Introduces the basic rules of Italian grammar, verb forms, common words and expressions, and Italian culture, and offers practice exercises, quizzes, and a glossary.
Contents
Part One Basic Skills: Italian pronunciation and spelling -- Meeting and greeting people -- Asking questions -- Describing people and things -- Expressing likes and dislikes -- Part Two Expanding on the Basics: Learning the present indicative with -are verbs -- Prepositions and the present indicative of -ere verbs -- Demonstratives and the present indicative of -ire verbs -- Present progressives and possessives -- Giving commands -- Part Three Building Competence: Using reflexive verbs -- Using the present perfect tense -- Using the imperfect tense -- Using the pluperfect and past absolute tenses -- More about nouns and adjectives -- Part Four extending Competence: Talking about the future -- Using the conditional tense -- Using object pronouns -- Using double and attached object pronouns -- Making comparisons.