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

The Auxiliary Verb avére, requires an accusative Case.

1. 1. You have a son
   2. avére figlio
   3. who has
   4. the finest qualities
   5. bello qualità
   6. in the world;
   7. mondo
   8. he has
   9. avére
   10. a sweet countenance,
   11. piacévole fisonomia
   12. a great deal of civility,
   13. molto civiltà
   14. and very obliging manners;
   15. cortése maniera
   16. in short, he has
   17. the love of every body,
   18. affetto tutto
   19. and you are happy
   20. éssere fortunato
   21. in having such a son.

1. 1. A man is very happy
   2. uómo molto felíce
   3. who has
   4. the fear of God
   5. timóre Dio
   6. and the love of his neighbours,
   7. amóre prossimo
   8. though
   9. [1]benchè
   10. he should not have
   11. the riches of fortune.
   12. richézza fortúna.

1. 1. Those who
   2. have wealth,
   3. avére [2]richézza
   4. and have no
   5. charity for the poor,
   6. carità povero
   7. shall not share
   8. partecipáre
   9. God’s mercy.
   10. Dio misericordia.

1. 1. A man
   2. uómo
   3. that has
   4. wit,
   5. spírito
   6. and no behaviour,
   7. condótta
   8. is despicable.
   9. sprezzábile.

1. 1. I have
   2. scholars
   3. scoláro
   4. who have
   5. sense,
   6. giudizio
   7. and are diligent;
   8. éssere diligénte
   9. but I have
   10. others who are
   11. altro che
   12. dull,
   13. ottusi
   14. and very idle.
   15. pigro.

1. 1. If you have
   2. avére
   3. good manners,
   4. buóno maniera
   5. civility
   6. civiltà
   7. and complaisance,
   8. compiacénza
   9. you will be
   10. éssere
   11. loved by every body.
   12. amáto tutto.

[1] Benchè governs the subjunctive mood.

[2] See Gram. p. 211, on the articles del, dello, della, &c.