A New Italian Grammar On A Plan Which Will Greatly Facilitate A Practical As Well As A Theoretical Knowledge Of The Language

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Auxiliary to be, to form a passive verb, and in this case the verb which accompanies at, must be in the same mood, tense and person (424), as that in which the auxiliary is expressed. Examples. If it is known, it is not said however. Such things were said and done... So it has been said, but it is not however. One could never have believed it. Se si sa, non si dice pero. Si dicevano e facevan certe cose... Cosi si e (or e stato) detto, ma non e vero pero. Non si sarebbe mai creduto. 234. The employment of this pronoun (si is not however so frequent in Italian, as it is in French, for when a sentence (123) Should the object of the sentence be in the p1ur. the verb must agree with it; and if they are the pronouns ftiwi, her, it or them (not ne) of an active verb, they are not expressed, as the above example will show. (124) Neuter verbs can only be in the 3d sing. is not quite in an indeterminate and general sense, the pronouns noi and eglino (425) may be made use of, as well as in English. Ex. We shall have the good times also.' Si avranno (or avremo) i bei tempi anche noi. We used to bury them alive. Si solevano (or solevamo) sotter rarli vivi. They committed great crimes. (Si) commettevano (123) gran delitti. 235. When the pron. I, thou, etc. are the nominatives of such verbs as, to tell, to promise, to allow, to order, to ask, etc. they must be turned into the dative, in Italian, as I teas ordered to set off for Q. Mi fu ordinato di partir per Q. I have been told he is gone. M'e stato detto che e partito. You have been promised a si-V'e stato promesso un impiego. tuation. They were requested to be silent. Fu imposto loro di tacere. 236. When the general pron. si stands alone with the verb, it occupies the same...