Easy Italian Step-by-Step

Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 12
Guide to Pronunciation......Page 14
I: Elements of a Sentence......Page 20
The Gender of Nouns......Page 22
The Indefinite Article......Page 28
The Definite Article......Page 30
Descriptive Adjectives......Page 36
Key Vocabulary......Page 37
Subject Pronoun Basics......Page 44
Stare Versus essere......Page 45
Key Vocabulary......Page 47
Reading Comprehension: La casa......Page 54
C’è (There Is) and ci sono (There Are)......Page 57
Interrogative Words......Page 61
Calendario (Calendar)......Page 66
Reading Comprehension: Una città italiana......Page 70
Key Vocabulary......Page 72
Reading Comprehension: Il cinema......Page 75
Cardinal Numbers......Page 77
Ordinal Numbers......Page 80
The Date......Page 84
Telling Time......Page 85
Reading Comprehension: Il ristorante......Page 89
Reading Comprehension: Il lavoro casalingo......Page 90
Uses of the Present Tense......Page 93
-are Verbs......Page 94
The Preposition a......Page 96
-ere Verbs......Page 97
-ire Verbs......Page 99
-are and -ere Verbs with More than One Meaning......Page 103
Reading Comprehension: Arturo e Carla......Page 105
Irregular -are Verbs......Page 107
-ere Verbs......Page 112
-ire Verbs......Page 118
Reading Comprehension: La famiglia Marchetti......Page 121
Andare (to go; to be going)......Page 123
The Future with andare + a + Infinitive......Page 124
The Future Tense of Regular Verbs......Page 125
Key Vocabulary......Page 130
Useful Words: che and per......Page 131
Key Vocabulary......Page 132
Time Expressions......Page 134
Reading Comprehension: L’appuntamento dal dentista......Page 138
Possessive Adjectives......Page 140
Definite Articles......Page 142
Demonstrative Adjectives......Page 145
Adjectives of Nationality......Page 147
Adjectives That Precede a Noun......Page 149
Comparative Adjectives......Page 153
Superlative Adjectives......Page 156
Adverbs......Page 159
Reading Comprehension: Il cane e il gatto......Page 166
Negatives and Negative Expressions......Page 169
Prepositions......Page 173
Reading Comprehension: Il treno......Page 180
Key Vocabulary......Page 183
Reading Comprehension: La visita......Page 189
II: Objects, Reflexive Verbs, and the Present Subjunctive......Page 192
Piacere and the Indirect Object......Page 193
Verbs like piacere......Page 199
Indirect Object Pronouns......Page 204
Reading Comprehension: Andare a fare spese......Page 214
Reading Comprehension: La spiaggia......Page 215
Transitive Verbs and the Direct Object......Page 218
Direct Object Pronouns......Page 220
Review Table of Indirect and Direct Object Pronouns......Page 225
Reading Comprehension: Gli svaghi degli italiani......Page 228
Reflexive Pronouns......Page 230
Reflexive Verbs Whose English Translations Do Not Include Oneself......Page 231
Position of the Reflexive Pronoun......Page 232
Reflexive Verbs with Parts of the Body and Clothing......Page 233
Reflexive Verbs That Express Emotion or Movement......Page 234
Reflexive Verbs Followed by a Preposition......Page 235
Review of Indirect and Direct Object Pronouns and Reflexive Pronouns......Page 236
Si and Impersonal Expressions......Page 237
Reading Comprehension: Il saluto e l’educazione......Page 238
Reading Comprehension: I mezzi di trasporto pubblici......Page 240
Formation of the Present Subjunctive......Page 242
Verbs with Orthographic Changes......Page 246
Uses of the Present Subjunctive......Page 247
Reading Comprehension: Lo sport in Italia......Page 263
III: The Preterit, Present Perfect, and Imperfect Tenses and Double Object Pronouns......Page 266
Formation of the Preterit......Page 267
Key Vocabulary......Page 269
Uses of the Preterit......Page 270
Irregular Verbs......Page 272
The Present Perfect Tense......Page 278
Reading Comprehension: La moda italiana......Page 286
Formation of the Imperfect......Page 289
Uses of the Imperfect......Page 293
Preterit, Present Perfect, and Imperfect Compared......Page 296
Double Object Pronouns......Page 302
Reflexive Pronouns with Direct Object Pronouns......Page 310
Reading Comprehension: Il traffico in Italia......Page 313
Answer Key......Page 316
A......Page 332
G......Page 333
P......Page 334
V......Page 335
Z......Page 336