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. After
   2. dopo
   3. you have done
   4. fare
   5. your exercise,
   6. tema
   7. you must read it over
   8. dovére ripassare
   9. two or three times,
   10. due tre volta
   11. to correct the faults
   12. corréggere erróre
   13. you may have made in it.
   14. potére fare.

1. 1. Remember what I told you
   2. ricordársi dire
   3. several times,
   4. parrécchie volte
   5. that you will never be able
   6. mai potére
   7. to speak,
   8. parláre
   9. or write Italian,
   10. scrívere Italiáno
   11. unless
   12. a meno
   13. you are master of the rules.
   14. possédere régola.

1. 1. I will take so much pains
   2. darsi tanto pena
   3. that I hope
   4. speráre
   5. I shall speak it
   6. before it is long;
   7. fra poco
   8. though
   9. benchè
   10. I am convinced
   11. convínto
   12. it is very difficult
   13. diffícile
   14. to learn
   15. imparáre
   16. the Italian tongue
   17. Italiáno lingua
   18. perfectly well.
   19. perfettaménte.

1. 1. You will not find it
   2. trováre
   3. so hard,
   4. diffícile
   5. if you learn
   6. the rules well.
   7. régola bene.

1. 1. The narrowness of
   2. picolezza
   3. the mind,
   4. ánimo
   5. ignorance
   6. ignoránza
   7. and presumption
   8. presunzióne
   9. produce
   10. stubbornness;
   11. ostinazióne
   12. because
   13. perchè
   14. obstinate people
   15. ostináto
   16. will believe
   17. crédere
   18. nothing
   19. but what they understand,
   20. che quel compréndere
   21. and they understand
   22. but very few things.
   23. ben poco cosa.

[1] Render, avréte le staffiláte.

On most Prepositions.

1. 1. I rather choose
   2. amáre meglio
   3. to live
   4. vívere
   5. in the country
   6. campágna
   7. than in town,
   8. città
   9. especially at Florence:
   10. sopra tutto Firénze
   11. therefore
   12. perciò
   13. I intend to set out
   14. fare conto partire
   15. to-morrow
   16. dománi
   17. for my country-house,
   18. casa di campagna
   19. and then
   20. e poi
   21. I will send
   22. mandáre
   23. my eldest son
   24. maggiore figlio
   25. to Sicily
   26. Sicília
   27. for the summer.
   28. state.