SOS ITALIAN GRAMMAR 4E

4. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-07-182360-9
Verlag: McGraw-Hill

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 206 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 879 g

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Germano

Germano, Joseph

Schmitt, Conrad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication

PREFACE

CONTENTS

Chapter 1 THE PRONUNCIATION OF ITALIAN

The Italian Alphabet and Its Sounds

Sounding out the Alphabet.

Vowels.

Single and double consonants.

Stress (accento tonico) and accent marks.

Diphthongs and triphthongs.

Hiatus.

Syllabication.

Punctuation and Orthographic Marks.

Chapter 2 NOUNS AND ARTICLES

Nouns

Nouns ending in -o and -a.

Plural forms.

Nouns ending in -e.

Nouns referring to human beings.

Nouns referring to things.

Feminine nouns.

Forming the plural.

Masculine nouns ending in -a.

Feminine nouns ending in -o.

Plural of nouns ending in -ca and -ga.

Plural of masculine nouns ending in -co and -go.

Plural of masculine nouns ending in -io.

Nouns with two plurals (feminine and masculine) and two meanings.

Masculine nouns with feminine plurals.

Plural of feminine nouns ending in -cia and -gia.

Plural of nouns ending in a stressed vowel.

Plural of monosyllabic nouns.

Irregular plural nouns.

Masculine and feminine endings of the same noun.

Foreign nouns.

Compound nouns.

Diminutives, augmentatives, and pejoratives.

The Definite Article

With general and abstract nouns.

With titles.

With languages.

With continents, countries, islands, regions, and cities.

With nouns denoting family members preceded by possessive adjectives.

With days of the week.

With prepositions and contractions.

Articulated prepositions.

Feminine singular plural forms.

Masculine plural forms.

Feminine plural forms.

The Indefinite Article

Special uses of the indefinite article.

The Partitive

The partitive versus the definite article.

Exception to the rule for using the partitive.

After expressions of quantity with di.

Chapter 3 ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives Ending in -o

Adjectives Ending in -e

Adjectives of Nationality

Adjectives Ending in -co, -ca, -go, -ga

Adjectives Ending in -cio, -cia, -gio, -gia

Irregular Adjectives of Color

Adjectives with Shortened Forms

Bello, Grande, Santo, Buono, and Nessuno.

Titles Ending in -e

Formation of Nouns from Adjectives

Possessive Adjectives

With nouns denoting family members or relatives.

Demonstrative Adjectives

Expressions Che! and Quanto!

Formation of Adverbs

Chapter 4 COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

Comparatives

Comparative of equality with adjectives.

Comparative of equality with nouns.

Comparative of inequality.

Relative Superlative of Adjectives

Absolute Superlative of Adjectives and Adverbs

Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives

Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives of Adverbs

Chapter 5 NUMBERS, DATES, AND TIME

Numbers

Cardinal numbers.

Special use of Duecento, Trecento, etc.

Ordinal numbers.

Ordinal numbers with titles.

Fractions.

Dates

Days of the week.

Months of the year.

Seasons of the year.

Time

Colloquial time.

Official time.

Chapter 6 VERBS

Moods and Tenses

Simple Tenses

Formal versus familiar forms.

Subject pronouns.

Present Indicative Tense (Presente Indicativo)

Regular first-conjugation verbs.

Verbs in -ciare, -glare, -chiare, -ghiare.

Verbs in -care and -gare.

Regular second-conjugation verbs.

Verbs ending in -cere.

Regular third-conjugation verbs.

Third-conjugation vote with -isc.

Irregular verbs.

Irregular verbs with -co.

Verbs with -go.

Verbs with -io.

Other verbs with a vowel change in the root.

Modal Verbs (Verbi Modali): Dovere, Potere, Volere

Avere and Essere

Special use of the Present Indicative

Über Autor(innen)

Schmitt, Conrad
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Germano, Joseph
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Joseph E. Germano, PhD, is an experienced teacher of Italian.Conrad Schmitt is the former editor in chief of McGraw-Hill Education’s foreign language and ESL publishing program. He is the author of several textbooks for learning Spanish and French.