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Take your Italian skills to the next level the fun and easy way
with Intermediate Italian For Dummies! This practical,
easy-to-follow guide will help you to be more fluent and
comfortable in your Italian writing. You'll learn key
concepts, practice what you've learned, and check your
answers. With the exercises and lessons featured in this book, you
will be able master written communication in Italian.
You'll quickly understand the basics of Italian grammar
and pick up on the nuances of this romantic language. You'll
learn how to conjugate verbs, navigate tenses, and feel comfortable
with gendered words. Say and spell words correctly, and no one will
be able to tell that you're not a native Italian.
You'll discover the basics of ordering words, answering
questions, and forming complete sentences. You'll be able to
master parts of speech and apply articles as needed. Find out how
to:
Navigate grammar, language nuances, and verb tenses
Conjugate verbs and understand the basics of gender
Say and spell words correctly
Order words correctly
Answer questions and form complete sentences
Use articles where necessary
Understand the various parts of speech
Write and speak Italian like a native
Complete with lists of ten facts to remember about Italian
grammar and ten subtle terminology distinctions, Intermediate
Italian For Dummies is your one-stop guide to taking
your Italian skills to the next level and improving upon what you
already know about this widely spoken language.
Autorentext
Daniela Gobetti has taught political theory in undergraduate and graduate courses in Italy and the United States. She has written several books of instruction for learners of Italian, and taught private language courses and cultural training classes. She is the principal and managing director of PROXIMA-INTERCULTURAL, a consulting firm working on the internationalization of higher education.
Zusammenfassung
Take your Italian skills to the next level the fun and easy way with Intermediate Italian For Dummies! This practical, easy-to-follow guide will help you to be more fluent and comfortable in your Italian writing. You'll learn key concepts, practice what you've learned, and check your answers. With the exercises and lessons featured in this book, you will be able master written communication in Italian.
You'll quickly understand the basics of Italian grammar and pick up on the nuances of this romantic language. You'll learn how to conjugate verbs, navigate tenses, and feel comfortable with gendered words. Say and spell words correctly, and no one will be able to tell that you're not a native Italian. You'll discover the basics of ordering words, answering questions, and forming complete sentences. You'll be able to master parts of speech and apply articles as needed. Find out how to:
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book Is Organized 3
Part I: Getting Your Bearings: Reviewing the Basics 3
Part II: A Close Look at Parts of Speech 3
Part III: What Would You Do without Verbs and Tenses? 3
Part IV: Adding Nuances to Moods and Tenses 4
Part V: The Part of Tens 4
Part VI: Appendixes 4
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 5
Part I: Getting Your Bearings: Reviewing the Basics 7
Chapter 1: What Do You Know? Parts of Speech and Then Some 9
Getting a Grip on Italian Grammar Terms and Nuances 9
Phonology: Saying and spelling words correctly 10
Morphology: Word structure and variations in word forms 11
Syntax: Putting words in order 17
Getting the Most Out of Dictionaries 19
Navigating a monolingual Italian dictionary 20
Navigating a bilingual Italian-English/English-Italian dictionary 20
Answer Key 23
Chapter 2: Noun and Article Basics: Gender and Number 25
A Primer on Articles 25
Dealing with the definite article “the” 26
Saying “a” or “an” in Italian: Indefinite articles 27
Distinguishing between Masculine and Feminine Nouns 27
Recognizing common noun endings 28
Sorting nouns into three classes 29
Moving from Singular to Plural: Basic Rules 31
Exceptions to the Basic Rules on Number 32
Changing more than just the ending 32
Changing only the article 34
Using nouns only in the singular or the plural 34
Deciding When to Include an Article 35
When (and when not) to use a definite article 35
When (and when not) to use an indefinite article 36
Answer Key 38
Chapter 3: Numbers, Dates, and Time 41
Counting Items with Cardinal Numbers 41
Putting Items in Order with Ordinal Numbers 44
Managing Your Calendar and Your Time 45
Il calendario: The calendar 45
L’ora: The time 46
Answer Key 49
Part II: A Close Look at Parts of Speech 51
Chapter 4: All About Pronouns 53
Reader, Meet the Subject Pronouns 54
Knowing when to use them 55
Adapting subject pronouns for formal and informal usage 55
Stressed Pronouns 56
Direct Object Pronouns 57
Indirect Object Pronouns 60
Combining Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns to Form Double Pronouns 62
But Wait — There’s More! Special Italian Pronouns 64
The adverbial pronoun ci 64
The pronoun ne 66
When the Subject Is Also the Object: Reflexive Pronouns 67
Answer Key 69
Chapter 5: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons 73
Matching Adjectives to Nouns in Gender and Number 74
Regular adjectives 75
Irregular adjectives 75
Invariable adjectives 76
When You Need to Match One Adjective to More than One Noun 77
Putting Adjectives in Their Place 78
Recognizing the adjectives that come before nouns 78
Using placement to change an adjective’s meaning 78
Forming Adverbs the Italian Way 80
Original adverbs 80
Derived adverbs 81
Finding a Place for Adverbs in a Sentence 82
Making Comparisons 84
Designating the best and the worst: The superlatives 85
Migliore and peggiore, meglio and peggio: Better and worse 86
Answer Key 88
Chapter 6: Prepositions: The Big Challenge 91
Combining Prepositions with Articles 91
Forming Complements (Preposition + Noun, Name, or Pronoun) 92
Possession and specification 93 Qualities and functions 93</p&g...