Italian GrammarG. Routledge, 1857 |
Common terms and phrases
abbia abbiamo accent adjective adverb altro altrui amico andare anzi avete avuto bello casa Ch'egli ciò compound tenses conjugated conjunctive pronoun consonant dative definite article dire Eglino employed English Examples EXERCISE expressed in Italian fare fatto feminine Future genitive Gerund giorno give governed grave accent iamo IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperf IMPERFECT INDICATIVE MOOD INDICATIVE MOOD Present infinitive mood IRREGULAR VERBS l'altro lasciare LESSON masculine meglio molto morire nominative noun nulla oggi Ogni parlare parlato participle personal pronoun phrase piacere placed plur plural poco potere preposition Preterite può quale quali rendered sapere segga sentire siamo siete signify Signore sing singular speak stantive stare stati stato stessa SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive superlative tell tempo termination thing third person thou tutto uomini uomo vaglia vedere veduto venire veruno volere volete vowel wish words
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Page 269 - 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 133 - I may have that thou mayst have that he may have that we may have that you may have that they may have que j'aie que tu aies qu'il ait que nous ayons que vous ayez qu'ils aient IMPEBEECT.
Page 25 - 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 be a captain, sarete capitano ; you will become an admiral, diverrete ammiraglio.
Page 137 - Che noi siamo , that we may be. Che voi siate, that you may be. Ch'eglino siano, or sieno, that they may be.
Page 53 - Ad uno ad uno . . . One by one. A due a due .... Two by two.
Page 225 - TAKE THE DATIVE OF THE PERSON AND THE ACCUSATIVE OF THE THING...
Page 132 - Have (thou). Let him have. Let us have. Have (ye or you). Let them have. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. N'wajonemen. a Wwajonemen. N'wajonemenana. K'wajonemeno. W'wajenomeno. Present. That I may have.
Page 132 - I should have had, thou wouldst have had, he would have had ; we should have had, you would have had, they would have had.
Page 275 - These three conjunctions, dopo , subito, and tosto che take the indicative when there is a subsequent verb that expresses a past iiclion, and the subjunctive present, or indicative future if the subsequent verb denotes futurity: as, Sub!
Page 130 - 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...