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Klappentext Learn to speak Italian like a native? Easy.Italian All-in-One For Dummies appeals to those readers looking for a comprehensive, all-encompassing guide to mastering the Italian language. It contains content from all For Dummies Italian language instruction titles, including Italian For Dummies, Intermediate Italian For Dummies, Italian Verbs For Dummies, Italian Phrases For Dummies, Italian Grammar For Dummies, and Italian For Dummies Audio Set.* Offers readers interested in learning Italian a valuable reference to all aspects of this popular language* The content appeals to students, travelers, and businesspeople who visit Italian-speaking countries* An online companion site allows you to download audio tracks allows for more practice opportunities, as well as additional content empowering you to speak Italian like a nativeWhether you're a pure beginner or have some familiarity with the language, Italian All-in-One For Dummies, with downloadable audio practice online, is your ticket to speaking, and writing, Italian. Zusammenfassung Learn to speak Italian like a native? Easy. Italian All-in-One For Dummies appeals to those readers looking for a comprehensive, all-encompassing guide to mastering the Italian language. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Book I: Speaking Italian in Everyday Settings 5 Chapter 1: Exploring Pronunciations and Italian You May Already Know 7 You Already Know Some Italian! 8 Getting to the root of cognates 9 Picking up popular expressions 9 Mouthing Off: Basic Pronunciation 11 Starting with the alphabet 11 Vowels 12 Consonants 14 Stressing Syllables Properly 18 Chapter 2: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Time 21 Counting from Zero to a Billion: Cardinal Numbers 21 Building numbers in Italian 23 Speaking numbers like a native 25 Making sense of addresses 26 Putting Things in Order: Ordinal Numbers 27 Looking at the Calendar: Days, Months, and Seasons 29 Days of the week 29 Months and seasons of the year 30 Specific dates 31 Telling Time 34 Familiarizing Yourself with the Metric System 38 Converting the temperature to/from Celsius 39 Measuring in metric units 40 Chapter 3: Buongiorno! Salutations! 41 Looking at Common Greetings and Goodbyes 41 Issuing a greeting 41 Deciding between formal and friendly 43 Replying to a greeting 43 Specifying your reunion 44 Making Introductions 44 Introducing yourself 45 Introducing other people 47 Talking about Language, Countries, and Nationalities 49 Finding out whether someone speaks Italian 49 Talking about where you come from 50 Extending and Responding to Invitations 54 Chapter 4: Making Small Talk 55 Discovering Interrogative Pronouns 55 Asking simple questions 56 Taking care of basic needs 58 Talking About Your Family 60 Discussing What You Do 61 Talking shop 62 Discussing your job 62 Chatting about the Weather 64 Chapter 5: Casa Dolce Casa: Home Sweet Home 67 Describing Where You Live 67 Stating your country and hometown 67 Noting the type of home you have 68 Taking a Tour of Your Home 69 Il soggiorno: The living room 69 La cucina: The kitchen 71 La sala da pranzo: The dining room 72 La camera da letto: The bedroom 75 Il bagno: The bathroom 76 Other areas around the house 77 Chapter 6: Using the Phone and Talking Business 81 Phoning Made Simple 81 Connecting via cellphones, texts, and video 82 Calling...
Table des matières
Introduction 1
Book I: Speaking Italian in Everyday Settings 5
Chapter 1: Exploring Pronunciations and Italian You May Already Know 7
Chapter 2: Dealing with Numbers, Dates, and Time 21
Chapter 3: Buongiorno! Salutations! 41
Chapter 4: Making Small Talk 55
Chapter 5: Casa Dolce Casa: Home Sweet Home 67
Chapter 6: Using the Phone and Talking Business 81
Chapter 7: Food, Glorious Food, and Drink 97
Chapter 8: Shopping, Italian-Style 115
Book II: Exploring and Wandering About 133
Chapter 1: Where Is the Colosseum? Asking Directions 135
Chapter 2: Having Fun Out on the Town 147
Chapter 3: Exploring the Outdoors, Sports, and Hobbies 163
Chapter 4: Planning a Trip 179
Chapter 5: Money, Money, Money 189
Chapter 6: Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and Buses 199
Chapter 7: Finding a Place to Stay 215
Chapter 8: Handling Emergencies 223
Book III: Grasping Basic Grammar Essentials for Communication 239
Chapter 1: What Do You Know? Parts of Speech 241
Chapter 2: Noun and Article Basics: Gender and Number 253
Chapter 3: All about Pronouns 267
Chapter 4: Adjectives, Adverbs, and Comparisons 281
Chapter 5: Meeting the Challenge of Prepositions 297
Chapter 6: Demonstrative, Indefi nite, and Possessive Qualifiers 307
Chapter 7: Making Connections with Conjunctions and Relative Pronouns 323
Chapter 8: Asking and Answering Questions 335
Book IV: Mastering Italian Verbs and Tenses 345
Chapter 1: Jumping into Action with Italian Regular Verbs 347
Chapter 2: Talking in the Present Tense with Irregular Verbs 361
Chapter 3: Using Refl exive Forms and the Imperative Mood 375
Chapter 4: Declaring Your Likes (And Dislikes) with Piacere 389
Chapter 5: The Future Tense and the Conditional Mood 403
Chapter 6: Getting into the Subjunctive Mood 415
Book V: Building Compound Tenses 433
Chapter 1: Been There, Done That: Talking in the Past Tense 435
Chapter 2: Refl exive Verbs in the Past 451
Chapter 3: Second-Guessing Actions with the Past Conditional and Past Perfect 461
Chapter 4: I Hope That You've Had Fun! The Subjunctive Mood in the Past 469
Chapter 5: "If" Clauses, the Impersonal, and the Passive 477
Chapter 6: Progressing through Gerunds in Italian ...487
Book VI: Appendixes 493
Appendix A: Verb Tables 495
Appendix B: Italian-English Mini-Dictionary 529
Appendix C: English-Italian Mini-Dictionary 545
Appendix D: Fun & Games 561
Appendix E: Audio Tracks 615
Index 619
