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 verbs meditáre, parláre, perméttere, prométtere, propórre, presúmere, preténdere, protestáre, rifiutáre, risólvere, auguráre, will also have an Infinitive with the Preposition di, after them.

1. 1. Never meditate to do
   2. mai meditáre fare
   3. any wrong
   4. torto
   5. to your neighbour.
   6. próssimo
   7. When you speak of
   8. quando parláre
   9. undertaking
   10. intrapréndere
   11. some great
   12. grande
   13. thing,
   14. cosa
   15. permit me to tell you,
   16. perméttere dire
   17. that you ought
   18. dovére
   19. to consult
   20. your friends
   21. amíco
   22. before you begin it.
   23. prima cominciáre.

1. 1. Never promise to do
   2. mai prométtere fare
   3. any thing,
   4. cosa
   5. unless you are sure
   6. se non éssere sicúro
   7. to do it.
   8. fáre.

1. 1. Never presume to have
   2. presúmere avére
   3. more understanding
   4. intendiménto
   5. than those who
   6. che quello
   7. have
   8. the care of
   9. cura
   10. your conduct.
   11. condótta.

1. 1. Do not pretend ever to prosper
   2. preténdere mai prosperáre
   3. in this world,
   4. mondo
   5. if you have not
   6. se avére
   7. the fear of God.
   8. timóre Dio.

1. 1. If you protest
   2. protestáre
   3. to God with
   4. an humble and
   5. úmile
   6. sincere heart
   7. sincéro cuóre
   8. to amend your life,
   9. emendáre vita
   10. he will receive you
   11. ricévere
   12. among his children.
   13. fra figliuólo.

1. 1. Never refuse
   2. rifiutáre
   3. to do a good office
   4. réndere servízio
   5. to your friends,
   6. amíco
   7. when it is in your
   8. power.
   9. potére.

1. 1. Do you desire to pass
   2. desideráre passáre
   3. for an honest man?
   4. galántuómo
   5. Endeavour
   6. procuráre
   7. to do all you can
   8. fare tutto potére
   9. to oblige
   10. obbligáre
   11. every body.
   12. chicchessia.

When there follows after the Verb avére either of these substantives permissióne, desidério, vóglia, cura, costúme, bisógno, motivo, ragióne, torto, dritto, occasióne, the following Verb must be put in the Infinitive with the Preposition di.

1. 1. I believe
   2. crédere
   3. you have a mind to play;
   4. avére vóglia giuocáre
   5. but I will not give you
   6. ma volére dare
   7. leave
   8. permissióne
   9. to go out
   10. uscíre
   11. till
   12. [1]finchè
   13. you have done your
   14. avére fare
   15. exercise.
   16. esercízio
   17. You are in the right, sir,
   18. [2] ragióne signóre
   19. to forbid me
   20. proibirmi
   21. to go out,
   22. d’andar fuori
   23. and I am in the wrong
   24. [3] torto
   25. to desire it—I have
   26. desideráre
   27. no cause
   28. motivo
   29. to be angry with you,
   30. éssere cóllera
   31. for it is not
   32. éssere
   33. your custom
   34. costúme
   35. to be idle.
   36. pigro.