Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

plurals of nouns 4– 7
poco 47, 48, 121
possession with di 58, 59
possessive adjectives 22– 3
possessive pronouns 23–4; definition of
189
potere: future 133; present 42, 43; present
conditional 165; present perfect 91
prepositions 57–65; compound 65;
with definite article 57–8; definition
of 189; with pronouns 100, 105,
106
prepositions of place 59, 60, 61, 62
prepositions of time 59, 60, 61, 63
present conditional 162–6; essere 164;
irregular verbs 164–6; negative form
166
present participle, definition of 188
present perfect 84–91; with direct object
pronouns 94–5, 95–6; of avere and
essere 88; with indirect object
pronouns 95; with ne 122 – 4;
negative form 90; potere, dovere and
volere 91; of reflexive verbs 145;
using avere 86 – 7, 88–9;
using essere 86 – 7, 88–90, 145;
uses of 84– 5
present tense 36–43; avere and essere 28;
irregular verbs 41–3; uses of 36–7;
verbs in -are 37; verbs in -care and
-gare 38; verbs in -cere and -gere 39;
verbs in -ere 38 – 9; verbs in -iare 38;
verbs in -ire 40; verbs with -isc-
40; verbs in -urre 43
pronouns: definition of 189;
demonstrative 24; direct object
52 – 4, 94–5, 95–6, 99–101; with the
imperative 154; indirect object 74–6,
96, 99–101; possessive 23–4; after
prepositions 100; reflexive 143–6;
relative 104–7; stressed forms
99 – 101; subject 28–9, see also ci;
ne; si
pure 101

qualcuno 121, 122
quale? 71
(il/la) quale (relative pronoun) 104,
105 – 6
quando 70, 130
quanto 70, 71, 101, 121, 123, 124
quello 20, 24

quello che (relative pronoun) 106

questions 29, 40, 68– 71

questo 20, 24

reciprocal pronouns, definition of 189

reflexive pronouns 143–6; stressed form

146

reflexive verbs 88, 143; with si

(impersonal subject) 159– 60

relative pronouns 104–7; definition of

189

rimanere: future 134; present

conditional 165

riuscire 42

salvo (che) 101

santo 21 – 2

sapere 42 – 3; vs conoscere 42 – 3; future

133; imperative 152; present 41;

present conditional 165

sembrare 81

servire 81

si: impersonal 157–60; with essere as

auxiliary 159; negative form 159;

with reflexive verbs 159–60;

sentences with a passive meaning

158

singular and plural adjectives 17–19, 158

‘some/someone’ 121, 122

spelling: of adjectives in -co and -go

18 – 19; essere and avere 30; plurals of

nouns in -ca, -co, -ga, -go, -cia, -gia

6 – 7

stare: future 132; imperative 152; present

41; present conditional 165

stesso 146

su, uses of 61

subject, definition of 189

subject pronouns 28– 9

tanto 47, 48

tenere: future 134; present conditional

165

tense, definition of 189

‘that’ (relative pronoun) 104

‘that/those’ (demonstrative adjectives/

pronouns) 20, 24

‘there is/are’ 32 – 3

‘this/these’ (demonstrative adjectives/

pronouns) 20, 24

time see prepositions of time

tra and fra, uses of 62

Index 193