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il libro, the book. il giardino, the garden.
il tema, 2 the exercise. L'albero, the tree.
La tavola, the table. il ramo, the branch.
La donna, the woman. il pane, the bread.
il ragazzo, the boy. L' uccello, the bird.
La ragazza, the girl. La gabbia, the cage.
EXERCISE I 3
The boy's (92) book . The girl's exercise. The branch of the tree.
The woman in the garden. The bird in the cage . The woman with
the bread. The book on the table . The birds (85) among the
branches of the trees . In the boys' gardens
1 Instead of "dei," "ai," "dai,"&c., " de'," "a'," " da'," are often used.
104. 2 There are only a few nouns masculine ending in a ; they
form their plural in i. See rule 397.
3 For the numeral adjectives see page 128.
16 ON THE VERB "AVERE."
LESSON II.
ON THE VERB "AVERE," TO HAVE.
INFINITIVE MOOD.
PRESENT . PAST.
Avere avuto, to have had. Avere, to have.
GERUND. 1 PAST PARTICIPLE PAST GERUND
Avendo,2 having. Avuto, had. Avendo avuto, having
INDICATIVE MOOD.
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had.
PRESENT IMPERFECT PAST DEFINITE
I have &c. I had &c. I had &c.
Io ho,3 Avevo, 5 Ebbi,
Tu hai, Avevi, Avesti,
Egli, or esso, | ha Aveva ; 6 Ebbe ;
Ella, or essa,4
Noi abbiamo, Avevamo, Avemmo,
Voi avete, Avevate, Aveste,
Eglino, or essi, | hanno Avevano. 6 Ebbero.