plurals of nouns 4–7 

poco  47, 48, 121 

possession with di  58, 59 

possessive adjectives 22–3 

possessive pronouns 23–4; de fi nition of 189 

potere : future 133; present 42, 43; present conditional 165; present perfect 91 

prepositions 57–65; compound 65; with de fi nite article 57–8; de fi nition of 189; with pronouns 100, 105, 106 

prepositions of place 59, 60, 61, 62 

prepositions of time 59, 60, 61, 63 

present conditional 162–6; essere  164; irregular verbs 164–6; negative form 166 

present participle, de fi nition of 188 

present perfect 84–91; with direct object pronouns 94–5, 95–6; of avere  and essere  88; with indirect object pronouns 95; with ne  122–4; negative form 90; potere , dovere  and volere  91; of re fl exive verbs 145; using avere  86–7, 88–9; using essere  86–7, 88–90, 145; uses of 84–5 

present tense 36–43; avere  and essere  28; irregular verbs 41–3; uses of 36–7; verbs in -are  37; verbs in -care  and -gare  38; verbs in -cere  and -gere  39; verbs in -ere  38–9; verbs in -iare  38; verbs in -ire  40; verbs with -isc- 40; verbs in -urre  43 

pronouns: de fi nition of 189; demonstrative 24; direct object 52–4, 94–5, 95–6, 99–101; with the imperative 154; indirect object 74–6, 96, 99–101; possessive 23–4; after prepositions 100; re fl exive 143–6; relative 104–7; stressed forms 99–101; subject 28–9, see also ci ; ne ; si 

pure  101 

qualcuno  121, 122 

quale?  71 

(il / la) quale  (relative pronoun) 104, 105–6 

quando  70, 130 

quanto  70, 71, 101, 121, 123, 124 

quello  20, 24 

quello che  (relative pronoun) 106 

questions 29, 40, 68–71 

questo  20, 24 

reciprocal pronouns, de fi nition of 189 

re fl exive pronouns 143–6; stressed form 146 

re fl exive verbs 88, 143; with si (impersonal subject) 159–60 

relative pronouns 104–7; de fi nition of 189 

rimanere : future 134; present conditional 165 

riuscire  42 

salvo (che)  101 

santo  21–2 

sapere  42–3; vs conoscere  42–3; future 133; imperative 152; present 41; present conditional 165 

sembrare  81 

servire  81 

si : impersonal 157–60; with essere  as auxiliary 159; negative form 159; with re fl exive verbs 159–60; sentences with a passive meaning 158 

singular and plural adjectives 17–19, 158 

‘some/someone’ 121, 122 

spelling: of adjectives in -co  and -go 18–19; essere  and avere  30; plurals of nouns in -ca , -co , -ga , -go , -cia , -gia 6–7 

stare : future 132; imperative 152; present 41; present conditional 165 

stesso  146 

su , uses of 61 

subject, de fi nition of 189 

subject pronouns 28–9 

tanto  47, 48 

tenere : future 134; present conditional 165 

tense, de fi nition of 189 

‘that’ (relative pronoun) 104 

‘that/those’ (demonstrative adjectives/ pronouns) 20, 24 

‘there is/are’ 32–3 

‘this/these’ (demonstrative adjectives/ pronouns) 20, 24 

time see  prepositions of time 

tra  and fra , uses of 62 

