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

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1. 1. Did they say
   2. dire
   3. you speak it
   4. well?
   5. bene?

1. 1. They said
   2. nothing
   3. niente
   4. about it.

1. 1. Did they not ask you
   2. domandáre
   3. of whom
   4. chi
   5. you learn?
   6. imparáre?

Yes, I told them I was learning of you.

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1. 1. The emperor, Julius Cæsar,
   2. imperatóre Giúlio Césare
   3. after
   4. dopo
   5. he had conquered
   6. conquistáre
   7. Britain,
   8. Brettágna
   9. built a tower
   10. [1]edificáre torre
   11. at London,
   12. Londra
   13. but he continued not there;
   14. restáre
   15. he appointed
   16. constituíre
   17. rulers in his stead,
   18. governatóre vece
   19. and returned
   20. ritornáre
   21. from London
   22. Londra
   23. to Rome.
   24. Roma.

1. 1. Henry the VIIIth,
   2. Enrico ottávo
   3. king of England,
   4. Re Inghilterra
   5. regarded not
   6. badáre
   7. the bulls
   8. bolla
   9. and threatenings
   10. mináccia
   11. which came from Italy;
   12. veníre Italia
   13. he violently shook off
   14. violenteménte scuótere
   15. the papal power,
   16. papále potére
   17. though he retained
   18. ritenére
   19. the Roman religion.
   20. Románo religióne.

[1] We also make use of the perfect definite, when we speak of the transactions of persons who are dead.