Italian All-in-One For Dummies
1. Edition September 2013
672 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Learn to speak Italian like a native? Easy.
Italian All-in-One For Dummies appeals to those readers looking for a comprehensive, all-encompassing guide to mastering the Italian language. It contains content from all For Dummies Italian language instruction titles, including Italian For Dummies, Intermediate Italian For Dummies, Italian Verbs For Dummies, Italian Phrases For Dummies, Italian Grammar For Dummies, and Italian For Dummies Audio Set.
* Offers readers interested in learning Italian a valuable reference to all aspects of this popular language
* The content appeals to students, travelers, and businesspeople who visit Italian-speaking countries
* An online companion site allows you to download audio tracks allows for more practice opportunities, as well as additional content empowering you to speak Italian like a native
Whether you're a pure beginner or have some familiarity with the language, Italian All-in-One For Dummies, with downloadable audio practice online, is your ticket to speaking, and writing, Italian.
Book I: Speaking Italian in Everyday Settings 5
Chapter 1: Exploring Pronunciations and Italian You May Already Know 7
Chapter 2: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Time 21
Chapter 3: Buongiorno! Salutations! 41
Chapter 4: Making Small Talk 55
Chapter 5: Casa Dolce Casa: Home Sweet Home 67
Chapter 6: Using the Phone and Talking Business 81
Chapter 7: Food, Glorious Food, and Drink 97
Chapter 8: Shopping, Italian-Style 115
Book II: Exploring and Wandering About 133
Chapter 1: Where Is the Colosseum? Asking Directions 135
Chapter 2: Having Fun Out on the Town 147
Chapter 3: Exploring the Outdoors, Sports, and Hobbies 163
Chapter 4: Planning a Trip 179
Chapter 5: Money, Money, Money 189
Chapter 6: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and Buses 199
Chapter 7: Finding a Place to Stay 215
Chapter 8: Handling Emergencies 223
Book III: Grasping Basic Grammar Essentials for Communication 239
Chapter 1: What Do You Know? Parts of Speech 241
Chapter 2: Noun and Article Basics: Gender and Number 253
Chapter 3: All about Pronouns 267
Chapter 4: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons 281
Chapter 5: Meeting the Challenge of Prepositions 297
Chapter 6: Demonstrative, Indefi nite, and Possessive Qualifiers 307
Chapter 7: Making Connections with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns 323
Chapter 8: Asking and Answering Questions 335
Book IV: Mastering Italian Verbs and Tenses 345
Chapter 1: Jumping into Action with Italian Regular Verbs 347
Chapter 2: Talking in the Present Tense with Irregular Verbs 361
Chapter 3: Using Refl exive Forms and the Imperative Mood 375
Chapter 4: Declaring Your Likes (And Dislikes) with Piacere 389
Chapter 5: The Future Tense and the Conditional Mood 403
Chapter 6: Getting into the Subjunctive Mood 415
Book V: Building Compound Tenses 433
Chapter 1: Been There, Done That: Talking in the Past Tense 435
Chapter 2: Refl exive Verbs in the Past 451
Chapter 3: Second-Guessing Actions with the Past Conditional and Past Perfect 461
Chapter 4: I Hope That You've Had Fun! The Subjunctive Mood in the Past 469
Chapter 5: "If" Clauses, the Impersonal, and the Passive 477
Chapter 6: Progressing through Gerunds in Italian ...487
Book VI: Appendixes 493
Appendix A: Verb Tables 495
Appendix B: Italian-English Mini-Dictionary 529
Appendix C: English-Italian Mini-Dictionary 545
Appendix D: Fun & Games 561
Appendix E: Audio Tracks 615
Index 619
