Italian EssentialsREA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Italian reviews the fundamentals of the Italian language, including basic pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Other topics include cognates, numbers, idiomatic expressions, time, weather, and clothing. |
Contents
PRONOUNCING ITALIAN | 1 |
AUXILIARY VERBS AVERE AND ESSERE | 4 |
CONJUGATIONS OF REGULAR VERBS | 12 |
CONJUGATIONS OF IRREGULAR VERBS | 29 |
NUMBERS AND TIME | 37 |
DAYS MONTHS SEASONS AND DATES | 41 |
TOPICAL VOCABULARY | 45 |
NOUNS AND DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES | 50 |
REGULAR AND IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES | 57 |
PRONOUNS | 65 |
ADVERBS | 71 |
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Common terms and phrases
abbia parlato Absolute Superlative Adjectives Adverbs andati(e Articles beautiful beva book books bowling Carmela century il secolo CHAPTER command Common Irregular Conditional consonant days definite article Direct dormito Essentials essi/esse parlano essi/esse scrivano example familiar Feminine nouns beginning feminine plural feminine singular following follows formal Formation forms Future Gerund giraffa girl give good great great artist handsome Imperative Imperfect Subjunctive Indirect Object Pronouns ire verbs leave lei/ella lei/ella scriva little Masculine nouns beginning masculine plural masculine singular mineral water months motocicletta never newlyweds noun nouns ending orange juice Ordinal Numbers parlando lui/eglista parlando Parlare Singular parlato Plural parlavano Lei parlava partiti(e Past Participle Past Subjunctive Plural noi abbiamo pompelmo Present Gerunds Present Indicative Present Subjunctive present tense Preterite ragazza Regular Verbs scrivano Plural scriverebbe lui/egli scriverebbe scriverebbero Lei scriverebbe Singular Plural sound speak stati(e Student syllable teacher tennis understand used verb vowel weather words write year