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Italian grammar for dummies /
Master the written aspects of Italian? Easy. Grammar is one of the most difficult aspects to master when learning a language. The various parts of speech, verb tenses, conjugations, and moods are the building blocks of the Italian language, and must be thoroughly understood in order to be truly flue...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
2013.
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| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Italian Grammar; Chapter 1: Italian Grammar in a Nutshell; Recognizing the Parts of Speech; Conjugating Verbs in the Present Tense; Composing a Simple Sentence; Moving on to Other Verb Tenses; Chapter 2: That's Italian! Sounding Out Italian Words the Right Way; Starting with Basic Italian Sounds; Adding Stress with Accents; Polishing Your Italian Sound: Intonation; Getting the Most Out of Dictionaries.
- Answer KeyChapter 3: Talking about Things with Nouns and Articles; Distinguishing between Masculine and Feminine Nouns; Moving from Singular to Plural with Regular Nouns; Forming Plurals of Irregular Nouns and Other Exceptions; Getting Specific or Speaking in General: A Primer on Articles; Using Suffixes and Prefixes with Nouns; Answer Key; Chapter 4: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Time; Counting from Zero to a Billion: Cardinal Numbers; Putting Things in Order: Ordinal Numbers; Looking at the Calendar: Days, Months, and Seasons; Telling Time; Chatting about the Weather.
- Familiarizing Yourself with the Metric SystemAnswer Key; Chapter 5: Adding Dimension and Description with Adjectives; Getting to Know Common Italian Adjectives; Using and Forming Italian Adjectives; Putting Adjectives in Their Proper Place; Answer Key; Part II: Forming Simple Sentences and Asking Questions; Chapter 6: Jumping into Action with Italian Regular Verbs; Conjugating Regular Verbs in Italian; Moving Past the Present Tense; Looking More Closely at Personal Subject Pronouns; Answer Key; Chapter 7: Using Irregular Verbs in the Present Tense; To Be or Not to Be: Conjugating Essere.
- To Have and to Hold: Conjugating AvereTo Make or Do: Conjugating Fare; To Give: Dare; To Ask How Others Are: Stare; To Come and Go: Venire and Andare; Declaring Your Needs, Wants, and Abilities: Dovere, Volere, and Potere; Do Tell: Dire; Stepping Out: Uscire; Bottom's Up: Bere; The -orre, -urre, and -arre Verbs; Using Irregular Verbs in Idiomatic Expressions; Answer Key; Chapter 8: Substituting Pronouns for Nouns; Replacing Nouns with Subject Pronouns; Telling What or Who with Direct Object Pronouns; Using Indirect Object Pronouns; Forming Double Pronouns.
- Putting Stress Where It's Due: Stressed and Unstressed PronounsLooking at Ubiquitous Italian Pronouns: Ci and Ne; Answer Key; Chapter 9: Using Reflexive Forms and Expressing Imperative Moods; Reflecting on Reflexive Verbs; Giving a Commanding Performance with the Imperative; Answer Key; Chapter 10: Declaring Your Likes (and Dislikes) with Piacere; Understanding How to Use Piacere; Expressing Likes (and Dislikes) in Any Tense; Looking at Other Verbs that Work Backward; Answer Key; Chapter 11: Asking and Responding to Questions; Looking at Ways of Asking Questions in Italian.