eccetto (che) 101
essere: with ci 32 – 3, 88, 113; as auxiliary
86 – 7, 88–90; as auxiliary with
impersonal si 159; future 132;
imperative 151; imperfect 113;
present 28; present conditional 164;
present perfect 88; with reflexive
pronouns 145; uses of 31
fare: future 132; imperative 151;
imperfect 114; past participle 86;
present 42; present conditional 165
formal form 30, 41; direct object
pronouns 54; in imperative
152 – 3; indirect object pronouns
76; with piacere 80; possessive
adjectives and pronouns 23– 4
future 129–34; avere and essere 132; with
if/when 130; irregular verbs 132–4;
negative form 134; verbs in -care,
-gare and -iare 131 – 2; uses of
129 – 30; verbs in -urre 134
gender 1–3, 6; definition of 188
grande 21
‘how much/many?’ 70, 71
‘how?’ 69, 71
‘if’ with future tense 130
imperative 149–54; essere 151; formal
form 152–3; irregular verbs 151–2;
negative form 153, 154; with
pronouns 154; uses of 149;
verbs in -urre 152
imperfect 111–17; of essere 113;
negative form 114; uses 115–17;
verbs in -urre 114
impersonal subject pronoun si 157 – 60
in, uses of 61, 62, 63, 64
indefinite article 11– 13
indirect object, definition of 188
indirect object pronouns 74–6;
formal form 76; with the
imperative 154; negative form 75;
with the present perfect 95;
stressed forms 99– 101
infinitive 37; definition of 188; for
negative imperative 153
interrogative form 29, 40
interrogative pronouns, definition of 189
irregular plurals of nouns 5
irregular verbs: future 132–4; imperative
151 – 2; imperfect 113–14; past
participle 86; present 41–3;
present conditional 164– 6‘knowing’ 42 – 3Lei, Loro and Vo i 30, 41; see also formal
formmancare 81
meno (che) 101
mentre 116
modo/maniera 49
molto 47, 48, 121ne 120 – 4; negative form 122; with past
participle 122– 4
neanche 101
negative form 30, 32–3; with direct object
pronouns 53; future 134; imperative
153, 154; imperfect 114; with
indirect object pronouns 75; with ne
122; past perfect 140; present 41;
present conditional 166; present
perfect 90; verbs with si 159
nemmeno 101
neppure 101
non see negative form
non... ancora/mai 47
nouns: definition of 188; ending in -ca,
-co, -ga, -go, -cia, -gia 6 – 7;
gender 1–3, 6; singular and
plural 4– 7
number: definition of 188; nouns 4– 7parere 81
partitive constructions with di 59
passive: definition of 188–9; using si 158
past participle 85–6; definition 188; with
ne 122 – 4
past perfect 137–40; with avere or essere
as auxiliaries 138; of avere and
essere 139; negative form 140; uses
of 137– 8
per, uses of 61
perché? 70
personal pronouns: definition of 189;
see also pronouns
piacere 79 – 81
place see prepositions of place
plurals of adjectives 17– 19192 Index