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Complete Italian Grammar 00_Danesi_i-xiv, 1-260.indd 1 3/1/16 3:44 PM This page intentionally left blank Complete Italian Grammar PREMIUM SECOND EDITION Marcel Danesi, PhD 00_Danesi_i-xiv, 1-260.indd 3 3/1/16 3:44 PM Copyright © 2016 by McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 978-1-25-958773-3 MHID: 1-25-958773-8 The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title: ISBN: 978-1-25-958772-6, MHID: 1-25-958772-X . eBook conversion by codeMantra Version 1.0 All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. 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This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or cause whatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise. “To obtain the downloadable tests/videos of this eBook, please click here.”(cid:13)(cid:10) Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Nouns and titles 1 Common nouns 1 Gender patterns 5 Spelling adjustments in the plural 7 Mass nouns 10 Proper nouns and titles 11 Grammar in culture 14 2 More about nouns 16 More gender patterns 16 Nouns of Greek origin 18 Other types of nouns 20 Altered nouns 23 Compound nouns 25 Grammar in culture 28 3 Articles 29 The indefinite article 29 The definite article 31 Uses of the indefinite article 34 Uses of the definite article 35 Grammar in culture 41 4 Adjectives 42 Descriptive adjectives 42 Invariable adjectives 43 Position 45 Form-changing adjectives 48 Comparison of adjectives 53 Grammar in culture 57 v 00_Danesi_i-xiv, 1-260.indd 5 3/1/16 3:44 PM 5 Pronouns 59 Subject pronouns 59 Object pronouns 61 Stressed pronouns 64 Other pronouns 67 Grammar in culture 70 6 More pronouns 72 Object pronouns with compound tenses 72 Double pronouns 74 Attached pronouns 76 Grammar in culture 80 7 Demonstratives 82 The demonstrative of nearness 82 The demonstrative of farness 83 Demonstrative pronouns 85 Indicating words and expressions 88 Grammar in culture 90 8 Possessives 92 Possessive adjective forms 92 The third-person forms 95 Possessives with kinship nouns 97 Possessive pronouns 99 Grammar in culture 103 9 Partitives 104 Partitives with count nouns 104 Alternative forms 106 Partitives with mass nouns 108 Partitives in the negative 109 Adjectives indicating quantity 111 Grammar in culture 113 10 Present tenses 115 The present indicative of regular verbs 115 Irregular verbs in the present indicative 120 The present subjunctive of regular verbs 122 Irregular verbs in the present subjunctive 126 Special uses of the subjunctive 128 Grammar in culture 131 vi Contents 00_Danesi_i-xiv, 1-260.indd 6 3/1/16 3:44 PM 11 Past tenses 132 The present perfect 132 Irregular past participles 137 The past subjunctive 140 The past absolute 142 Irregular verbs in the past absolute 145 Grammar in culture 149 12 The imperfect and pluperfect tenses 150 The imperfect indicative 150 The imperfect subjunctive 153 The pluperfect tenses 156 Grammar in culture 161 13 The progressive tenses 162 The gerund 162 The present progressive tenses 164 The imperfect progressive tenses 166 Grammar in culture 170 14 The future and conditional tenses 171 The future 171 The future perfect 175 The conditional (present and past) 177 Hypothetical sentences 182 Grammar in culture 185 15 The imperative 186 Regular forms of the imperative 186 The negative imperative 190 Irregular forms 191 Grammar in culture 195 16 Reflexive verbs 196 Forms 196 Compound tenses 199 Imperative forms 201 Grammar in culture 205 Contents vii 00_Danesi_i-xiv, 1-260.indd 7 3/1/16 3:44 PM 17 Prepositions and adverbs 206 Prepositional contractions 206 Uses of the prepositions 209 Adverbs of manner 211 Other kinds of adverbs 213 Comparison of adverbs 216 Grammar in culture 218 18 Sentences 220 Interrogative sentences 220 Question words 222 Negative sentences 225 Objects 227 Conjunctions and relative pronouns 229 Grammar in culture 233 19 Numbers 235 The cardinal numbers 235 Telling time 240 The ordinal numbers 243 Numerical expressions 245 Dates 246 Grammar in culture 249 20 Miscellaneous topics 250 The verb piacere 250 The passive and the impersonal si 253 Other topics 256 Grammar in culture 260 Irregular verb tables 261 Italian-English glossary 272 English-Italian glossary 279 Answer key 286 viii Contents 00_Danesi_i-xiv, 1-260.indd 8 3/1/16 3:44 PM