501 Italian Verbs

by John Colaneri, Marcel Danesi, Vincent Luciani

Book Overview

The original and most trusted verb book in the market with over 50 years of proven excellence Barron's 501 Italian Verbs provides students, travelers, and adult learners with fingertip access to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764113488
• ISBN13: 9780764113482
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A staple to have on your desk when you study Italian

This book is essential. Nothing on-line works as well. Keep this at your fingertips. VERY COOL FEATURE is an index of IRREGULAR verbs identified by the infinitive. So, what the heck verb is dici? You look it up and find the infinitive is dire. There are additional usage notes on the bottom of the page -- samples of verb usage. Extras like useful phrases. Proverbs. 1000 verbs conjugated like the other 501. Ciao!

Barron's 501 Italian Verbs

Outstanding verb book which highlights the most important verbs and gives examples of usage. Best book I've seen yet and comes with a CD-ROM.

Indispensable

The 500 verbs book is right there beside me, next to the dictionary when I read an Italian article or book, as a review for my next trip. I've learned Italian pretty well, but I must admit I didn't learn all the subjunctives, literary pasts, etc. The answers are here in these charts!

awesome... totally awesome

This book is absolutely packed with almost everything a language student could need. As it lists, there are five hundred one verbs, all arranged alphabetically throughout the book. It lists each verb in its seven simple tenses (present indicative, imperfect, past absolute, future, present conditional, present subjunctive, and imperfect subjunctive) and its seven compound tenses (present perfect, past perfect, past anterior, future perfect, past conditional, past subjunctive, and past perfect subjunctive). It has a page on pronunciation of Italian vowels and consonants, and then it goes into talking about how to conjugate the verbs. It begins with showing how to conjugate regular verbs, following this with the Italian translations of each tense's and mood's name. An example conjugation of an English verb is then shown to help illustrate what each tense means. After this comes further explanation of the verbs' tenses and moods, in which it deals with each of the fourteen given tenses. It simplifies the regular conjugation endings after this by showing what is taken away and added to each infinitive for each tense. Then finally come the five hundred one verbs, each one with at least two example sentences to help the reader understand its usage. Afterward comes a section on verbs which take a preposition, a list of phrases in Italian for dealing with everyday situation, days, months, how to count to 100, currency, weights, measures, temperatures, and clothing measurements. Lastly come two indices dealing with the verbs: first the index about irregular forms commonly found in the language, matching them with the verb from which they are inflected; then comes the index of English-Italian verbs as a cross-reference. This is an awesome choice to not be overlooked. Glancing through the book every so often will help to increase your vocabulary, and if you stick to a plan of learning so many verbs a day/week, you'll be learning them even more quickly. It's a simple and awesome book that any student or teacher would enjoy and appreciate.

An indispensable tool

Beginners will find this book constantly useful. More advanced students will refer to those pesky irregular verbs which they seem not to use quite often enough to memorize. The content, layout and fonts are well designed for fast reference. A wealth of indices is provided to extend the book's reach, and these should be consulted before concluding that the book does not have your verb, particularly the index "One Thousand Italian Verbs Conjugated like the 501 Model Verbs."

501 Italian Verbs:Fully Conjugated

This book was very helpful for the Beginner to Intermediate. A constant source for reference as well as for "pulling together" the thousands of idioms and related vocabulary which is helpful only if you can use the verb correctly. A basic and a must for Italian studenti! I lost my copy to my professor and had to buy another one. A great value.