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Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositions

by: Gobetti, Daniela

Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositions

by: Gobetti, Daniela

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9780071453936
ISBN 10:
0071453938
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/21/2006
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

Master these two essential building blocks of fluency in Italian quickly and painlessly Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositionsprovides you with clear, detailed explanations and all the practice tools needed to master these two knotty elements of Italian grammar. Using many realistic examples taken from everyday life, author Daniela Gobetti takes the mystery out of Italian pronouns and prepositions and gives you plenty of exercises to reinforce what you have learned.

Preface

PART I Pronouns

(120)

Subject Pronouns

(12)

Pronouns and Conjugations

(4)

Addressing People: Tu/Voi, Lei/Loro

(3)

Esso (It) as Subject

(1)

Placement in Negative Clauses

(1)

When to Use Subject Pronouns

(3)

Direct Object Pronouns

(14)

Formal and Informal Address

(1)

Placement in Negative Clauses

(1)

Placement with the Infinitive

(1)

Placement with the Imperative

(1)

Direct Object Pronouns with Compound Tenses (Tempi Composti)

(2)

Placement with Modal Auxiliaries (Verbi Servili)

(2)

Lasciare and Fare + the Infinitive

(1)

Lo (It/That)

(1)

Ci (Vi): Other Uses

(2)

Indirect Object Pronouns

(12)

Placement of Strong Forms in Affirmative and Negative Clauses: a me (to Me) /a voi (to You), etc.

(2)

Placement of Weak Forms in Affirmative and Negative Clauses: mi (to Me), ti (to You), gli (to Him), etc.

(1)

Placement with the Infinitive

(1)

Placement with the Imperative, Second Person Singular and Plural

(1)

Indirect Object Pronouns with Compound Tenses

(1)

Placement with Modal Auxiliaries (Verbi Servili)

(1)

Causative Verbs (Verbi Causativi): Lasciare, Fare

(1)

Indirect Object Pronouns with Piacere (to Please)

(3)

Double Pronouns

(10)

Placement of Double Pronouns

(3)

Double Pronouns with Compound Tenses

(2)

Placement with Modal Auxiliaries (Verbi Servili)

(2)

Causative Verbs (Verbi Causativi): Lasciare, Fare

(2)

Reflexive Pronouns and Si as Impersonal Pronoun

(12)

Placement with the Imperative (Second Person Singular and Plural), the Infinitive, and the Gerund

(1)

Compound Tenses

(1)

Reflexive Pronouns and Direct Objects

(1)

Doing Things for Oneself

(1)

Coordination of the Reflexive Pronoun with the Auxiliary and the Past Participle

(1)

Reciprocal Reflexive Verbs (Verbi Riflessivi Reciproci)

(2)

Reflexive Verbs and Direct Object Pronouns

(1)

Si as Impersonal Pronoun

(3)

The Pronoun Ne

(10)

Ne (of/by Someone/Something)

(1)

Placement of Ne

(1)

Ne (of This, of That/from This, from That)

(1)

Ne as Partitive Pronoun (Pronome Partitivo)

(2)

Ne and Gender/Number Coordination

(1)

Ne and Double Pronouns

(1)

Ne and Reflexive Pronouns

(4)

Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions

(4)

Placement

(4)

Interrogative Pronouns

(14)

Chi? (Who?/Whom?)

(1)

Chi as Subject

(2)

Chi as Direct Object

(4)

Che?/Cosa?/Che Cosa? (What?)

(1)

Qual(e) (What?) and Quali? (Which?)

(2)

Quanto?/Quanta?/Quanti?/Quante? (How Much/How Many?)

(4)

Relative Pronouns

(10)

Che (Who, Whom, That, Which)

(1)

Cui (to Whom, by Whom, Through Which, etc.)

(2)

Variable and Invariable Relative Pronouns

(4)

Dove (Where) and Quando (When) as Relative Pronouns

(2)

Demonstrative Pronouns

101

(4)

Questo (This) and Quello (That)

101

(4)

Possessive Pronouns

105

(6)

A Friend of Mine, of Yours, etc.

108

(1)

Mio (My) and II Mio (Mine)

108

(3)

Indefinite Pronouns

111

(10)

Double Negatives

112

(1)

Gender and Number

112

(3)

Molti (Many) and Tanti (So Many)

115

(1)

Indefinite Pronouns + Ne

116

(1)

Indefinite Pronouns + Di (Among)

117

(1)

Indefinite Pronouns That Refer Only to Things

118

(1)

Tanto... (So/As Much... ) and Quanto (So/As)

119

(2)

PART II Prepositions

121

(66)

The Most Commonly Used Prepositions

123

(10)

Other Parts of Speech That Function as Prepositions

126

(1)

What Is a Preposition?

127

(1)

Prepositional Locations

128

(1)

Prepositions and Subordinate Clauses

129

(1)

Classification of Prepositions

130

(3)

Possession and Specification

133

(8)

su (on), circa (about), riguardo (concerning)

135

(1)

di (of), tra/fra (between/among)

136

(1)

del, dello, della, dei, degli, delle: Specification and Partitive Article

137

(1)

Specification Without di (of)

138

(1)

Verbs + di

138

(3)

Place

141

(16)

a and in

142

(2)

in (in) and su (on)

144

(1)

su (on), sopra (over/above), and sotto (under/below)

145

(1)

Place and Function: in, da, a

146

(7)

da and di (from, out of, and off)

153

(1)

Place Where, Motion Toward, and Motion From: da (from)

154

(1)

da, per, tra/fra (through, all around, and between/among)

155

(1)

Qui, Qua, Li, La (Here and There)

155

(2)

Time

157

(10)

Moments in Time: a (at) and di/in (in)

157

(2)

Expressing Time Without Prepositions

159

(1)

From the Past to the Present: da (for and since/from)

160

(1)

per (for)

161

(2)

How Long It Takes: in, tra, and entro (in, by, and within)

163

(1)

Adverbs Used as Prepositions: prima di (before) and dopo (di) (after)

164

(3)

Purpose, Company, and Agency

167

(6)

a (to) and per (for)

167

(2)

con, insieme con/a (with)

169

(1)

da (by) and the Passive Voice

170

(3)

Means, Qualities, and Causes

173

(14)

Means: con and in (with)

173

(4)

Functions and Characteristics: barche a vela and carte da gioco

177

(2)

Qualities

179

(6)

Causes: di, a, con, da, in, per (of, at, with, in, from, for)

185

(2)

Appendix 1 Tables of Pronouns

187

(2)

Appendix 2 Preposizioni semplici

189

(6)

Answer Key

195

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