I: Easy Italian step-by-step. Nouns, articles, and descriptive adjectives ; Subject pronouns, stare, and essere ; C'è and ci sono, interrogatives words, and the calendar ; Numbers, times, and dates ; Regular verbs ; Irregular verbs ; Andare and the future ; Adjectives and adverbs ; Negatives and prepositions ; The indirect object ; The direct object ; Reflexive verbs ; The preterit and the present perfect tenses ; The imperfect tense -- II: Advanced step-by-step. Nouns, descriptive adjectives, and pronouns ; Definite and indefinite articles ; Descriptive adjectives ; Possessive pronouns ; Prepositions ; Adverbs ; Stare vs essere ; Avere and fare ; The present tense of regular verbs ; The imperfect tense ; The present perfect tense ; Negatives ; Direct object pronouns ; The pronouns ci and vi and ne ; Combined pronouns and their use ; Verbs with pronouns ; The future ; The conditional ; The present subjunctive ; The present perfect subjunctive ; The imperfect subjunctive ; Past perfect subjunctive ; Special construction and the passive ; Conjunctions and verbs with prepositions.
Summary:
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