| Introduction |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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PART 1 GETTING YOUR BEARINGS WITH THE BASICS |
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Chapter 1 Greetings! Getting to Know You |
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Deciding between Formal and Informal |
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Working with Pronunciation |
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14 | (1) |
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Answers to "Greetings! Getting to Know You" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 2 Embedded Gender and Number: Nouns and Articles |
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Distinguishing between Masculine and Feminine Nouns |
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Sorting out Definite and Indefinite Articles |
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Dealing with definite articles |
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Knowing when (and when not) to use a definite article |
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Keeping things general with indefinite articles |
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Answers to "Embedded Gender and Number: Nouns and Articles" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 3 Putting Two and Two Together: Numbers, Dates, and Time |
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Counting Items with Cardinal Numbers |
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Putting Items in Order with Ordinal Numbers |
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Managing Your Calendar and Your Time |
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II calendario: The calendar |
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Answers to "Putting Two and Two Together: Numbers, Dates, and Times" Practice Questions |
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PART 2 VERBS AS BUILDING BLOCKS |
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Chapter 4 Noting to Be or to Have with Essere and Avere |
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Meeting the Subject Pronouns |
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Using subject pronouns for informal and formal usage |
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Working with Essere and Avere |
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Answers to "Noting to Be or to Have with Essere and Avere" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 5 Forming the Present |
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The Reliable Guys: Regular Verbs |
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What's Happening Right Now: The Present Progressive Tense |
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Answers to `Forming the Present' Practice Questions |
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Chapter 6 Going and Coming with Irregular Verbs |
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Answers to "Going and Coming with Irregular Verbs" Practice Questions |
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PART 3 BUILDING BEAUTIFUL SENTENCES: PARTS OF SPEECH |
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Chapter 7 Enriching Adjectives and Adverbs |
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Regular adjectives with a twist: Bello and buono |
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Putting Adjectives in Their Place |
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Forming Adverbs the Italian Way |
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Finding a Place for Adverbs in a Sentence |
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Answers to "Enriching Adjectives and Adverbs" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 8 Comparisons and Superlatives |
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Making Comparisons with the Comparative |
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Comparisons of greater than or less than |
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Designating the Best and the Worst: The Superlatives |
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Making Irregular Comparisons |
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Answers to "Comparisons and Superlatives" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 9 Prepositions, and Then Some |
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Getting Familiar with Simple Prepositions |
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Contracting Prepositions with Articles and Nouns |
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Noting the many uses of da |
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Figuring out the Italian ins |
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Using di for possession or the partitive |
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Finding the Exceptions to the Rule |
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Answers to "Prepositions, and Then Some" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 10 La Mia Famiglia: Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns |
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Possessing with Adjectives |
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Using possessive adjectives with family |
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Using Possessive Pronouns |
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Answers to "La Mia Famiglia: Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 11 Asking with Interrogatives; Pointing Out with Demonstratives |
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Asking and Answering Questions |
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Pointing to Something with Questo and Quello |
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Answers to "Asking with Interrogatives; Pointing Out with Demonstratives" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 12 Glancing Back at the Past: The Passato Prossimo |
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Turning a Verb into a Past Participle |
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Forming the past participle of regular verbs |
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Forming the past participle of irregular verbs |
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Figuring Out Which Auxiliary to Use |
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Looking at transitive versus intransitive |
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Using avere in the passato prossimo |
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Using essere in the passato prossimo |
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Expanding meaning with adverbs |
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Answers to "Glancing Back at the Past: The Passato Prossimo" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 13 Once Upon a Time: The Imperfect |
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Knowing When to Use the Imperfect |
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Adding endings to regular verbs |
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A few scoundrels: Irregular verbs |
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Crafting the Imperfect Progressive |
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When the Going Gets Tricky: The Imperfect and Passato Prossimo |
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Choosing one over the other: Imperfect or passato prossimo? |
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Using different tenses in different sentences |
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Looking at the forms of sapere and conoscere |
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Conveying Two Past Actions In Sequence: The Past Perfect |
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Answers to "Once Upon a Time: The Imperfect" Practice Questions |
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180 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Looking Ahead: The Future Tense |
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Using the Two Future Forms |
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Common Expressions Denoting the Future |
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Using the Present to Talk about the Future |
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Forming the Simple Future Tense |
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Stem-changing regular verbs |
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Forming the Future Perfect Tense |
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190 | (2) |
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Answers to "Looking Ahead: The Future Tense" Practice Questions |
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192 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Commanding and the Imperative |
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The Imperative Form of Regular Verbs |
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The Imperative Form of Irregular Verbs |
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Verbs that are irregular in the informal imperative |
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Verbs that are irregular in the formal imperative |
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Adding Pronouns to Commands |
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When the pronoun follows the imperative |
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When the pronoun precedes the imperative |
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Answers to "Commanding and the Imperative" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 16 Forming and Using Conditional Verbs |
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Shaping Verbs into the Present Conditional |
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Irregular verbs (Well, sort of) |
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Using the Conditional by Itself |
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Ifs Over Now! Forming the Past Conditional |
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Answers to "Forming and Using Conditional Verbs" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 17 Everyday Communication with Reflexives |
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Directing an Action to a Subject |
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Looking at when the subject is also the object: Reflexive pronouns |
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Transforming a transitive verb into a reflexive verb |
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Acting on the body and clothing |
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Engaging in Reciprocal Actions |
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Answers to "Everyday Communication with Reflexives" Practice Questions |
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Chapter 18 Ten Practice Dialogues for When You're Out and About in Italy |
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Al Ristorante (at the Restaurant) |
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Al Bar, Colazione e Aperitivo |
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Alia Salumeria (at the Deli) |
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Alia Spiaggia (at the Beach) |
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Al Negozio di Scarpe (at the Shoe Store) |
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Al Negozio di Abbigliamento (at the Clothing Store) |
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Dal Medico (at the Doctor's) |
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Alia Farmacia (to the Pharmacy) |
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Alia Stazione dei Treni (at the Train Station) |
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Chapter 19 Ten Common Word Swaps to Avoid |
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Assumere versus Presumere |
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251 | (1) |
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Fare Domanda versus Essere Esigente |
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252 | (1) |
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Fabbrica versus Stoffa and Fattoria |
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Affettare versus Influenzare |
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Incidente versus Accidenti! |
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Straniero versus Estraneo |
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| Appendix A English-Italian Dictionary |
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| Appendix B Italian-English Dictionary |
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| Index |
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