Grammar Glossary

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S– T – U – V– W – X – Y – Z

-A-

Active Voice / Voce Attiva –

Adjective / Aggettivo – a word or phrase that names an attribute, of a noun or noun phrase to modify or describe it.

Adverb / Avverbio – word or phrase the modifies/qualifies a verb, adverb, adjective, or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.

Agreement / Concordanza – Italian verbs must agree with the subjects person and number. Italian adjectives and articles must agree their noun.

Article / Articolo – a word that specifies the defensiveness of a noun: whether it refers to a specific definite identifiable item.

Articulated Pronoun / Pronome Articolato –

Aspect / Aspetto –

Auxiliary Verb / Verbo Ausiliare –

-B-

Biological Sex / Sesso Biologico –

-C-

Cardinal Number / Numero Cardinale –

Clause / Clausola –

Clitic Pronouns / I Pronomi Clitici –

Conjunction / Congiunzione – word that connects two clauses or sentences, or words in the same clause.

Conjugated Verb / Verbo Coniugato – a verb form that specifies: person, number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, and/or voice.

Conjugation / Coniugazione – forms of a verbs identifying Number, Person, Mood, and Tense.

Count Noun, Countable Noun / Contare il Sostantivo – Nouns the represent items that can be counted (e.g., six chairs).

-D-

Definite Article / Articolo Determinativo –

Demonstrative / Dimostrativo –

Dependent Clause, Subordinate Clause / Clausa Dipendente –

Determiner / Determinante –

Direct Object / Oggetto Diretto –

-E-

-F-

Female, Female Biological Sex / Femmina, Sesso Biologico Femminile –

Feminine, Feminine Grammatical Gender / Genere Grammaticale Femminile, Femminile –

Finite Verb / Verbo Finito –

First Person / La Prima Persona –

-G-

Gender, Grammatical Gender / Genere, Genere Grammaticale –

Gerund / Gerundio –

-H-

Head Word / Lemma –

-I-

Imperative Mood / Imperativo –

Imperfect / Imperfetto – Verb action is not complete.

Indefinite Article / Articolo a Tempo Indeterminato –

Indicative Mood/ Indicativo –

Independent Clause / Clausola Indipendente –

Indirect Object / Oggetto indiretto –

Infinitive / Infinitivo –

Interjection, Exclamation / Interiezione –

Intransitive Verb / Verbo Intransitivo –

-J-

-K-

-L-

Lemma / Lemma –

Lexeme / Lessema –

-M-

Male, Male Biological Sex / Maschio, Sesso Biologico Maschile –

Masculine, Masculine Grammatical Gender / Genere Grammaticale Maschile e Maschile –

Mass Noun (Uncountable Noun) / Massa Sostantivo, Sostantivo Non Numerabile – Nouns representing things that cannot be counted. Mass nouns are often measured by mass (e.g., pints, pounds). Mass nouns do not normally have plural forms.

Modal Verb / Verbo Modale –

Mood / Modo –

-N-

Noun / Sostantivo, Nome –

Non Finite Verb / Verbo non finito –

Noun Phrase / Gruppo Nominale –

Number / Numero –

-O-

Object / Oggetto –

Ordinal Number / Numero Ordinale – A number showing an object’s position in a group of objects (e.g., first, second, third, … / primo, secondo, terzo, …).

-P-

Participle / Participio –

Part of Speech / Parte Del Discorso –

Partitive / Partitivo –

Past Conditional Tense / –

Past Gerund / Gerundio –

Past Infinitive / Infinito Passato –

Past Participle / Participio passato –

Passive Voice / Voce Passiva –

Past Subjunctive Tense / Passato Congiuntive –

Person /Persona –

Perfect Aspect / Aspetto Perfetto –

Phrase / Frasee –

Pluperftect / Piuccheperfetto – Past Perfect verb tense.

Plural / Plurale – Grammatical number for more than one.

Possessive / Possessivo –

Predicate / Predicato –

Preposition / Preposizione –

Prepositional Phrase / Sintagma Preposizionale 

Present Conditional Tense / Tempo Condizionale Presente –

Present Gerund / Presente Gerundio –

Present Imperative Tense / Tempo Imperativo Presente –

Present Indicative Tense / Tempo Indicativo Presente –

Present Infinitive / Infinitivo –

Present Participle / Participio Presente –

Present Subjunctive Tense / Tempo Congiuntivo Presente –

Person / Persona –

Personal Pronoun / Pronome Personale –

Pronoun  / Pronome –

-Q-

Quantifier / Quantificatore –

-R-

Recent Past Indicative Tense / Passato Prossimo –

Reflexive Verb / Verbo Riflessivo –

Remote Past / Passato Remoto –

-S-

Second Person/ Seconda Persona – The listener and the verb that matches a second person subject.

Sentence / Frase –

Sex / Sesso – see Biological Sex

Simple Aspect / Aspetto Semplice –

Simple Present / Presente –

Singular / Singolare – A subject or object that refers to only one person or thing. And a verb that matches a singular subjet.

Subject / Soggetto –

Subordinate Clause / Clausole Subordinate –

Subjunctive Mood / Congiuntivo –

-T-

Transitive Verb – Verbo Transitivo –

Tense / Tempo –

Third Person / Terza Persona – A subject other than the speaker or listener. And a verb that matches a third person subject.

-U-

Uncountable Noun – see Mass Noun

-V-

Verb / Verbo –

Verb Phrase / Sintagma Verbale –

Voice / Voce – Active Voice (subject performs the action) or Passive Voice (subject receives the action).

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