Practice Makes Perfect: Italian Pronouns and Prepositions

Practice Makes Perfect

by Daniela Gobetti

Master these two essential building blocks of fluency in Italian quickly and painlessly Practice Makes Italian Pronouns and Prepositions provides you with clear, detailed explanations and all the practice tools needed to master these two knotty elements of Italian grammar. Using many realistic examples taken from everyday life, author Daniela Gobetti takes the mystery out of Italian pronouns and prepositions and gives you plenty of exercises to reinforce what you have learned.

Genres: Italian Literature, Language

224 pages, Paperback

First published April 21, 2006

Reviews

[Betty · Rating 2 out of 5]

Print Size Reduces Book's Value.

While the main body of print is of normal size and and can be changed by the reader, the examples and even the exercises, which are the main reason for buying the book. are in tiny, tiny print, the size of which can't be increased. This makes the book almost worthless, if you want to practice--
which is why people buy it in the first place. Secondly, there is no answer key to correct any errors. A self-help book, which the introduction says this is, should contain this aid to learning. I was very disappointed.

[Al Maki · Rating 3 out of 5]

For me, the most difficult words in a language are the prepositions. Although there are general principles, logic fails in many everyday cases. For example, why should "I'll be there in a week" and "I'll be there inside a week" have different meanings?

I found Gobetti's explanations and examples clear and helpful and think I've now got a basic grasp of how to use Italian prepositions.

You will need a pencil and an eraser to use this book.