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

When after the verbs astenérsi, consideráre, and avvertíre, there follows an Infinitive, it ought to be put with the Preposition di.

1. 1. Rash men
   2. temerário uómo
   3. often propose
   4. spesso propórsi
   5. to do things which
   6. fare cosa
   7. are above their capacity.
   8. éssere superióre capacità
   9. A man that
   10. uómo
   11. abstains
   12. astenérsi
   13. from eating and
   14. mangiáre
   15. drinking to excess,
   16. bere all’eccésso
   17. from swearing,
   18. bestemmiáre
   19. and keeping bad company,
   20. frequentáre compagnía
   21. may be called
   22. potere chiamáre
   23. an honest man.
   24. onésto uómo.

1. 1. I thought of going
   2. pensáre andáre
   3. this morning
   4. questa mattina
   5. to see
   6. vedére
   7. Mr. —— but
   8. il Signór —— ma
   9. a friend of mine
   10. amíco
   11. advised me
   12. consigliáre
   13. not to go there.
   14. andáre.

1. 1. I had a mind to advise you
   2. avére voglia consigliáre
   3. not to keep company with
   4. andáre compagnía
   5. that man who
   6. uómo
   7. brought this trouble
   8. causáre disturbo
   9. upon you;
   10. but I since resolved
   11. ma poi risolvérsi
   12. to say nothing
   13. dire niente
   14. about it,
   15. for fear of
   16. per timóre
   17. disobliging you.
   18. dispiacére.

The verbs supplicáre, consigliáre, incaricársi, and costríngere, will have an Infinitive with the Preposition di.

1. 1. I have a mind
   2. avére vóglia
   3. to compel
   4. costríngere
   5. Mr. ——
   6. il Signor ——
   7. to pay me
   8. pagáre
   9. the money he owes me;
   10. danáro dovére
   11. nevertheless
   12. nulladimeno
   13. I should be very glad
   14. avére a caro
   15. not to put him to trouble,
   16. non dare briga
   17. because
   18. perchè
   19. he has always been
   20. éssere sempre stato
   21. my friend:
   22. amíco
   23. what do you advise me
   24. consigliáre
   25. to do
   26. fare
   27. in this case?
   28. caso?

1. 1. I beg of you
   2. pregáre
   3. to have
   4. avére
   5. a little patience;
   6. paziénza
   7. I take the charge
   8. incaricársi
   9. to get you
   10. ricuperáre
   11. your money.
   12. danáro.

The verbs proibíre, desideráre, differíre, procuráre, impedíre, speráre, fíngere, affrettársi, require also an Infinitive with the Preposition di.

1. 1. God forbids us
   2. Iddío proibíre
   3. to sin,
   4. peccáre
   5. nevertheless
   6. nulladiméno
   7. we never desist
   8. mai desístere
   9. from offending him,
   10. offéndere
   11. we always defer
   12. sempre differíre
   13. obeying his voice;
   14. obbedíre voce
   15. we seem to strive
   16. parére procuráre
   17. to disobey him
   18. disobbedíre
   19. in every thing.
   20. ogni cosa
   21. If we hope to share
   22. speráre avére parte
   23. in the merits of
   24. mérito
   25. our blessed Saviour’s sufferings,
   26. beáto Salvatóre patimenti
   27. let nothing hinder us
   28. niénte impedíre
   29. from beginning
   30. principiáre
   31. this day
   32. oggi
   33. to use all our endeavours
   34. fare tutto sforzo
   35. to deserve it;
   36. meritáre
   37. let us make haste
   38. affrettársi
   39. to begin
   40. principiáre
   41. the great work
   42. grande ópera
   43. of our salvation;
   44. salvazióne
   45. let us not feign
   46. fíngere
   47. to be converted,
   48. éssere convertíto
   49. but let us convert ourselves
   50. convertíre
   51. in good earnest,
   52. da davvéro
   53. for nobody can deceive
   54. nessúno potére ingannáre
   55. God.