A theoretical and practical Italian grammar, by E. Lemmi and mrs. Lemmi. By E. Lemmi1857 |
Common terms and phrases
abbia Abbiamo addurre adjectives adverbs alcun altri altro amico Andare avanti Aver avete aveva beautiful bisogna Caledonians casa cavallo cento ch'egli che io ciò città Compr comprato cond conjugated conjunctive pronouns correre dative definite article dere dire Egli eglino enemies English esso EXERCISE expressed fare fatto feminine fiori flowers giallo giorno giungere gran hanno imper infinitive innanzi IRREGULAR VERBS Italian language letter mano masculine mente mezzo modista molto noun nulla occhi oggi ogni one's one's-self parlare parole person pesce piacere piedi più plural poco poet poetry porre possessive pronouns potere preceded preposition pres pret preterite può quale relative pronoun rendered in Italian sapere scrivere segga sempre siamo siate signify singular speak spesso stato subj subjunctive tempo tenere tenses thou translated tutto uomo vedere Vend venduto venire verb verso volere vowel words
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Page 223 - E in tanto crebbe la fama della sua santità e divozione a lui, che quasi niuno era, che in alcuna avversità fosse, che ad altro santo che a lui si botasse, e chiamaronlo e chiamano san Ciappelletto...
Page 67 - Teach him justice, and he shall be honoured by the world : teach him sincerity, and his own heart shall not reproach him. Teach him diligence, and his wealth shall increase : teach him benevolence, and his mind shall be exalted. Teach him science, and his life shall be useful : teach him religion, and his death shall be happy.
Page 59 - He belongs to a very rich family. You seem very much grieved. When she saw me, she became very red. 116. Adjectives ending in io lose these two vowels before the superlative termination issimo...
Page 214 - Their tables, it is true, were not so well provided, neither were their beds so soft as those of modern times ; and this, in the eyes of men, who place their ultimate happiness in those conveniences of life, gives us a great advantage over them.
Page 220 - ... nè pur quando incontransi con vocale : perciò cuor, parlar, pensier e altre simili voci che si possono troncare, seguane o vocale, o consonante, si scrivono senza apostrofo anche innanzi a vocale. Quindi si scrive un uomo senza apostrofo, poichè si può anche scrivere un libro, &c. : ma non si dovrà scrivere un anima senza il contrassegno della mancanza 220 della vocale a, non potendosi scrivere un donna, ma una donna ; quindi converrà scrivere un'anima facendo uso dell'apostrofo.
Page 171 - Moveva, moverò. 290. Verbs ending in the infinitive in lere, as volere, dolere, solere, valere, &c., take ag before the letter I in the first person singular, and the first and third persons plural of the present of the indicative, and in all the persons of the present of the subjunctive. Ex.
Page 270 - One perceives, that the days begin to decrease. It is a sign that we shall soon be at the end of the fine days. Not always ; we sometimes have summer in autumn, and winter in spring. I do not care about it; I shall not be in this country next winter.
Page 128 - Instruire, to instruct ; pret. instrussi, instruisti, &c., or regular, instruii, &c. ; part. past, instruito and instrutto. Interdire, to prohibit, v. dire. Intervenire, to intervene, v. venire. Ire, to go, p., has only ite, go ; iva, he went ; ivano, they went ; iremo, we shall go ; irete, you will go ; iranno, they will go ; ito, gone.* Maledire, to curse, v. dire. Morire, to die ; pres. muojo or moro, in poetry ; muori, muore, or more, muojamo or moriamo, morite, muojono ; fut.
Page 64 - H maestro lodò lei perché era diligente, e biasimò lui per essere stato negligente, Parlo a voi Enrico, I teach you Italian and you teach me English. The master praised her because she has been attentive, and blamed him for being negligent. I speak to you, Henry. 123. The conjunctive pronouns are used when there is one dative or one accusative in the same phrase, — they are placed before the verb, and in compound tenses before the auxiliary. Ex.
Page 189 - Italiano molto bene, Dimorano vicino al ponte, They arrived late. She speaks Italian very well. They live near the bridge. 309. Many adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding mente. Ex. Grande, grandemente, Diligente, diligentemente, Great, greatly.