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A1 Sich vorstellen, fragen, Alltägliches sagen.
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- 1essere — to beSix forms, none of them regular — and two of them identical.
- 2avere — to haveAge, hunger and cold are had here, not been.
- 3c'è and ci sonoEnglish already agrees here — as long as you write what you would write.
- 4The verbs in -areSix endings where English has one.
- 5The verbs in -ere and -ireThe last three letters of the infinitive are information English does not carry.
- 6The subject is missingPutting io in is what English does by saying it louder.
- 7The -isc- groupIt follows the stress — and English stress moves the same way.
- 8il, lo, la and their pluralsThree masculine forms, two feminine — and a rule you already obey.
- 9un, uno, unaYour a and an, with one more form and an apostrophe that carries the gender.
- 10The final vowelNothing is added — the vowel changes.
- 11Four forms or twoEnglish has one form for everything; here there are four or two.
- 12Whose it isThe gender is the thing's, not the owner's — and an article comes first.
- 13The questionThere is no do to put in front.
- 14non in front of the verbOne word — and again no auxiliary.
- 15The question wordsOne word for why and because.
- 16The passato prossimo with avereOne tense covering « I ate » and « I have eaten » alike.
- 17potere, volere, dovereConjugated, and then the bare infinitive.
- 18When preposition and article melt togetherFive do it, the others never.
- 19a and in with placesOne word for being there and for going there.
- 20The forms of LeiYou address a stranger as though speaking about somebody else.
- 21The phrases needed every dayFour words, and three of them do more than one job.
A2 Über Vergangenes sprechen und Vorhaben äußern.
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- 22stare — to be placed, to feelYou have the progressive; here it is optional, and that is the hard part.
- 23The irregular onesfare is do and make at once — and the weather is made.
- 24Where English uses noneCountries, languages, days, and your own hands.
- 25The partitive articleIt is your some — except that qualche is singular.
- 26Countries, cities and namesYour the United States rule is exactly the Italian one.
- 27When the plural changes the spellingEnglish respells to fit the -s; Italian respells to protect the sound.
- 28Of whom, not whoseThere is no apostrophe s — the owner goes last.
- 29Where the adjective standsEnglish has one position; Italian uses two, and they mean different things.
- 30Comparing and gradingOne way of comparing instead of two — and than splits in half.
- 31The superlative that compares nothingIt is your very, packed into a suffix.
- 32From adjective to adverb-mente is your -ly, irregulars included.
- 33This and thatTwo distances, as in English — but quello reshapes itself.
- 34The direct objectIn front of the verb, and it follows the thing's gender.
- 35Two negatives, one statementThe sentence English teachers strike out is the correct one here.
- 36The passato prossimo with essereHere the verb says whether a man or a woman is speaking.
- 37The irregular participlesNearly all of them are sitting in one of the three families.
- 38The imperfettoThree English pasts arriving as one ending.
- 39The futuro sempliceOne set of endings, with an r for a badge.
- 40stare per and the other announcementsThe narrow end of « going to », and nothing wider.
- 41The presente for the futureThe everyday future, and it is not carelessness.
- 42The forms for tu, noi and voiThe -are verbs swap their final vowel, and only they.
- 43The form for LeiThe form that says the two of you have not met.
- 44The negative imperative« Don't » leaves the verb alone; here it rebuilds it.
- 45sapere and conoscereTwo verbs for « know » — and two for « can ».
- 46Asking politely« I'd like », « could you », « may I » — three for three.
- 47da — the preposition with no counterpartFrom, since, at somebody's, and for — in one word.
- 48When to use tuThere is no English instinct for this, so it has to be learnt as a fact.
- 49The condizionale as politenessIt moves nothing in time; it takes the edge off.
- 50The reflexive verbsA pronoun that changes with the person and means nothing on its own.
- 51piacere and its relativesThe coffee is the subject and you are the object.
- 52When it is likelyAnd here the future after « if » is allowed.
- 53che and cuiOne word for almost everything, and no way to drop it.
- 54The conjunctionsAnd the verb stays where it is.
- 55The bare infinitiveWant, can, must — and a dozen more.
- 56molto, troppo, tanto, poco« Very » and « many » are one word here, and it changes shape for only one of the two jobs.
- 57The accent and the apostropheYour apostrophe owns things; this one only marks a missing vowel.
- 58Marks, numbers and capitals3,5 and 12.000 are not what an English reader reads.
B1 Zusammenhänge erklären, begründen, berichten.
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- 59When only the spelling changesEnglish adds a k in panicking for exactly this reason.
- 60Words that look like one thing and are anotherA closed list, exactly like man and men.
- 61The endings that set the toneEnglish says a little house; Italian changes the word.
- 62When the gender is the meaningThe same word, two articles, two things.
- 63Compound nounsA wine glass and a glass of wine — that is the whole distinction.
- 64When many count as oneBoth English instincts push the wrong way here.
- 65Job titles in the feminineEnglish is dropping these; Italian is building them.
- 66The indirect objectWhich set applies is decided by the Italian verb, not the English one.
- 67ne and ciEnglish leaves the slot empty; Italian may not.
- 68When two of them meetGive it to me becomes give to-me it.
- 69A question inside a sentenceYou already undo the inversion; the congiuntivo is the new part.
- 70What happened before the pastEnglish says « had » once; here it is two decisions.
- 71The condizionaleThe same stems, other endings — and most of the politeness.
- 72Which future fitsThree boxes here, and four English things to put in them.
- 73The future after quando and seThe one rule English does not merely avoid but forbids.
- 74Where the pronoun jumpsIt welds itself on the back — and then a letter doubles.
- 75bisogna and ci vuoleThree sentences with no subject where English insists on one.
- 76Modal verbs in the past« Must » has no past in English; here the past picks its own auxiliary.
- 77Not having to and not being allowed to« Mustn't » and « needn't » — you make this distinction already.
- 78dovere for a guess« Must be » — the same double duty English gives to must.
- 79Advising and recommending« Should » and « you'd better », with the same threat inside.
- 80Which verb wants which prepositionThe preposition is part of the verb, and it is not the English one.
- 81The preposition that hangs on the wordAnd it can never be left at the end of the sentence.
- 82The impersonal siEnglish has four ways to avoid naming anybody; here there is one.
- 83When two people do the same thing to each other« Each other » and « themselves » are one form here.
- 84The passive with essereThe participle agrees, like an adjective.
- 85The passive with siThe verb follows the thing, not the sign-writer.
- 86The formsThe final vowels change sides.
- 87The triggersA list, not a feeling — and « that » cannot be dropped in front of it.
- 88How to get round itSame subject, no clause and no form to build.
- 89When it is only imagined« If I were » extended to every verb in the language.
- 90Which conjunction wants which moodEverything in -ché but perché takes the congiuntivo.
- 91Passing on a statementWithout quotation marks — and without dropping « that ».
- 92Passing on a request or an order« He told me to wait » — the same shape, with di instead of « to ».
- 93The infinitive with aThe verbs of starting, learning and managing.
- 94The infinitive with diThe biggest group — and where most English -ing verbs land.
- 95Verbs that take both a and diThe same verb twice, and the preposition is half the meaning.
- 96Adjective and noun before an infinitive« Easy to read » and « it is easy to read » are two constructions here.
B2 Genau werden: Haltung, Abstufung, Nebensatz.
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- 97The passato remotoA past chosen by the page and by the map, never by the clock.
- 98The future that is not oneIt says how sure you are, not when.
- 99The futuro anteriore« Will have finished » — and, unlike English, after « when » as well.
- 100The passive with venireIt separates what « is closed » leaves together.
- 101The passive that means mustandare plus a participle carries an instruction inside it.
- 102The congiuntivo in the past« If I were » in every tense, and not only in that one phrase.
- 103When it is too late« If I had known, I would have come » — the same shape, twice over.
- 104Conditions without se« Unless » already carries its negative — and so does a meno che non.
- 105Mixed conditionsA past condition with a consequence that is still going on.
- 106Wishes and regretsThere is no verb for « I wish » — a word does the work instead.
- 107The relative pronouns beyond cheThe preposition goes to the front and takes cui with it.
- 108The tense moves back one stepOnly when the reporting verb is in the past — as in English.
- 109Passing on a questionNo question mark — and nothing to undo, because nothing was inverted.
- 110The reporting verbsAnd « pretendere » is not « to pretend ».
- 111The gerundio outside the progressiveYour dangling participle, and here it really is a mistake.
- 112Having something done, and letting it happen« Make » and « let », with the doer in an unexpected place.
- 113The past infinitive« After eating » is not enough here.
- 114What stands first is what is stressedEnglish can front an object and stop there; here it has to leave a pronoun behind.
- 115The set phrases with ci and neSix of the commonest sentences in the language, and none of them can be taken apart.
C1 Das Feine: Ton, Register, seltene Formen.
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- 116The future seen from back thenOne English word, « would », and two unrelated Italian forms.
- 117Rules and signsA sign here addresses nobody at all.
- 118Joins instead of seFive of them, and only one takes the indicative.
- 119Turning the sentence roundNothing here is ungrammatical — and that is what makes it hard to correct.
- 120The nominal style« On arrival » is al mio arrivo — and the article is not optional.
- 121Softening and hedgingEnglish has no -ino, and « a small problem » is not the same move.