[...]... libro, the book il giardino, the garden il tema, 2 the exercise L'albero, the tree La tavola, the table il ramo, the branch La donna, the woman il pane, the bread il ragazzo, the boy L' uccello, the bird La ragazza, the girl La gabbia, the cage EXERCISE I 3 The boy's (92) book The girl's exercise The branch of the tree The woman in the garden The bird in the cage The woman with the bread The book... means and DÀ means (he) gives , DA means from, by, &c Dì means day, DI means of Di' means say (thou.) LÀ means there , LA means the, (art.), and her, it, ( pron.) Lì means there , LI means them , (conj pron.) NÈ means neither and nor, NE means of it, us, to us, (pron.) SÈ means one's self , (conj pron.) SE means if Sì (short for così) means yes, si means one's self , (conj pron.) TÈ means tea, TE means... used instead of them 108 5 Both the first and the third persons singular of the Imperfect Indicative , of all verbs, formerly ended in , but now the general tendency of Italian writers is to make the termination of the first person in o, and that of the third in a ; by this means it is easier to mark the distinction between the first, and the third person singular , without the aid of the personal... William and Charles will have the slate and 8 ink-stand The man has the key of the (102) house The men have had ( Past Ind.) the books from (95, 96) Henry We have John's paint-brushes in the (101) writing -desk , under the table 8 113 1 In speaking of women the Italians often put the definite article before their names Ex " La Maria " 2 An e, dotted thus e, has the broad sound of the a in the word... always the broad sound of the o in the word orphan 3 An e, dotted thus e, has the broad sound of the a in the word gate 146 4 Master is translated into Italian by " maestro," when it means a teacher, and by " padrone ," when it means a master (an owner ) 147 5 On is not translated into Italian before Monday, Tuesday, &c., nor before any name of time Ex " Il primo gennaio," On the first of January... Charles and I 7 This word was given in the previous Vocabulary, and, with all the words which occur in the exercises, is contained in the General Vocabulary at the end of this grammar 115 8 In Italian the definite article must be repeated before each noun ON THE MODES OF ADDRESSING PEOPLE IN ITALIAN 19 LESSON III ON THE MODES OF ADDRESSING PEOPLE IN ITALIAN 116 The Italians have three ways of addressing... vowels a, e, i, o, u, and this vowel indicates the gender, number, and verbal inflection of words 1 USE OF CAPITAL LETTERS 74 In Italian the names of the months, the names of the days of the week, and adjectives begin with a small letter, when not at the commencement of a sentence Ex Mi mando la grammatica francese lunedì He sent me the French grammar on Monday 75 1 Besides the words given above... the word gate 25 3 An o, dotted thus o, has the broad sound of the o in the word orphan 4 Another word frequently used in Italian for pencil is " lapis " (the s pronounced), written the same in the singular as in the plural 5 See rule 63, to understand the meaning of the letters in the darker type 114.6 Ed, instead of e, may be used before a word beginning with a vowel, for the sake of euphony Ex " Carlo... |sui, |frai , of the to the from the by the in the with the for the on the among the 101 Di lo A lo Da lo ,, In lo ,, dello, ,, allo, dallo, ,, nello, ,, di gli a gli da gli in gli degli, of the agli, to the dagli , from , the negli, in the, &c della, ,, alla, nella, ,, di le ,, ale in le ,, delle, of the alle, to the nelle, in the, &c dell,' all,' di gli a gli degli, of the agli, to the, &c 102 Di... means thee , (conj pron.) ' 68 The grave accent is also used in the following words and a few others to indicate where the stress of the voice should be laid in pronouncing them : ÀNCORA means anchor , ANCÒRA means again , still , yet BÀLIA, (f.), means nurse , BALÌA, (m.), means magistrate , power CÀNONE, means canon, rule , CANÒNE, means big dog CÙPIDO, means greedy , CUPIDO, means Cupid TÈNDINE means