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By Paola Nanni-Tate

Learn Italian step by step and shortly you'll be making leaps and bounds

Your fastest path to studying Italian is thru an excellent grounding in grammar fundamentals. Now don't be dispose of via the "G-word." What you won't locate during this e-book is lots of repetitive drills. as an alternative, you get an unique, step by step method of studying Italian in response to the best way humans obviously collect language.

From the very starting, you're brought to the main crucial structures--allowing you to speak in Italian presently. progressively, via a sequence of interconnected "steps," you logically growth to extra universal innovations that govern how Italian is spoken and written. And alongside how you are brought to 1000s of rigorously chosen verbs and vocabulary phrases offered at the foundation of the way frequently they're utilized in daily Italian.

Guaranteed to get you fast up and working with the data and talents you must speak in Italian with self assurance, Easy Italian Step-by-Step beneficial properties: a different "building-block" method of gaining knowledge of crucial grammar, verbs, and vocabulary
Down-to-earth reasons of vital principles and ideas
countless numbers of often used verbs and key phrases a newbie may still understand
routines to check what you've realized and degree development
attractive readings that assist you hone your talents in daily contexts

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The white clouds 3. the new song 4. the fat goose 5. the small dog 6. the expensive shoes 7. the excellent food 8. the sad child 9. the happy children 10. the strong man 11. the big house 12. the sincere friend Positioning of Adjectives Most common adjectives follow the noun they modify and have a specific meaning. Some adjectives, though, can change their meaning according to whether they precede or follow the nouns they modify. Singular Plural MASCULINE/FEMININE MASCULINE/FEMININE bello, -/a brutto, -/a buono, -/a caro, -/a cattivo, -/a piccolo, -/a povero, -/a belli, -/e brutti, -/e buoni, -/e cari, -/e cattivi, -/e piccoli, -/e poveri, -/e 22 Elements of a Sentence un bel libro un libro bello una brutta sera una sera brutta una buona amica un’amica buona un caro amico una stoffa cara un cattivo ragazzo una persona cattiva un povero uomo un uomo povero a good book a beautiful book a bad evening an ugly evening a good friend a friend who is a good person a dear friend an expensive material a naughty boy a vicious person an unfortunate man a poor man The following examples are also of adjectives that change meaning according to their position.

Come sono le caramelle? What is his/her house like? How is the pizza? How are the candies? Come ϩ essere is used in exclamations. Come sono buoni questi spaghetti! Com’è buono il gelato italiano! P How good this spaghetti is! / Italian ice cream is so good! Word Order Notice the word order: come ϩ verb ϩ adjective. The subject, when expressed, is at the end of the exclamation. Exclamations of this kind are used much more frequently in Italian than in English. Com’è grande questa casa! How large this house is!

13. My grandmother is in the hospital. 14. She is not feeling very well. 6 Complete the letter with the correct forms of essere or stare. Cari genitori, Come (1) ? Noi (2) a Roma. La città (4) bene. Io e Luisa (3) molto bella. I Musei Vaticani (5) molto interessanti. Il Colosseo (6) ristoranti (7) (9) molto grande e bello. I buoni e non (8) molto cari. Noi a Roma per due settimane. Ciao e a presto. e Reading Comprehension La casa La mia casa è grande e nuova, con molte finestre e molta luce. Tutte le pareti della casa sono bianche e l’esterno è grigio.

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