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accent accustom adjectives altri amico andare andate Arabian horse avete bella casa cavallo ciò città Cond conjugation consonants credere decimo declension destriero dotto enemy English Example fanciullo father fatto fear fidatevi figlio genders gerund giorno give horse iámo Imper infinitive invited irregular verbs Italian Italian Language king l'ho laugh leggiadro libro lodano lodare madre madri marito masc masculine nouns meglio mezzogiorno moglie morire mother nemico neut nouns numbers ourselves padre parlate parlo participle perduto person plur plural posso pranzo preposition Pret Preterit pronouns punish può quale relative pronoun repent ricco scudo signore sing singular sister sleep sorella sound speak Subj Subjunctive substantively syllable Tasso tell tempo tenses termination thee thou Torquato Tasso tutto uncle uomo uscio vedere vedete vedo veduto veggiano verbs voglio volete vowel vuol weep wish woman
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Page 44 - Becommends, raccomanda ; command, comando ; I recommend, raccomando ; speak, parlate ; show, mostrate ; do not show, non mostrate. Have you a watch ? Show it to him. Have you a purse ? Show it to her. Have you a book ? Will you show it to me ? I will show it to you. I will show it to you, but not to her. Is this your wife ? Introduce me to her. Introduce her to me. Watch, oriuolo ; purse, borsa ; your wife, vostra moglie ; have you, avete ? will you show, volete mostrare ? I will show, mostrerb ;...
Page 83 - PP data (act. verb). Pr. Ind. do, dai, da, diamo, date, danno. Imp. dava. Pret. diedi, or detti, desti, diede, or dette, demmo, deste, diedero, or dettero. Fut. daro, etc. Cond. darei, etc. Imper. da, dia, diamo, date, diano. Subj. Pr. dia, 3 pers. ; diamo, diate, diano. Imp. dessi, dessi, etc.
Page 5 - ... he loved. Most Italian words have the accent on the penultimate syllable, or last but one, fewer on the last but two, very few on the last but three. The accents have been marked on the following exercise. Exercise I.
Page 47 - PRONOUNS. 1. Possessive Pronouns are used with articles. il mio, la mia, i miei, le mie, my, mine. il tuo, la tua, i tuoi, le tue, thy, thine. il suo, la sua, i suoi, le sue, his, her, hers, its. il nostro, la nostra, i nostri, le nostre, our, ours. il vostro, la vostra, i vostri, le vostre, your, yours. il loro, la loro, i loro, le loro, their, theirs.
Page 128 - Su su, fedeli miei, su via, prendete Le fiamme e il ferro, ardete ed uccidete.