eccetto (che)  101 

essere : with ci  32–3, 88, 113; as auxiliary 86–7, 88–90; as auxiliary with impersonal si  159; future 132; imperative 151; imperfect 113; present 28; present conditional 164; present perfect 88; with re fl exive pronouns 145; uses of 31 

fare : future 132; imperative 151; imperfect 114; past participle 86; present 42; present conditional 165 

formal form 30, 41; direct object pronouns 54; in imperative 152–3; indirect object pronouns 76; with piacere  80; possessive adjectives and pronouns 23–4 

future 129–34; avere  and essere  132; with if/when 130; irregular verbs 132–4; negative form 134; verbs in -care , -gare  and -iare  131–2; uses of 129–30; verbs in -urre  134 

gender 1–3, 6; de fi nition of 188 

grande  21 

‘how much/many?’ 70, 71 

‘how?’ 69, 71 

‘if’ with future tense 130 

imperative 149–54; essere  151; formal form 152–3; irregular verbs 151–2; negative form 153, 154; with pronouns 154; uses of 149; verbs in -urre  152 

imperfect 111–17; of essere  113; negative form 114; uses 115–17; verbs in -urre  114 

impersonal subject pronoun si  157–60 

in , uses of 61, 62, 63, 64 

inde fi nite article 11–13 

indirect object, de fi nition of 188 

indirect object pronouns 74–6; formal form 76; with the imperative 154; negative form 75; with the present perfect 95; stressed forms 99–101 

in fi nitive 37; de fi nition of 188; for negative imperative 153 

interrogative form 29, 40 

interrogative pronouns, de fi nition of 189 

irregular plurals of nouns 5 

irregular verbs: future 132–4; imperative 151–2; imperfect 113–14; past participle 86; present 41–3; present conditional 164–6 

‘knowing’ 42–3 

Lei , Loro  and Voi  30, 41; see also  formal form 

mancare  81 

meno (che)  101 

mentre  116 

modo / maniera  49 

molto  47, 48, 121 

ne  120–4; negative form 122; with past participle 122–4 

neanche  101 

negative form 30, 32–3; with direct object pronouns 53; future 134; imperative 153, 154; imperfect 114; with indirect object pronouns 75; with ne 122; past perfect 140; present 41; present conditional 166; present perfect 90; verbs with si  159 

nemmeno  101 

neppure  101 

non see  negative form 

non . . . ancora / mai  47 

nouns: de fi nition of 188; ending in -ca , -co , -ga , -go , -cia , -gia  6–7; gender 1–3, 6; singular and plural 4–7 

number: de fi nition of 188; nouns 4–7 

parere  81 

partitive constructions with di  59 

passive: de fi nition of 188–9; using si  158 

past participle 85–6; de fi nition 188; with ne  122–4 

past perfect 137–40; with avere  or essere as auxiliaries 138; of avere  and essere  139; negative form 140; uses of 137–8 

per , uses of 61 

perché?  70 

personal pronouns: de fi nition of 189; see also  pronouns 

piacere  79–81 

place see  prepositions of place 

plurals of adjectives 17–19 

