Essential Dutch Grammar

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Pub. Date: 1984-10-01
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Italian grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Italian, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(4)
Suggestions for Vocabulary Building
5(2)
Spelling
7(3)
Word Order
10(3)
Negation
13(3)
Articles and Nouns
16(6)
Indefinite Article
16(1)
Definite Articles
16(2)
Noun Plurals
18(2)
Diminutives: Form and Function
20(1)
Adjectives as Nouns
20(1)
Infinitives as Nouns
21(1)
Adjectives
22(6)
Adjective Endings
22(2)
Present Participles as Adjectives
24(1)
Past Participles as Adjectives
24(1)
Comparison
25(2)
Ordinal Numbers
27(1)
Adverbs
28(4)
Comparison
28(1)
Irregular Adverbs
29(1)
The Adverb Graag
29(1)
Adverbs of Time
30(1)
``Where''
30(1)
Word Order: Time, Manner, Place
31(1)
Possessives and Possession
32(2)
Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
34(2)
Pronouns
36(9)
Personal Pronouns
36(2)
The Word Er and Pronoun Substitutes
38(1)
Reflexive Pronouns
39(2)
The Indefinite Pronoun Men
41(1)
Interrogatives
41(1)
Relative Pronouns
42(3)
Verbs
45(24)
The Present Tense
45(2)
Hebben and Zijn
47(1)
The Progressive
47(1)
The Imperative
48(1)
The Simple Past Tense
48(3)
The Present Perfect Tense
51(5)
The Past Participle
51(2)
Forming the Present Perfect
53(2)
Present Perfect: Word Order and Usage
55(1)
The Past Perfect Tense
56(1)
The Future Tense
56(1)
The Future Perfect Tense
57(1)
The Conditional Mood
58(1)
The Passive Voice
58(3)
Kunnen, Moeten, Mogen, and Willen
61(3)
Laten
64(1)
Prefixed Verbs
65(1)
Reflexive Verbs
66(1)
Impersonal Verbs
67(2)
Conjunctions
69(2)
Prepositions
71(3)
Telling Time
74(2)
Useful Expressions
76(2)
Idiomatic Constructios
78(6)
Idiomatic Expressions Using Common Verbs
78(3)
Dutch Counterparts of Common English Verbs
81(3)
Appendix A. Paradigm of a Weak Verb 84(2)
Appendix B. Paradigm of a Strong Verb 86(2)
Appendix C. Principal Parts of Common Strong Verbs 88(5)
The Seven Classes of Strong Verbs
90(3)
Appendix D. Principal Parts of Common Irregular Verbs 93(2)
A Glossary of Grammatical Terms 95(12)
The Parts of Speech
95(3)
Words about Verbs
98(4)
Words about Nouns
102(1)
Miscellaneous Terms
103(1)
The Parts of the Sentence
104(3)
Index 107

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