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Italian Verbs by Jacek Iwanski.
This module is for practicing the forms of verbs. Students often lack confidence about
using verbs in Italian because each verb has so many forms. With a bit of practice
forms such as 'possa' and 'faremmo' and 'si fossero alzati' become familiar and you
feel comfortable about using them.
'Italian Verbs' lets you practice these forms at your own pace. It contains about 660 regular verbs and about 380 irregular, with English translations. You can choose the verb or group of verbs that you want to practice, and the tense that you want to practice. You can use it for translation exercises (English-Italian and Italian-English), and as a mini-dictionary.
Supplementary information is provided for some entries, and you can add your
own notes, for instance useful phrases. You can edit or delete existing entries,
or add extra verbs. A built-in 'verb-generator' supplies the correct forms for
extra verbs if you provide a minimum of information. You can record sound, and
you can do exercises based on sound, for instance type-what-you-hear (recordings
are not provided; you have to record the sound yourself). You need the Verbs & Nouns application to use this module.
Italian Spelling
is a spelling dictionary for the application V&N Lookup. You can use it to check spelling of the Italian text and for an 'in-depth' search of the
'Italian Nouns' and 'Italian Verbs' databases. For example searching for the
word sono will find the verb essere because sono is the first-person form of
the verb essere. To make a full use of the 'V&N Lookup' program you should
download the modules 'Italian Verbs' and 'Italian Nouns'. 'V&N Lookup' allows
you to use these modules simultaneously.
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Italian Nouns by Adrienne Forbes.
This module is for practicing the forms of nouns, and the use of the definite article.
There are more than 20 ways of forming the plural of nouns in Italian, which is an
obstacle for many students. The 'Italian Nouns' module contains over 2,000 nouns,
with English translations. It includes about 500 examples of the less-common ways
of forming the plural in Italian. Given an opportunity to practice, you soon gain
confidence in using words such as banca/banche, lago/laghi, turista/turisti/turiste,
and even the plurals of compounds such as cassaforte. You can also use it for
exercises in the gender of nouns ending in -e, and for translation exercises
(English-Italian and Italian-English), and as a mini-dictionary.
Supplementary information is provided for some entries, and you can add your own notes, for instance useful phrases. You can edit or delete existing entries, or add extra nouns.
A built-in 'noun generator' supplies the correct plural form and definite articles
for nouns that you add to the module. You can record sound, and you can do exercises
based on sound, for instance type-what-you hear (recordings are not provided; you
have to record the sound yourself). The translations are in British-English; American-English equivalents are included so far as possible. You need the Verbs & Nouns application to use this module.
English Italian Dictionary
contains more than 12000 English words (plus about 4000 derivative forms and short phrases). It is mostly based on the 'FreeDict' source. This dictionary can serve as a starting point to enlarge and improve its contents.
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