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).