Italian Verbs For Dummies For Dummies Language Literature 1st Edition by Teresa L Picarazzi ISBN 0471773891 9780471773894

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ISBN 10: 0471773891 
ISBN 13: 9780471773894
Author:  Teresa L Picarazzi

A step-by-step guide to grasping the basics of Italian verbs

Over 66 million people around the world speak Italian, and Italian remains a popular choice for American students studying a foreign language. Italian Verbs For Dummies is ideal for those who have a basic knowledge of Italian but wish to improve their fluency by mastering the nuances of Italian verbs. This plain-English guide provides coverage of basic sentence structure, moods, tenses, and regular and irregular verbs, along with exercises to make conjugating Italian verbs a snap. It can also serve as a supplementary resource for students to use alongside classroom books.

Teresa L. Picarazzi (Fairfield, CT) is currently Adjunct Professor of Italian at Fairfield University and a full-time Italian teacher at Trumbull High School.

Italian Verbs For Dummies For Dummies Language Literature 1st Table of contents:

• Part I: Getting Started with Italian Verbs

  • Chapter 1: The Building Blocks of Italian Verbs (Introduction to verb forms, infinitives, subjects)
  • Chapter 2: Understanding Regular Verbs (-are, -ere, -ire conjugations)
  • Chapter 3: Tackling Irregular Verbs (Common irregular verbs like essere, avere, andare, fare, etc.)

• Part II: Mastering Present Tenses and Moods

  • Chapter 4: Speaking in the Present Indicative (Regular and irregular present tense)
  • Chapter 5: Commanding with the Imperative Mood (Formal and informal commands)
  • Chapter 6: Expressing Wishes and Possibilities with the Subjunctive Mood (Introduction to the present subjunctive)
  • Chapter 7: Talking about Your Habits with Reflexive Verbs

• Part III: Venturing into Past Tenses

  • Chapter 8: Discussing Completed Actions with the Passato Prossimo (Present perfect)
  • Chapter 9: Setting the Scene with the Imperfect Tense
  • Chapter 10: Going Back Further with the Trapassato Prossimo (Past perfect)

• Part IV: Looking to the Future and Hypotheticals

  • Chapter 11: Predicting with the Future Tense
  • Chapter 12: Exploring Possibilities with the Conditional Mood
  • Chapter 13: Using Compound Tenses in the Subjunctive and Conditional

• Part V: Advanced Verb Concepts

  • Chapter 14: Using Impersonal Verbs and the Passive Voice
  • Chapter 15: Forming and Using Gerunds and Participles

• Part VI: The Part of Tens

  • Chapter 16: Ten Common Italian Verb Mistakes to Avoid
  • Chapter 17: Ten Ways to Practice Italian Verbs Every Day
  • Chapter 18: Ten Key Italian Idiomatic Expressions Using Verbs

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