Extend knowledge of and use more complex features and patterns of the Italian grammatical system, including possessive, reflexive, demonstrative and relative pronouns; irregular and reflexive verbs; and comparatives and superlatives
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Elaborations
learning how to use:
articles — rules for inclusion or omission, for example, mio padre and ilmiopapà; Buongiornosignora… È la signora …
nouns — irregular plurals (for example, la città/le città, il dito/le dita), and collective nouns, for example, la gente
pronouns — possessive, reflexive, demonstrative and relative
comparatives and superlatives (regular and irregular) to make descriptions more precise, for example, Il film èpiu bello del romanzo; è bellissimo
adverbs of time and manner, for example, ieri, di solito
prepositions (articulated or simple) to indicate destinations and directions, for example, in Italia, a Roma, al parco
interrogatives, for example, Chi…? Quando…? Come…?
verbs indicating action in the present (including irregular verbs and reflexives) and action across time: present perfect; imperfect; exposure to the future and conditional tenses and impersonal si; use of modals to indicate ability/willingness/necessity
compound sentences (for example, Mipiace la pizza ma preferisco le lasagne), and complex sentences, for example, La città che ho visitato era bellissima