Exercises upon the Different Parts of Italian Speech, with References to Veneroni's Grammar / to which is added an abridgement of the Roman history, intended at once to make the learner acquainted with history, and the idiom of the Italian language

by Ferdinando Bottarelli

1. 1. To make war
   2. fare guerra
   3. plenty of money
   4. molto danáro
   5. must be had.
   6. bisógna avére.

1. 1. Men must love virtue
   2. si dovére amáre virtù
   3. to be happy.
   4. felíce
   5. One must be mad
   6. bisognáre pazzo
   7. to think that
   8. crédere
   9. men can be happy
   10. uómo potére
   11. without
   12. senza[1]
   13. loving virtue.
   14. amáre virtù.

1. 1. Men should learn first
   2. dovére imparáre prima
   3. the duties
   4. dovére
   5. belonging to
   6. appartenénte
   7. human nature.
   8. umáno natúra.

1. 1. A woman must have
   2. donna bisógna avére
   3. a good deal of
   4. circumspection
   5. circospezióne
   6. not to speak
   7. parláre
   8. of herself.
   9. One must not hope
   10. bisognáre speráre
   11. to see men cured
   12. uómo guarírsi
   13. of the ill-habit
   14. cattivo abitúdine
   15. they have
   16. avére
   17. of speaking always
   18. parláre sempre
   19. of themselves,
   20. their adventures,
   21. avventúra
   22. and wealth;
   23. opulénza
   24. for nothing is
   25. niénte
   26. more tiresome.
   27. nojoso
   28. One should impose upon one’s-self
   29. dovére farsi
   30. a law
   31. legge
   32. never to speak of one’s-self
   33. mái parláre
   34. neither one way, nor another.
   35. [2]

1. 1. We must not
   2. dovére
   3. easily believe
   4. facilménte crédere
   5. those who flatter us:
   6. adulare
   7. neither must we reject entirely
   8. rigettáre
   9. the compliments
   10. compliménto
   11. that are paid to us,
   12. fare
   13. when we think
   14. quando crédere
   15. we deserve them;
   16. meritáre
   17. that mistaken modesty
   18. malintesa modéstia
   19. is hardly less displeasing,
   20. poco meno spiacévole
   21. than a foolish vanity.
   22. sciócco vanità
   23. Much art
   24. arte
   25. and nicety
   26. delicatézza
   27. are requisite
   28. necessário
   29. to season praises well:
   30. condire lode
   31. but there is also
   32. ma anche
   33. a way
   34. modo
   35. of receiving them,
   36. ricévere
   37. when they are merited,
   38. quando meritare
   39. that does not displease
   40. offendere
   41. modesty.
   42. modéstia
   43. Praises are like
   44. lode come
   45. a sort of tribute
   46. spécie tribúto
   47. paid to true merit:
   48. réndere vero mérito
   49. we must
   50. dovére
   51. neither reject them
   52. nè rigettáre
   53. through affectation,
   54. per affettazióne
   55. nor hanker after them
   56. nè ambíre
   57. too eagerly.
   58. con troppa premúra.

[1] Senza governs the infinitive mood.

[2] Neither one way, nor another, i. e. nè in bene, nè in male.

On the negative Particles and Adverbs.

1. 1. No one knows
   2. nissúno sapére
   3. the sufferings
   4. sofferénza
   5. of lovers,
   6. amánte
   7. unless
   8. se non
   9. he himself has loved.

1. 1. I have
   2. always loved her
   3. sempre amáto
   4. very much.
   5. molto.