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] Verbs ending in care and gare, introduce h before e and i: wherefore, you must here write certifichino, not certificino. See Veneroni’s Grammar, page 92.

[2] See Gram. p. 92.

[3] Abbassarsi is for abbassare-si, see Gram. p. 148.

[4] See page 92.

Regular Verbs of the Second Conjugation. [See Grammar, p. 95.]

1. 1. I believe,
   2. créd-ere
   3. thou receivest,
   4. ricév-ere
   5. he sees,
   6. ved-ére
   7. we repeat,
   8. ripét-ere
   9. you beat,
   10. bátt-ere
   11. they drink.
   12. bév-ere.

1. 1. I did yield up,
   2. céd-ere
   3. thou didst owe,
   4. dov-ére
   5. he did cleave,
   6. fénd-ere
   7. we did groan,
   8. gém-ere
   9. you did feed,
   10. pásc-ere
   11. they did hang up.
   12. appénd-ere.

1. 1. I enjoyed,
   2. god-ére
   3. thou pressedst,
   4. prém-ere
   5. he reaped,
   6. miét-ere
   7. we shone,
   8. rilúc-ere
   9. you repeated,
   10. ripét-ere
   11. they sat down.
   12. sed-ére.

1. 1. I have sold,
   2. vénd-ere
   3. thou hast crept along,
   4. sérp-ere
   5. he has shrieked,
   6. stríd-ere
   7. we have feared,
   8. tem-ére
   9. you have beaten,
   10. bátt-ere
   11. they have received.
   12. ricév-ere.

The following Verbs of the Second Conjugation are irregular. [See Gram. p. 111.]