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. As long as
   2. finchè
   3. you are idle,
   4. éssere pigro
   5. you will never learn any thing,
   6. mai imparáre niénte
   7. and you will be ignorant
   8. éssere ignoránte
   9. while you live.
   10. finchè vívere.

1. 1. As long as
   2. you are rich,
   3. éssere ricco
   4. you will not want
   5. mancáre
   6. friends.
   7. amíco.

1. 1. As long as
   2. it is in your power
   3. éssere potére
   4. to oblige your friends,
   5. obbligáre amíco
   6. do not refuse
   7. ricusáre
   8. to do them service.
   9. réndere servízio.

I had rather, is expressed in Italian by ameréi méglio, or ameréi piuttósto.

1. 1. I had rather
   2. amáre meglio
   3. lose some small thing,
   4. pérdere piccólo cosa
   5. than go to law with
   6. andáre legge
   7. a litigious man.
   8. litigióso uómo.

1. 1. I had rather
   2. amáre piuttósto
   3. die
   4. moríre
   5. than disoblige you.
   6. dispiacére.

1. 1. I had rather
   2. amáre méglio
   3. live all my life-time with you,
   4. vívere vita tempo
   5. than stay one day
   6. stare giórno
   7. with your brother.
   8. fratéllo.

1. 1. I had rather
   2. endure a slight injury
   3. soffríre piccóla ingiúria
   4. from a friend,
   5. amíco
   6. than to fight with him,
   7. battérsi
   8. though
   9. benchè
   10. I would sooner
   11. die
   12. moríre
   13. than pass for a coward.
   14. passáre codardo.

When we inquire for some person’s name, we make use of the Verb chiamársi.