Learn Italian with a Italian Grammar Designed for English Speakers
A Self-Study Italian Grammar That Helps You Come Prepared To Class
step-by-step examples
To show you how to get from an English to a Italian sentence structure.
All the essentials
Straightforward lessons that focus on the rules and not the exceptions. Covers the Italian grammar taught in beginning college courses.
Study Tips
Tips to help you learn common Italian verbs and word forms, and to remember them.
one point per chapter
In each bite-sized lesson, authors Sergio Adorni and Karen Primoracexplain one grammar rule and illustrate it with English and Italian examples.
Explained in English
To help you learn Italian grammar from the point of view of a language you already speak.
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What is gender, agreement and number?
Learn terms used in English and Italian grammar such as conjugation, gender, number, and agreement—they play a minor role in English, but an important role in Italian.
Step-By-Step Italian Sentence Structure
Learn how to get from an English structure to an equivalent Italian sentence structure. Our examples will take you every step of the way.
What are nouns, verbs and adjectives?
Learn what are parts of speech so you can identify English and Italian nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions. This will help you choose the correct Italian equivalent to the English word.
What are subjects and objects?
Learn to identify the function of words used in English and Italian grammar so you can choose the correct Italian equivalent to the English word.
Learn what are English and Italian subjects, Italian direct and indirect objects.