Abstract
Elementary Italian Grammar
Highlights
In a natural word group, a monosyllable ending with a vowel, or a word stressed on the final vowel, precedes a word beginning with a consonant, this consonant is generally pronounced as if it were double
Besides being used on words stressed on the last syllable, as stated above, the grave accent is used on the words già, giù, più, può, and on the following monosyllables which otherwise might be confused with others of thè same spelling but of different meaning: che because da gives di day c is la, li there ne nor se himself si yes tc tea che that da by, from di of e and la, li articles ne of it, of them se if si himself te thee
Una is the feminine form of the indefinite article; it becomes un’ before a feminine word beginning with a vowel
Summary
The letter j (i lungo') is rarely used in modern Italian, i having taken its place; x (iccase) is found only in such expressions as ex deputato, ex ministro, etc.; the letters k (cappa), w (doppio vu) and y (ipsilori) are used exclusively for the spelling of foreign words. A similar doubling occurs in English only when two words, the first of which ends and the second of which begins with the same consonant sound, are pronounced without a pause between, as good day, penknife, etc. This is true of double c and double g, which are never pronounced separately, as two distinct sounds, as in the English words accept, suggest, etc., but together, with more intensity and length than if they were single Their palatal or guttural nature is determined by their being followed or not by e or i. In a natural word group, a monosyllable ending with a vowel, or a word stressed on the final vowel, precedes a word beginning with a consonant, this consonant is generally pronounced as if it were double. Besides being used on words stressed on the last syllable, as stated above, the grave accent is used on the words già, giù, più, può, and on the following monosyllables which otherwise might be confused with others of thè same spelling but of different meaning: che because da gives di day c is la, li there ne nor se himself si yes tc tea che that da by, from di of e and la, li articles ne of it, of them se if si himself te thee
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