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Author Danesi, Marcel, 1946-

Title Italian demystified / Marcel Danesi.

Publication Info. Chicago : McGraw-Hill, [2007]
©2007

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  458.2 DANESI, MARCEL    Check Shelf
Description xii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series Demystified series
McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series.
Note Includes index.
Summary 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.
Subject Italian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English.
Italian language -- Grammar.
Italian language -- Problems, exercises, etc.
Italian language -- Self-instruction.
Italian language. (OCoLC)fst00980480
Italian language -- Grammar. (OCoLC)fst00980548
Italian language -- Grammar.
Italian as a second language.
Italian language -- Study and teaching as a second language -- English speakers.
Italian language -- Textbooks for second language learners -- English speakers.
Genre/Form Problems and exercises. (OCoLC)fst01423783
Self-instruction. (OCoLC)fst01423884
Textbooks -- for English speakers. (OCoLC)fst01423865
ISBN 0071476598 (alk. paper)
9780071476591 (alk. paper)
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