Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Verb Tenses
by Nanni-Tate, PaolaEdition: Bilingual
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Pub. Date: 2005-11-23
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary
Conjugate verbs like a Italian Most verb books offer little more than conjugation charts and a few mechanical exercises.Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Verb Tensesgives youmuch more. In addition to thorough demonstrations of conjugations for regular and irregular verbs, it features plenty of useful examples and numerous engaging exercises that help you remember verb tenses. And, equally important, it explains when and why to use them. Two handy appendices (one listing conjugations and another matching verbs with their prepositions) make it easy for you to find the right words in Italian quickly.
Author Biography
Paola Nanni-Tate teaches Italian at The Ohio State University in the adult continuing-education program and is the author of Italian Verb Drills.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Basic Terminology | p. xi |
| The Present Tense (Presente Indicativo) | p. 1 |
| Verbs Ending in -are | p. 2 |
| Verbs Ending in -ere | p. 9 |
| Verbs Ending in -ire | p. 14 |
| The Progressive Tense (Gerundio) | p. 20 |
| Essere (to Be) and Avere (to Have) | p. 23 |
| Expressions of Time | p. 30 |
| Fare (to Do, to Make) | p. 32 |
| Sapere and Conoscere (to Know) | p. 34 |
| Suonare and Giocare (to Play) | p. 39 |
| The Modal Verbs Volere (to Want, to Wish), Potere (to Be Able, Can), and Dovere (to Have to, Must) | p. 40 |
| Lasciare, Partire, Uscire, and Andare Via (to Leave) | p. 43 |
| The Imperative (Imperativo) | p. 47 |
| Formal Commands | p. 51 |
| The Imperative with Object Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns | p. 52 |
| Additional Ways of Using the Imperative | p. 53 |
| Reflexive Verbs (Verbi Riflessivi) | p. 59 |
| Positioning of Reflexive Pronouns | p. 60 |
| Reciprocal Reflexives | p. 62 |
| Reflexive Versus Non-Reflexive | p. 62 |
| The Future Tense (Futuro Semplice) | p. 65 |
| The Future Tense of Essere | p. 71 |
| The Present Perfect Tense (Passato Prossimo) | p. 73 |
| The Present Perfect with Avere | p. 73 |
| The Present Perfect with Essere | p. 80 |
| The Imperfect Tense (Imperfetto) | p. 85 |
| Comparison of the Present Perfect and the Imperfect | p. 90 |
| The Preterite (Passato Remoto) | p. 95 |
| Irregular Verbs in the Preterite | p. 99 |
| The Preterite of Fare | p. 102 |
| The Preterite of Essere and Avere | p. 102 |
| The Past Perfect (Trapassato Prossimo), Preterite Perfect (Trapassato Remoto), and Future Perfect (Futuro Anteriore) | p. 107 |
| The Past Perfect (Trapassato Prossimo) | p. 108 |
| The Preterite Perfect (Trapassato Remoto) | p. 109 |
| The Future Perfect (Futuro Anteriore) | p. 111 |
| The Present Conditional (Condizionale Presente) | p. 115 |
| The Past Conditional (Condizionale Passato) | p. 125 |
| Compound Reflexive Verbs (Verbi Riflessivi Composti) | p. 131 |
| The Subjunctive Mood (Modo Congiuntivo) | p. 135 |
| The Present Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Presente) | p. 136 |
| The Imperfect Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Imperfetto) | p. 149 |
| The Past Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Passato) | p. 154 |
| The Past Perfect Subjunctive (Congiuntivo Trapassato) | p. 158 |
| The Passive Voice (Forma Passiva) | p. 165 |
| Verbs Other than Essere to Express the Passive Voice | p. 165 |
| Alternatives to the Passive Voice | p. 169 |
| Idiomatic Expressions (Espressioni Idiomatiche) | p. 173 |
| Idioms with Avere | p. 173 |
| Idioms with Fare | p. 174 |
| Special Constructions with Fare, Lasciare, Metterci, and Volerci | p. 176 |
| Idioms with Dare | p. 180 |
| Verbs and Expressions Followed by a Preposition | p. 187 |
| Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Preposition a | p. 187 |
| Verbs and Expressions Followed by the Preposition di | p. 191 |
| Verbs Followed by the Preposition su | p. 193 |
| Verbs Followed Directly by the Infinitive | p. 193 |
| Impersonal Verbs | p. 193 |
| General Review of Verbs | p. 197 |
| Verb Tables | p. 213 |
| Glossary of Verbs | p. 221 |
| Answer Key | p. 227 |
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