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. Where
   2. dove
   3. will you go
   4. andáre
   5. to-night?
   6. staséra
   7. To the play.
   8. commédia.

1. 1. When
   2. quando
   3. shall I dance, sir?
   4. balláre
   5. You shall dance
   6. in your turn,
   7. quando vi toccáre
   8. and not before.
   9. prima.

1. 1. Where do you live, sir?
   2. star di casa
   3. I live in
   4. St. James’s street,
   5. San Giácomo strada
   6. near a fruiterer’s,
   7. vicíno fruttajuólo
   8. opposite a taylor’s.
   9. dirimpétto sartóre
   10. The best way
   11. via
   12. to go to my house,
   13. venir da me
   14. is to pass through
   15. passáre attravérso
   16. the Park,
   17. Parco
   18. since
   19. giacchè
   20. you live in Westminster.
   21. stare in Westminster
   22. I intend
   23. far conto
   24. to travel first
   25. viaggiáre
   26. all over England,
   27. tutto Inghilterra
   28. and France,
   29. Fráncia
   30. and then to Germany,
   31. poi Germánia
   32. and Italy;
   33. Itália
   34. from Italy to
   35. Spain,
   36. Spagna
   37. where I shall embark
   38. dove imbarcársi
   39. to return
   40. ritornáre
   41. to England.
   42. Inghilterra.

1. 1. I shall go to
   2. andáre
   3. Scotland
   4. Scózia
   5. in six months,
   6. fra sei mesi
   7. or thereabouts.
   8. incírca.

1. 1. I will call upon
   2. passáre
   3. your partners
   4. socio
   5. within twelve days;
   6. fra dódici giórno
   7. and I will wait upon them
   8. accompagnáre
   9. as far as
   10. infíno
   11. their seat,
   12. villa
   13. which is magnificent;
   14. manífico
   15. were you ever there?
   16. éssere mai
   17. Yes.
   18. si
   19. The walls
   20. paréte
   21. are inlaid with marble;
   22. lamináre marmo
   23. the stair-case
   24. scala
   25. is painted in oil;
   26. dipínto a ólio
   27. all the furniture
   28. tutto tapezzeria
   29. is worked with the needle;
   30. fatto ad ago
   31. in short,
   32. in somma
   33. nothing richer
   34. ricco
   35. can be seen.
   36. potére vedére.

1. 1. I should be very glad
   2. avére ben caro
   3. to spend a few days
   4. passáre alcuno giórno
   5. at that
   6. wonderful seat.
   7. maraviglióso villa
   8. How far is it?
   9. lontáno?

1. 1. It is a great way:
   2. molto lontáno di qui
   3. it is about
   4. incírca
   5. a hundred and twenty
   6. miles off.
   7. miglio.

1. 1. The most uneasy situation
   2. spiacevole situazióne
   3. is between fear and hope.
   4. lo stare fra timóre speránza
   5. Heroes formerly
   6. eróe anticaménte
   7. sacrificed themselves
   8. sacrificársi
   9. for their country
   10. patria
   11. and their mistress;
   12. bella
   13. now-a-days
   14. oggidì
   15. nothing is done
   16. niénte farsi
   17. but for fortune
   18. fortúna
   19. and pleasure.
   20. piacére.

1. 1. A woman can please
   2. donna potére piacére
   3. without beauty,
   4. senza bellezza
   5. but she can hardly
   6. difficilmente
   7. do it without
   8. sense
   9. sénso
   10. and amiability.
   11. amabilità.