Dedication <br/> PREFACE <br/> CONTENTS <br/> Chapter 1 THE PRONUNCIATION OF ITALIAN <br/> The Italian Alphabet and Its Sounds <br/> Sounding out the Alphabet. <br/> Vowels. <br/> Single and double consonants. <br/> Stress (accento tonico) and accent marks. <br/> Diphthongs and triphthongs. <br/> Hiatus. <br/> Syllabication. <br/> Punctuation and Orthographic Marks. <br/> Chapter 2 NOUNS AND ARTICLES <br/> Nouns <br/> Nouns ending in -o and -a. <br/> Plural forms. <br/> Nouns ending in -e. <br/> Nouns referring to human beings. <br/> Nouns referring to things. <br/> Feminine nouns. <br/> Forming the plural. <br/> Masculine nouns ending in -a. <br/> Feminine nouns ending in -o. <br/> Plural of nouns ending in -ca and -ga. <br/> Plural of masculine nouns ending in -co and -go. <br/> Plural of masculine nouns ending in -io. <br/> Nouns with two plurals (feminine and masculine) and two meanings. <br/> Masculine nouns with feminine plurals. <br/> Plural of feminine nouns ending in -cia and -gia. <br/> Plural of nouns ending in a stressed vowel. <br/> Plural of monosyllabic nouns. <br/> Irregular plural nouns. <br/> Masculine and feminine endings of the same noun. <br/> Foreign nouns. <br/> Compound nouns. <br/> Diminutives, augmentatives, and pejoratives. <br/> The Definite Article <br/> With general and abstract nouns. <br/> With titles. <br/> With languages. <br/> With continents, countries, islands, regions, and cities. <br/> With nouns denoting family members preceded by possessive adjectives. <br/> With days of the week. <br/> With prepositions and contractions. <br/> Articulated prepositions. <br/> Feminine singular plural forms. <br/> Masculine plural forms. <br/> Feminine plural forms. <br/> The Indefinite Article <br/> Special uses of the indefinite article. <br/> The Partitive <br/> The partitive versus the definite article. <br/> Exception to the rule for using the partitive. <br/> After expressions of quantity with di. <br/> Chapter 3 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS <br/> Adjectives Ending in -o <br/> Adjectives Ending in -e <br/> Adjectives of Nationality <br/> Adjectives Ending in -co, -ca, -go, -ga <br/> Adjectives Ending in -cio, -cia, -gio, -gia <br/> Irregular Adjectives of Color <br/> Adjectives with Shortened Forms <br/> Bello, Grande, Santo, Buono, and Nessuno. <br/> Titles Ending in -e <br/> Formation of Nouns from Adjectives <br/> Possessive Adjectives <br/> With nouns denoting family members or relatives. <br/> Demonstrative Adjectives <br/> Expressions Che! and Quanto! <br/> Formation of Adverbs <br/> Chapter 4 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES <br/> Comparatives <br/> Comparative of equality with adjectives. <br/> Comparative of equality with nouns. <br/> Comparative of inequality. <br/> Relative Superlative of Adjectives <br/> Absolute Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs <br/> Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives <br/> Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives of Adverbs <br/> Chapter 5 NUMBERS, DATES, AND TIME <br/> Numbers <br/> Cardinal numbers. <br/> Special use of Duecento, Trecento, etc. <br/> Ordinal numbers. <br/> Ordinal numbers with titles. <br/> Fractions. <br/> Dates <br/> Days of the week. <br/> Months of the year. <br/> Seasons of the year. <br/> Time <br/> Colloquial time. <br/> Official time. <br/> Chapter 6 VERBS <br/> Moods and Tenses <br/> Simple Tenses <br/> Formal versus familiar forms. <br/> Subject pronouns. <br/> Present Indicative Tense (Presente Indicativo) <br/> Regular first-conjugation verbs. <br/> Verbs in -ciare, -glare, -chiare, -ghiare. <br/> Verbs in -care and -gare. <br/> Regular second-conjugation verbs. <br/> Verbs ending in -cere. <br/> Regular third-conjugation verbs. <br/> Third-conjugation vote with -isc. <br/> Irregular verbs. <br/> Irregular verbs with -co. <br/> Verbs with -go. <br/> Verbs with -io. <br/> Other verbs with a vowel change in the root. <br/> Modal Verbs (Verbi Modali): Dovere, Potere, Volere <br/> Avere and Essere <br/> Special use of the Present Indicative
