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Provides a guide to learning Italian, exploring pronunciation, grammar, verb tenses, and using popular phrases and expressions.

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Introduction 1(4)
About This Book
1(1)
Foolish Assumptions
2(1)
Icons Used in This Book
2(1)
Beyond the Book
3(1)
Where to Go from Here
4(1)
Book I Speaking Italian in Everyday Settings
5(128)
Chapter 1 Exploring Pronunciations and Italian You May Already Know
7(14)
You Already Know Some Italian!
8(3)
Getting to the root of cognates
9(1)
Picking up popular expressions
9(2)
Mouthing Off: Basic Pronunciation
11(7)
Starting with the alphabet
11(1)
Vowels
12(2)
Consonants
14(4)
Stressing Syllables Properly
18(3)
Chapter 2 Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Time
21(20)
Counting from Zero to a Billion: Cardinal Numbers
21(6)
Building numbers in Italian
23(2)
Speaking numbers like a native
25(1)
Making sense of addresses
26(1)
Putting Things in Order: Ordinal Numbers
27(2)
Looking at the Calendar: Days, Months, and Seasons
29(5)
Days of the week
29(1)
Months and seasons of the year
30(1)
Specific dates
31(3)
Telling Time
34(4)
Familiarizing Yourself with the Metric System
38(3)
Converting the temperature to/from Celsius
39(1)
Measuring in metric units
40(1)
Chapter 3 Buongiorno! Salutations!
41(14)
Looking at Common Greetings and Goodbyes
41(3)
Issuing a greeting
41(2)
Deciding between formal and friendly
43(1)
Replying to a greeting
43(1)
Specifying your reunion
44(1)
Making Introductions
44(5)
Introducing yourself
45(2)
Introducing other people
47(2)
Talking about Language, Countries, and Nationalities
49(5)
Finding out whether someone speaks Italian
49(1)
Talking about where you come from
50(4)
Extending and Responding to Invitations
54(1)
Chapter 4 Making Small Talk
55(12)
Discovering Interrogative Pronouns
55(5)
Asking simple questions
56(2)
Taking care of basic needs
58(2)
Talking About Your Family
60(1)
Discussing What You Do
61(3)
Talking shop
62(1)
Discussing your job
62(2)
Chatting about the Weather
64(3)
Chapter 5 Casa Dolce Casa: Home Sweet Home
67(14)
Describing Where You Live
67(2)
Stating your country and hometown
67(1)
Noting the type of home you have
68(1)
Taking a Tour of Your Home
69(12)
II soggiorno: The living room
69(2)
La cucina: The kitchen
71(1)
La sala da pranzo: The dining room
72(3)
La camera da letto: The bedroom
75(1)
II bagno: The bathroom
76(1)
Other areas around the house
77(4)
Chapter 6 Using the Phone and Talking Business
81(16)
Phoning Made Simple
81(5)
Connecting via cellphones, texts, and video
82(2)
Calling for business or pleasure
84(2)
Making Arrangements over the Phone
86(2)
Asking for People and Getting the Message
88(3)
Discussing Your Job
91(6)
Referring to coworkers
92(1)
Interviewing
92(1)
Covering compensation and breaks
93(1)
Describing things around the office
93(4)
Chapter 7 Food, Glorious Food, and Drink
97(18)
Eating, Italian-Style
97(6)
Having breakfast
97(1)
Eating lunch
98(2)
Enjoying dinner
100(3)
Drinking, Italian-Style
103(3)
Expressing your love for espresso
103(2)
Beverages with even more of a kick
105(1)
Dining Out, from Start to Finish
106(3)
Making reservations
106(2)
Paying for your meal
108(1)
Shopping for Food
109(6)
Dal macellaio (butcher shop)
109(1)
Pesce (fish)
109(1)
At the panetteria (bread shop)
110(5)
Chapter 8 Shopping, Italian-Style
115(18)
Checking Out Stores
115(4)
Deciding between department stores and boutiques
116(1)
Navigating the store
116(2)
Admiring shop displays
118(1)
Clothing Yourself
119(8)
Checking out various items
119(1)
Sizing up Italian sizes
119(4)
Talking definitely and indefinitely
123(1)
Coloring your words
124(1)
Choosing the right fabric
125(1)
Accessorizing
126(1)
Narrowing Your Options
127(6)
Comparing items, more or less
128(1)
Considering price
129(4)
Book II Exploring and Wandering About
133(106)
Chapter 1 Where Is the Colosseum? Asking Directions
135(12)
Finding Your Way: Asking for Specific Places
135(8)
Mapping the quarters and following directions
137(3)
Expressing verbs on the move
140(3)
Exploring Italian Cities and Towns
143(4)
La piazza: The heart of the Italian city
143(1)
Viewing famous sites and architectural styles
143(1)
Finding the places you're looking for
144(3)
Chapter 2 Having Fun Out on the Town
147(16)
Experiencing Italian Culture
147(7)
Taking in a movie
149(1)
Going to the theater
150(2)
Exploring a museum
152(1)
Experiencing a local festival
153(1)
Taking in the Italian Music Scene
154(5)
Catching a concert
154(2)
Exploring the world of Italian opera
156(2)
Popular Italian music
158(1)
Inviting Fun
159(4)
Chapter 3 Exploring the Outdoors, Sports, and Hobbies
163(16)
Getting Close to Nature
164(2)
Playing and Watching Sports
166(7)
Using the right names and verbs for sports talk
167(4)
Watching sports
171(2)
Talking about Hobbies and Interests
173(3)
Speaking Reflexively
176(3)
Chapter 4 Planning a Trip
179(10)
Deciding When and Where to Go
179(4)
Going to agriturismo
181(1)
Going to the beach and spa
182(1)
Visiting castles, palaces, and estates
182(1)
Taking a Tour
183(2)
Booking a Trip outside of Italy
185(2)
Arriving and Leaving with Arrivare and Partire
187(1)
Using the Simple Future Tense
188(1)
Chapter 5 Money, Money, Money
189(10)
Going to the Bank
189(1)
Changing Money
190(3)
Using Credit Cards
193(2)
Looking at Various Currencies
195(4)
Chapter 6 Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and Buses
199(16)
Getting through the Airport
199(5)
Checking in
200(2)
Dealing with excess baggage
202(1)
Waiting to board the plane
203(1)
Coping after landing
204(1)
Dealing with lost luggage
204(1)
Going through Customs
204(2)
Renting a Car
206(2)
Navigating Public Transportation
208(5)
Calling a taxi
208(1)
Moving by train
209(1)
Going by bus or tram
210(2)
Reading maps and schedules
212(1)
Being Early or Late
213(2)
Chapter 7 Finding a Place to Stay
215(8)
Choosing a Place to Stay
215(1)
Reserving a Room
216(3)
Checking In
219(4)
Chapter 8 Handling Emergencies
223(16)
Getting Help Fast
223(1)
Receiving Medical Attention
224(5)
Describing what ails you
224(4)
Understanding professional medical vocabulary
228(1)
Getting what you need at the pharmacy
228(1)
Braving the dentist
229(1)
Handling Legal Matters
229(7)
Reporting an accident
229(1)
Reporting a robbery
230(3)
Reporting a lost or stolen passport
233(2)
Getting legal help
235(1)
Dealing with Car Trouble
236(3)
Book III Grasping Basic Grammar Essentials for Communication
239(106)
Chapter 1 What Do You Know? Parts of Speech
241(12)
Recognizing the Parts of Speech
241(9)
Nouns
245(1)
Pronouns
246(1)
Articles
246(1)
Verbs
247(1)
Adjectives
247(1)
Adverbs
248(1)
Prepositions
249(1)
Conjunctions
249(1)
Interjections
250(1)
Conjugating Verbs in the Present Tense
250(1)
Identifying infinitives
250(1)
Establishing subject-verb agreement
251(1)
Moving on to Other Verb Tenses
251(1)
Composing a Simple Sentence
252(1)
Chapter 2 Noun and Article Basics: Gender and Number
253(14)
A Primer on Articles
254(3)
Definite articles: Dealing with "the"
254(2)
Indefinite articles: Saying "a" or "an"
256(1)
Distinguishing between Masculine and Feminine Nouns
257(3)
Recognizing common noun endings
257(1)
Sorting nouns into classes
258(2)
Moving from Singular to Plural: Basic Rules
260(1)
Making Exceptions to the Basic Rules on Number
261(3)
Changing more than just the ending
262(1)
Changing only the article
263(1)
Using nouns only in the singular or the plural
263(1)
Deciding When to Include an Article
264(3)
When (and when not) to use a definite article
264(2)
When (and when not) to use an indefinite article
266(1)
Chapter 3 All about Pronouns
267(14)
Meeting the Subject Pronouns
268(2)
Knowing when to use subject pronouns
269(1)
Adapting subject pronouns for informal and formal usage
269(1)
Emphasizing Stressed Pronouns
270(1)
Digging into Direct Object Pronouns
271(2)
What direct object pronouns are and what they do
271(1)
Where to place direct object pronouns
272(1)
Investigating Indirect Object Pronouns
273(1)
Forming Double Pronouns
274(2)
Figuring out how to replace direct and indirect object pronouns
275(1)
Checking out common double pronouns
276(1)
But Wait, There's More! Special Italian Pronouns
276(4)
The adverbial pronoun ci
277(1)
The pronoun ne
278(2)
When the Subject Is Also the Object: Reflexive Pronouns
280(1)
Chapter 4 Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons
281(16)
Matching Adjectives to Nouns in Gender and Number
282(4)
Regular adjectives
283(1)
Irregular adjectives
284(1)
Invariable adjectives
285(1)
Associating One Adjective with More Than One Noun
286(1)
Putting Adjectives in Their Place
286(2)
Recognizing the adjectives that come before nouns
287(1)
Using placement to change an adjective's meaning
287(1)
Forming Adverbs the Italian Way
288(2)
Original adverbs
288(2)
Derived adverbs
290(1)
Finding a Place for Adverbs
290(2)
Making Comparisons
292(5)
Comparisons of equality
292(1)
Comparisons of inequality
293(1)
The best and the worst: Superlatives
294(1)
Special comparatives and superlatives
295(2)
Chapter 5 Meeting the Challenge of Prepositions
297(10)
Combining Basic Prepositions with Articles
298(1)
Forming Complements (Preposition + Noun, Name, or Pronoun)
299(8)
Possession and specification
299(1)
Qualities and functions
300(1)
Place
300(2)
Place and function
302(1)
Time
303(2)
Purpose and agent of action
305(1)
Tools, reasons, and causes
305(2)
Chapter 6 Demonstrative, Indefinite, and Possessive Qualifiers
307(16)
Pointing to Something with Questo and Quello
308(1)
Conveying Something Indefinite
309(11)
Indefinite words used as adjectives or pronouns
310(7)
Indefinite words used solely as pronouns
317(2)
Indefinite words that express a part of a set
319(1)
Assigning Ownership with Possessive Qualifiers
320(3)
Chapter 7 Making Connections with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns
323(12)
Linking Words and Clauses with Conjunctions and Prepositions
323(5)
Connecting words or sentences with coordinating conjunctions
324(1)
Joining a dependent clause with an independent one
325(3)
Joining Clauses That Belong Together
328(7)
Dealing with your average relative pronouns
329(4)
Economy of speech: Combined pronouns
333(2)
Chapter 8 Asking and Answering Questions
335(10)
Looking at Ways of Asking Questions in Italian
336(1)
Adjusting your intonation
336(1)
Inverting the word order
336(1)
Asking some common questions
337(1)
Digging Deeper: Asking More Complex Questions
337(5)
Employing interrogative adjectives
338(1)
Requesting the location and time: Interrogative adverbs
339(2)
Inquiring about who, what, which one, and how many: Interrogative pronouns
341(1)
Providing Detailed Answers to Questions
342(1)
Answering Questions Negatively
343(2)
Book IV Mastering Italian Verbs and Tenses
345(88)
Chapter 1 Jumping into Action with Italian Regular Verbs
347(14)
Conjugating Regular Verbs in Italian
348(8)
Conjugating-are verbs
349(4)
Conjugating-ere verbs
353(1)
Conjugating-ire verbs
354(2)
Moving Past the Present Tense
356(1)
Communicating Quickly with Verbs
357(1)
Looking More Closely at Personal Subject Pronouns
358(3)
Chapter 2 Talking in the Present Tense with Irregular Verbs
361(14)
To Be or Not to Be: Conjugating Essere
362(1)
To Have and to Hold: Conjugating Avere
363(1)
To Make or to Do: Conjugating Fare
364(1)
To Give: Dare
364(1)
To Ask How Others Are: Stare
365(1)
To Come and to Go: Venire and Andare
366(1)
Declaring Needs, Wants, and Abilities: Dovere, Volere, and Potere
367(1)
Do Tell: Dire
368(1)
Stepping Out: Uscire
369(1)
Bottom's Up: Bere
370(1)
The -orre, -urre, and -arre Verbs
370(1)
Using Irregular Verbs in Idiomatic Expressions
371(4)
Idiomatic expressions with essere
372(1)
Idiomatic expressions with fare
372(1)
Idiomatic expressions with dare and stare
373(2)
Chapter 3 Using Reflexive Forms and the Imperative Mood
375(14)
Reflecting on Reflexive Verbs
375(6)
Pairing reflexive pronouns with reflexive verbs
376(1)
Using reflexive verbs throughout the day
377(1)
Altering the position of reflexive pronouns
378(2)
Giving and taking with the reciprocal form
380(1)
Using the impersonal si
381(1)
Giving a Commanding Performance with the Imperative
381(8)
Constructing commands (of the tu, noi, and voi variety)
382(1)
Dealing with irregular imperatives for tu, noi, and voi
383(1)
Commanding politely: Forming the Lei and Loro forms of the imperative
384(1)
Adding pronouns to imperatives
385(2)
Checking out commonly used commands
387(2)
Chapter 4 Declaring Your Likes (And Dislikes) with Piacere
389(14)
Understanding How to Use Piacere
390(5)
Working with indirect object pronouns
390(1)
Conjugating piacere in the present tense
391(1)
Combining piacere with indirect object pronouns
392(2)
Using piacere as a noun
394(1)
Expressing Likes (And Dislikes) in Any Tense
395(4)
Conjugating piacere and dispiacere in the subjunctive and past absolute
395(1)
Checking out more conjugations for piacere and dispiacere
396(3)
Looking at Other Verbs that Work Backward
399(4)
Verbs that carry the indirect object in their constructions
400(1)
The verb mancare
401(2)
Chapter 5 The Future Tense and the Conditional Mood
403(12)
Focusing on the Future
403(7)
Forming the regular future tense
403(2)
Spelling out are exceptions in the future tense
405(2)
Working with irregular roots
407(2)
Talking about the future with some handy expressions
409(1)
Could-ing and Would-ing: The Conditional Mood
410(5)
Covering the uses of the conditional
410(1)
Forming the regular conditional
410(2)
Creating the irregular conditional
412(1)
Using dovere, potere, and volere in the conditional
412(3)
Chapter 6 Getting into the Subjunctive Mood
415(18)
Forming the Present Subjunctive Mood
415(3)
Mastering the Present Subjunctive
418(3)
Spelling exceptions
419(1)
Irregular forms
419(2)
Making the Present Subjunctive a Valuable Tool
421(5)
Expressing desires, wishes, commands, emotions, doubts, and beliefs
421(2)
Working with impersonal expressions
423(1)
Handling conjunctions and words that end in -unque
424(2)
Checking out a few other uses of the present subjunctive
426(1)
Understanding the Imperfect Subjunctive
426(7)
Conjugating the imperfect subjunctive
427(1)
Forming the imperfect subjunctive to express doubts, desires, and wants
428(2)
Getting a grip on irregular imperfect subjunctives
430(3)
Book V Building Compound Tenses
433(60)
Chapter 1 Been There, Done That: Talking in the Past Tense
435(16)
Forming the Present Perfect Tense
436(7)
Past participles
436(2)
Auxiliary verbs: Avere and essere
438(5)
Over and Done with: The Past Absolute
443(3)
Once Upon a Time: The Imperfect Tense
446(3)
Forming the imperfect
446(2)
Perfecting the use of the imperfect
448(1)
Adding Nuance to Meaning with Verb Tense
449(2)
Chapter 2 Reflexive Verbs in the Past
451(10)
Forming the Present Perfect of Reflexive Verbs
452(2)
Using Reciprocal Verbs in the Present Perfect
454(1)
Forming the Imperfect of Reflexive Verbs
455(2)
Checking Out Reciprocal Verbs in the Imperfect
457(1)
Picking the Present Perfect or the Imperfect for Reflexive Verbs
458(1)
Recognizing Reciprocal Verbs in the Past Absolute
459(2)
Chapter 3 Second-Guessing Actions with the Past Conditional and Past Perfect
461(8)
Forming the Past Conditional
462(1)
Using the Past Conditional to Play "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda"
463(1)
Expressing Responsibilities, Desires, and Abilities in the Past Conditional
464(1)
Forming and Implementing the Past Perfect Tense
465(4)
Chapter 4 I Hope That You've Had Fun! The Subjunctive Mood in the Past
469(8)
Forming the Past Subjunctive
469(2)
Composing the Past Perfect Subjunctive
471(2)
Sequencing Your Tenses in the Subjunctive
473(4)
Chapter 5 "If" Clauses, the Impersonal, and the Passive
477(10)
Hypothetically Speaking: "If" Clauses throughout the Tenses
477(5)
Expressing conditions within the realm of reality
478(1)
Examining hypothetical constructions of probability and possibility
479(1)
What-iffing the impossible
480(1)
Come se: In a category of its own
481(1)
Putting a Personal Touch on the Impersonal and the Passive
482(5)
Forming the impersonal in the present
482(1)
Applying the impersonal in other tenses
483(2)
Getting proactive about the passive voice
485(2)
Chapter 6 Progressing through Gerunds in Italian
487(6)
Forming Gerunds in the Present Tense
488(1)
Working with Irregular Gerund Forms
489(1)
Creating Gerunds in the Past Tense
489(1)
Putting Gerunds in the Present Progressive
490(1)
What Were You Thinking? The Imperfect Progressive
491(2)
Book VI Appendixes
493(126)
Appendix A Verb Tables
495(34)
Italian Helping Verbs
496(2)
Regular Italian Verbs
498(20)
Irregular Italian Verbs
518(11)
Appendix B Italian-English Mini-Dictionary
529(16)
Appendix C English-Italian Mini-Dictionary
545(16)
Appendix D Fun & Games
561(54)
Appendix E Audio Tracks
615(4)
Discovering What's on the Audio Tracks
615(1)
Track Listing
616(3)
Index 619