Index 193 plurals of nouns 4–7 poco  47, 48, 121 possession with  di  58, 59 possessive adjectives 22–3 possessive pronouns 23–4; de fi nition of 189 potere : future 133; present 42, 43; present conditional 165; present perfect 91 prepositions 57–65; compound 65; with de fi nite article 57–8; de fi nition of 189; with pronouns 100, 105, 106 prepositions of place 59, 60, 61, 62 prepositions of time 59, 60, 61, 63 present conditional 162–6;  essere  164; irregular verbs 164–6; negative form 166 present participle, de fi nition of 188 present perfect 84–91; with direct object pronouns 94–5, 95–6; of  avere  and essere  88; with indirect object pronouns 95; with  ne  122–4; negative form 90;  potere ,  dovere  and volere  91; of re fl exive verbs 145; using  avere  86–7, 88–9; using  essere  86–7, 88–90, 145; uses of 84–5 present tense 36–43;  avere  and  essere  28; irregular verbs 41–3; uses of 36–7; verbs in  -are  37; verbs in  -care  and -gare  38; verbs in  -cere  and  -gere  39; verbs in  -ere  38–9; verbs in  -iare  38; verbs in  -ire  40; verbs with  -isc- 40; verbs in  -urre  43 pronouns: de fi nition of 189; demonstrative 24; direct object 52–4, 94–5, 95–6, 99–101; with the imperative 154; indirect object 74–6, 96, 99–101; possessive 23–4; after prepositions 100; re fl exive 143–6; relative 104–7; stressed forms 99–101; subject 28–9,  see also  ci ; ne ;  si pure  101 qualcuno  121, 122 quale?  71 (il / la) quale  (relative pronoun) 104, 105–6 quando  70, 130 quanto  70, 71, 101, 121, 123, 124 quello  20, 24 tanto  47, 48 tenere : future 134; present conditional 165 tense, de fi nition of 189 ‘that’ (relative pronoun) 104 ‘that/those’ (demonstrative adjectives/ pronouns) 20, 24 ‘there is/are’ 32–3 ‘this/these’ (demonstrative adjectives/ pronouns) 20, 24 time  see  prepositions of time tra  and  fra , uses of 62 stesso  146 su , uses of 61 subject, de fi nition of 189 subject pronouns 28–9 stare : future 132; imperative 152; present 41; present conditional 165 spelling: of adjectives in  -co  and  -go 18–19;  essere  and  avere  30; plurals of nouns in  -ca ,  -co ,  -ga ,  -go ,  -cia ,  -gia 6–7 singular and plural adjectives 17–19, 158 ‘some/someone’ 121, 122 si : impersonal 157–60; with  essere  as auxiliary 159; negative form 159; with re fl exive verbs 159–60; sentences with a passive meaning 158 sembrare  81 servire  81 sapere  42–3; vs  conoscere  42–3; future 133; imperative 152; present 41; present conditional 165 santo  21–2 salvo (che)  101 riuscire  42 rimanere : future 134; present conditional 165 relative pronouns 104–7; de fi nition of  189 re fl exive verbs 88, 143; with  si (impersonal subject) 159–60 re fl exive pronouns 143–6; stressed form 146 reciprocal pronouns, de fi nition of 189 quello che  (relative pronoun) 106 questions 29, 40, 68–71 questo  20, 24