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. 1. All men
   2. tutto uómo
   3. desire riches,
   4. desideráre ricchézze
   5. but all do not use
   6. ma tutto non ne usano
   7. riches rightly;
   8. bene
   9. when they are come to
   10. quando avére acquistato
   11. honours and wealth,
   12. onóre opulénza
   13. they are still greedy
   14. ancóra avído
   15. to heap up more.
   16. accumuláre
   17. He who
   18. desires
   19. desideráre
   20. nothing,
   21. niente
   22. wants nothing:
   23. avér bisógno
   24. it is a wise man’s part
   25. sávio uómo
   26. to restrain his desires.
   27. dovére moderáre desidério.

The Impersonal Verb impórta, requires a Dative Case.

1. 1. It much concerns
   2. molto impórta
   3. young people
   4. gioventù
   5. to avoid bad company,
   6. schiváre cattívo compagnía
   7. as they would
   8. come
   9. beware of the plague;
   10. guardársi peste
   11. it is more hurtful
   12. nuocévole
   13. to the mind,
   14. spirito
   15. than the most contagious disease
   16. contagióso malattía
   17. to the body.
   18. corpo.

1. 1. It concerns me,
   2. impórta
   3. and all men
   4. tutto
   5. to look to ourselves;
   6. badáre
   7. the world is full of
   8. mondo piéno
   9. knaves and knavery.
   10. furbo furbéria
   11. It is hard to be known,
   12. diffícile sapére
   13. and he is hard to be found,
   14. trováre
   15. who is fit to be trusted.
   16. fidársi.

1. 1. The greatest caution
   2. grande cautéla
   3. is to be used
   4. adopráre
   5. in the presence of children;
   6. presénza ragázzo
   7. masters must
   8. maéstro dovére
   9. behave themselves
   10. comportársi
   11. very warily,
   12. prudentémente
   13. lest scholars learn evil of them;
   14. per timóre che scoláro imparáre del male
   15. and it greatly concerns
   16. molto impórta
   17. boys
   18. gióvane
   19. to imitate
   20. imitáre
   21. their master’s virtues.
   22. maéstro virtù.

When the word to speak, is joined with truth, it is expressed in Italian by dire.

1. 1. You promised me
   2. prométtere
   3. several times
   4. spesse volta
   5. you would be diligent,
   6. éssere diligénte
   7. and that you would never
   8. mai
   9. keep bad company;
   10. praticáre cattívo compagnia
   11. I perceive that
   12. accorgérsi
   13. you do not speak always the truth, for
   14. dire sempre verità
   15. I met you to-day
   16. incontráre oggi
   17. with a man
   18. con uómo
   19. whose company
   20. compagnía
   21. I forbade you.
   22. proibíre
   23. A man who
   24. uno
   25. does not delight in
   26. amáre
   27. speaking always the truth,
   28. dire sempre verità
   29. is unworthy of
   30. indégno
   31. enjoying the society of
   32. godére società
   33. honest people.
   34. onésto gente.

When in English a period begins by these words, I wish, I would, we express them thus in Italian, vorréi potér, with the following Verb in the Infinitive Mood.

1. 1. I wish I could
   2. potére
   3. serve you,
   4. servire
   5. I would do it
   6. fare
   7. with all my heart.
   8. tutto cuóre.

1. 1. I wish I could
   2. see
   3. vedére
   4. your sister,
   5. sorélla
   6. I would give her
   7. dare
   8. something
   9. qualche cosa
   10. that was sent to me
   11. éssere mandáto
   12. for her.