A Brief Italian Grammar: With Exercises |
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abbiamo adjectives adverbs amante amáto amici amico ámo avére beautiful bella Sofia buono cása cattivo Cents ch'egli città Cloth Comedy Conjugation consonant definite article denoting diphthong dolére égli élla enclitic English ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN èssere EXERCISE F. C. de Sumichrast fáre fatto feminine figlio Fontaine Français fratello French gender and number GEORGES OHNET Giacére giardino Grammar gránde HENRI DE BORNIER HENRI MICHAUD Impf Infinitive inflected irregular verbs Italian JULES SANDEAU language Latin libro lodano lóro LUDOVIC HALÉVY madre MASC masculine méno migliore MOLIÈRE molto náscere Notes by F. C. noun o'clock OCTAVE FEUILLET offrire óra ordinarily P'ple padre paroxytone Past Participle Personal Pronouns Ph.D plural potére preceding preposition Pres Pret Preterit quale quándo Quatrevingt-Treize Rare forms regular Sánto scatola siète signore sing son(o sóno sorella státo Subjunctive suffixes T. E. Comba tenére thou unaccented uomini uomo uscire usually visto volére vowel
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Page 78 - Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura Che la diritta via era smarrita.
Page 78 - Ahi quanto a dir qual era, è cosa dura , Questa selva selvaggia ed aspra e forte, Che nel pensier rinnova la paura ! Tanto è amara , che poco è più morte ; Ma per trattar del ben, ch' i' vi trovai, Dirò dell' altre cose ch' io v' ho scorte. l' non so ben ridir com' io v' entrai ; Tant' era pien di sonno in su quel punto, Che la verace via abbandonai.
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