The Italian Language TodayThe authors present the Italian language not as it is prescribed in grammars and dictionaries, but as it is actually written and spoken. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Part One The Linguistic Situation in Italy | 9 |
Italian Today | 11 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
acceptable action adjective agreement appear asked auxiliary become chapter clause clusters coming common compound comprate conditional consonant constructions corresponds dative dialects direct double ending English examples expressions fare feminine Florentine foreign forms front gerund give given historic impersonal indicative indirect object infinitive instance Italian Italy language Latin leave less lettera linguistic literary look mark masculine meaning names normally northern Note noun origin passive past past participle person plural position possible preceding present pronoun pronunciation question refers regional represented rule seen sentences singular southern speakers speech spelling stem stressed subjunctive suffixes syllable tenses third person tion Tuscan unstressed usage usually varieties venire verb visto vowel write