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 Verb substantive éssere there follows either of these nouns conténto, obbligáto, in pena, sul punto, in perícolo, the following Verb is to be put in the Infinitive with the Preposition di.

1. 1. I am very glad
   2. éssere conténto
   3. to hear that
   4. sentíre
   5. you overcame your
   6. víncere
   7. enemies,
   8. nemíco
   9. and I should have been sorry
   10. [1]rincréscere
   11. to have heard
   12. sentire
   13. the contrary.
   14. contrário.

1. 1. I return you
   2. réndere
   3. many thanks
   4. molto grázia
   5. for your friendship,
   6. amicízia
   7. for I was in danger of
   8. perchè éssere in perícolo
   9. losing my suit.
   10. pérdere lite.

1. 1. I was anxious
   2. ansióso
   3. to know
   4. sapére
   5. what had happened to you;
   6. succédere
   7. and if
   8. se
   9. you had not come,
   10. éssere veníre
   11. I was on the point of
   12. éssere sul punto
   13. going to see you.
   14. venire vedére.

[1] I should have been sorry; mi sarébbe rincresciúto.

The Verbs avvezzársi, impiegáre, incoraggíre, eccitáre, invitáre, esibírsi, dilettársi, tenérsi pronto, lavoráre, will have after them an Infinitive with the Preposition a, or ad before a vowel.

1. 1. We ought
   2. dovere
   3. to employ
   4. impiegáre
   5. the days of our life
   6. giórno vita
   7. in preparing ourselves
   8. preparársi
   9. for the other world.
   10. altro mondo.

1. 1. Masters who
   2. maéstro
   3. use mildness
   4. usáre dolcézza
   5. in teaching
   6. insegnáre
   7. their scholars,
   8. scoláro
   9. encourage them more
   10. incoraggíre
   11. to learn well
   12. imparáre bene
   13. than those who
   14. use
   15. usáre
   16. too much severity.
   17. troppo severità
   18. An honest man
   19. onésto uómo
   20. takes always pleasure
   21. dilettársi sempre
   22. in obliging his friends.
   23. favorire amíco.

1. 1. The love of God
   2. amóre Dío
   3. invites us
   4. invitáre
   5. to love
   6. amáre
   7. one another.

1. 1. Let us keep ourselves
   2. tenérsi
   3. in readiness
   4. pronto
   5. to appear before
   6. comparíre innánzi
   7. the living God.
   8. vivénte Dío.