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. There is nothing but
   2. niénte
   3. what a good prince
   4. buóno príncipe
   5. ought to do,
   6. dovére fare
   7. to make
   8. réndere
   9. his subjects happy.
   10. suddito felíce.

This phrase, to be as good as one’s word, must be rendered in Italian by mantenére la sua paróla.

1. 1. You often promised me
   2. spesso prométtere
   3. to do me service, but I
   4. réndere servízio
   5. will never believe you;
   6. ma mai crédere
   7. it is a very dishonest thing
   8. éssere disonésto
   9. not to be as good as one’s word;
   10. mantenere la sua paróla
   11. for nobody
   12. perchè nissúno
   13. will credit you
   14. prestare fede
   15. afterwards.
   16. dopo.

1. 1. You have often promised me
   2. avére sovente prométtere
   3. to amend your manners,
   4. ammendáre costúme
   5. but you are seldom
   6. ma raramente
   7. as good as your word.
   8. mantenére la sua paróla
   9. I confess that
   10. confessáre
   11. I have not been as good as my word,
   12. avére mantenúto la mia paróla
   13. but I promise that,
   14. ma prométtere
   15. for the future,
   16. all’avveníre
   17. I will behave better
   18. comportársi méglio
   19. than I have hitherto done.
   20. fare fin adésso.

So much as, ought to be rendered in Italian by tanto, or quanto.

1. 1. Your brother
   2. fratéllo
   3. seems to have had
   4. parére avére
   5. a better education
   6. educazióne
   7. than you,
   8. though I am sure
   9. benchè sicúro
   10. your father
   11. padre
   12. did not spend
   13. spéndere
   14. so much
   15. tanto
   16. money upon him
   17. as he did upon you.

1. 1. If we would love God
   2. amáre Iddío
   3. as much as
   4. quanto
   5. He loves us,
   6. amáre
   7. we should not offend him
   8. offéndere
   9. so often.
   10. così spesso.

1. 1. If we would love
   2. amáre
   3. our neigbour
   4. prossímo
   5. as much as
   6. quanto
   7. we love ourselves,
   8. there would not be
   9. éssere
   10. so much
   11. tanto
   12. enmity in the world.
   13. nemicízia mondo.

As long as, must be rendered in Italian by finchè, or mentre che.

1. 1. As or so long as
   2. mentre che
   3. you are not obedient
   4. éssere obbediénte
   5. to your parents,
   6. genitori
   7. God will not bless you.
   8. Iddío benedíre.