronoun rule sapere segga sense siamo signify Signore sing Singular sometimes speak stare stati stato subj Subjunctive Mood substantive superlative tell termination thee thing third person thou tutto uomini uomo vado vaglia vedere veduto venire veruno volere volete vowel wish word
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Page 234 - ... to connect words with one another, and show the relation between them.
Page 250 - E come gli stornei ne portan l' ali, Nel freddo tempo, a schiera larga e piena; Cosi quel fiato gli spiriti mali: Di qua, di là, di giù, di su gli mena; Nulla speranza gli conforta mai. Non che di posa, ma di minor pena. E come i gru van cantando !or lai, Facendo in aer di sé lunga riga; Cosi vid...
Page 123 - I may have, that thou mayest have, that he may have, that we may have, that you may have, that they may have.
Page 33 - ARTICLE A or an is suppressed in Italian: 1. After the verbs to be, to become, with a noun expressing the country, profession, dignity or other •quality of the nominative of the verb: as, he is an Englishman,, egli e Inglese ; you will become an admiral , voi diverrete ammiraglio ; you say that you have been a merchant, voi mi dite die siete stato mercante.
Page 226 - No is employed as the negative , placed in a detached manner at the beginning or end of a phrase ; in other cases non is used ; No; son io che ti prego; No ; it is I who pray you.
Page 120 - I have had tu hai avuto, thou hast had egli ha avuto, he has had noi abbiamo avuto, we have had voi avete avuto, you have had eglino hanno...
Page 46 - Quando? 1 uno, una 2 due 3 tre 4 quattro 5 cinque 6 sei 7 sette 8 otto 9 nove 10 dieci 11 undici...
Page 121 - Trapassato remoto 10 ebbi avuto, / had had tu avesti avuto, thou hadst had egli ebbe avuto, he had had noi avemmo avuto, we had had voi aveste avuto, you had had eglino ebbero avuto, they had had...
Page 194 - Chi, alcuno, nessuno, veruno, niuno, nulla, niente , in a phrase of negation , condition , doubt, or desire, and followed by a relative, require the second verb of the sentence to be in the subjunctive : JYon vi c alcuno che mi conosca; There is nobody that knows me.
Page 217 - Many Italian adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding mente to them, as in English by ly , signifying mode or manner: as, from Prudente; prudent. F rudentemente ; prudently. 3. If an adjective end in le, or in re, preceded by a vowel, the final e is cut oft...