eccetto (che)  101 essere : with  ci  32–3, 88, 113; as auxiliary  86–7, 88–90; as auxiliary with impersonal  si  159; future 132; imperative 151; imperfect 113; present 28; present conditional 164; present perfect 88; with re fl exive pronouns 145; uses of 31 fare : future 132; imperative 151; imperfect 114; past participle 86; present 42; present conditional 165 formal form 30, 41; direct object pronouns 54; in imperative 152–3; indirect object pronouns 76; with  piacere  80; possessive adjectives and pronouns 23–4 future 129–34;  avere  and  essere  132; with if/when 130; irregular verbs 132–4; negative form 134; verbs in  -care , -gare  and  -iare  131–2; uses of 129–30; verbs in  -urre  134 gender 1–3, 6; de fi nition of 188 grande  21 ‘how much/many?’ 70, 71 ‘how?’ 69, 71 ‘if’ with future tense 130 imperative 149–54;  essere  151; formal form 152–3; irregular verbs 151–2; negative form 153, 154; with pronouns 154; uses of 149; verbs in  -urre  152 imperfect 111–17; of  essere  113; negative form 114; uses 115–17; verbs in  -urre  114 impersonal subject pronoun  si  157–60 in , uses of 61, 62, 63, 64 inde fi nite article 11–13 indirect object, de fi nition of 188 indirect object pronouns 74–6; formal form 76; with the imperative 154; negative form 75; with the present perfect 95; stressed forms 99–101 in fi nitive 37; de fi nition of 188; for negative imperative 153 interrogative form 29, 40 interrogative pronouns, de fi nition of 189 irregular plurals of nouns 5 piacere  79–81 place  see  prepositions of place plurals of adjectives 17–19 personal pronouns: de fi nition of 189; see also  pronouns perché?  70 per , uses of 61 past perfect 137–40; with  avere  or  essere as auxiliaries 138; of  avere  and essere  139; negative form 140; uses of 137–8 past participle 85–6; de fi nition 188; with ne  122–4 passive: de fi nition of 188–9; using  si  158 partitive constructions with  di  59 parere  81 number: de fi nition of 188; nouns 4–7 nouns: de fi nition of 188; ending in  -ca , -co ,  -ga ,  -go ,  -cia ,  -gia  6–7; gender 1–3, 6; singular and plural 4–7 non . . . ancora / mai  47 non  see  negative form neppure  101 nemmeno  101 negative form 30, 32–3; with direct object pronouns 53; future 134; imperative 153, 154; imperfect 114; with indirect object pronouns 75; with  ne 122; past perfect 140; present 41; present conditional 166; present perfect 90; verbs with  si  159 neanche  101 ne  120–4; negative form 122; with past participle 122–4 mancare  81 meno (che)  101 mentre  116 modo / maniera  49 molto  47, 48, 121 Lei ,  Loro  and  Voi  30, 41;  see also  formal form ‘knowing’ 42–3 irregular verbs: future 132–4; imperative 151–2; imperfect 113–14; past participle 86; present 41–3; present conditional 164–6 192 Index