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1 | (7) |
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8 | (10) |
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18 | (11) |
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The definite article - I' articolo determinativo |
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The indefinite article - I' articolo indeterminativo |
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29 | (11) |
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The agreement of adjectives |
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The position of adjectives |
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40 | (8) |
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Formation of adverbs from adjectives |
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The comparative of adjectives and adverbs |
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48 | (8) |
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The superlative of adjectives and adverbs |
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56 | (5) |
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THe superlative of adjectives |
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The superlative of adverbs |
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61 | (5) |
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66 | (7) |
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Possessive adjectives and pronouns |
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Omission of the possessive |
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73 | (12) |
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The order of object pronouns when used with verbs |
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85 | (6) |
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Cardinal numbers: counting 1, 2, 3... |
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Ordinal numbers: 1st, 2nd, 3rd... |
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91 | (5) |
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Length, breadth, depth, height, thickness, diameter |
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The partitive article and other determiners |
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96 | (7) |
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103 | (7) |
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110 | (9) |
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Imperatives with object pronouns and reflexive pronouns |
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Other ways of expressing commands |
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119 | (9) |
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128 | (5) |
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133 | (4) |
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137 | (6) |
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143 | (5) |
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The Pluperfect and other compound tenses |
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148 | (6) |
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Pluperfect tense (il trapassato prossimo) |
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Past anterior (il trapassato remoto) |
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Future perfect (il futuro anteriore) |
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Conditional perfect (ll condizionale passato) |
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154 | (5) |
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159 | (5) |
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The perfect and past definite |
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The imperfect - used to describe the background scene |
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The imperfect - used to describe actions that happened repeatedly |
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The imperfect and perfect/past definite - in the same sentence |
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164 | (6) |
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170 | (5) |
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175 | (10) |
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Must, to have to, to have got to |
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Ought/ought to have, should/should have |
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Should have/would have liked |
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The infinitive after prepositions |
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185 | (9) |
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Linking the infinitive without a preposition |
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Linking the infinitive with a or ad |
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Linking the infinitive with di |
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Linking with other prepositions |
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194 | (6) |
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Verbs taking a direct object in Italian |
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Verbs taking an indirect object with the preposition a |
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Verbs linked to an object with di |
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Verb + other prepositions + object |
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Participles and the gerund |
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200 | (10) |
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210 | (10) |
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Verbs other than essere to express the passive |
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Alternatives to the passive |
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Using the passive in past tenses |
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220 | (5) |
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Other common impersonal verbs |
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Other impersonal expressions with essere |
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The subjunctive: Introduction |
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225 | (5) |
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The imperfect subjunctive |
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The pluperfect subjunctive |
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The meaning of the subjunctive |
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The subjunctive: Influence |
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230 | (6) |
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The subjunctive after verbs of wanting, requiring, etc |
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Impersonal expressions indicating necessity, importance, etc |
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The subjunctive: emotional and mental reactions |
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236 | (5) |
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Mental reactions and value judgements |
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The subjunctive: doubt, disbelief and possibility |
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241 | (5) |
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Belief, disbelief and denial |
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The subjunctive: after conjunctions |
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246 | (7) |
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Other conjunctions requiring the subjunctive |
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Subjunctive or infinitive? |
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The subjunctive: other main uses |
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After certain types of antecedent |
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Equivalents of English words ending in `-ever' |
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260 | (8) |
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Other negative expressions |
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Negative expressions preceding the verb |
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Position of negative words |
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Senza + infinitive + negative object |
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A further observation about non |
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268 | (5) |
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273 | (5) |
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278 | (9) |
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su - on, about, concerning |
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tra/fra - between, in/within, among, of |
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287 | (7) |
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II quale/la quale/i quali/le quali |
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Quello che, quel che, cio che |
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Questions - the interrogative |
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294 | (7) |
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Interrogative (question) words |
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301 | (3) |
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Come + verb (usually essere) + adjective/adverb |
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Direct and indirect speech |
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304 | (7) |
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Indirect (or `reported') speech |
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311 | (6) |
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Giornata, mattinata, serata |
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317 | (8) |
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Diminutives, augmentatives and pejoratives |
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Introduction to Italian vocabulary |
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325 | (9) |
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False friends - falsi amici |
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Pronunciation and spelling |
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334 | (6) |
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| Key to exercises |
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340 | (13) |
| Verb list |
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353 | (8) |
| Index |
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