the non, &c. as will be fhewn fully in the RULES: The Superlative Degree of Adjectives, in English moft, is formed by changing the last Vowel of the Pofitive into iffimo, as from grande great, grandiffimo moft great; fanto holy, fantiffimo most holy: The most is il più, la più; as, il più bello Mafc. la più bella Fem. the Faireft, or moft Fair. Obferv. 1. The following Adjectives are Exceptions to these general Rules of Comparison. Buono good, megliore better, ottimo or buoniffimo best. Cattivo bad, peggiore worse, peffimo or cattiviffimo most bad, or worst. Grande great, maggiore greater, maffime or gran diffimo moft great, or greatest. Piccolo little, minore lefs, minimo or piccoliffimo most little, or least. Obferv. 2. The Superlative Degree of Adjectives is often expreffed by a Repetition of the Pofitive; as, Your House is most fine La vostra cafa è bella bella. Obferv. 3. The Comparison of Adverbs, of like Senfe with the Adjectives above mentioned, is in this wife: Bene good, meglio better, beniffimo or ottimamente best. Male bad, peggio worse, maliffimo or peffimamente moft bad, or worst. Poco little, meno or manco less, pochissimo least. Note. By changing the laft Letter of Nouns Adjectives into iffimamente, is formed Adverbs of the Superlative Degree; as, of dotto learned, is dottiffi D mamente mamente most learned; ricco rich, ricchiffimamente most rich; but this is not frequently admitted of, and rather than make ufe of fo long Words, it is better to express yourself by the Subftantive and Adjective in this manner : The Preacher has preached most eloquently, of PRONOUNS. T being the principal Business of the following RULES to explain the Difficulties of the Italian Tongue; and as these chiefly are found to be in the Pronouns, the Learner will find them fully explained in the feveral Rules of this Book, and in the Table of Pronouns. I fhall however here fet down the Declenfion of the Perfonal Pronouns, as it will be of Service to the Learner to be thoroughly acquainted with them. Pronouns Conjunctive have great refemblance with the Pronouns Perfonal: The Pronouns Perfonal are, I, Thou, He, We, Ye, They. The Pronouns Conjunctive are, to me or me, to thee or thee, to himself or himself, to herself or herfelf, to him or him, to us or us, to you or ye, to them or them. They are expreffed in Italian by mi, ti, fi, gli or le, Sing. ci, vi, loro, Plur. It is easy to remember, that the Pronouns Conjunctive, me, thee, one's felf or himself, to him, them cr to them, &c. are always expreffed in Italian by mi, ti, fi, gli, or le, loro: Example; That pleases me, questo mi piace. The Sun rifes, il Sole fi leva. I will tell him, io gli dirò, or io le dirò. But But thefe Pronouns will be fully explained in the following RULES, notwithstanding which it may be proper to obferve here, that one of the greatest Difficulties they who study the Italian Language labour under, is to exprefs the Pronouns Conjunctive joined to the Particles lo, la, li, le cr ne; as, milo, mila, mili, mile, mine, &c. when the the Letter i of the Pronoun Conjunctive is changed into e; as, to fay me of it, inftead of mine, you muft fpeak and write mene, pronouncing the two Syllables fhort; the fame is to be obferved in all the following Pronouns Conjunctive; as for milo, write melo, &c. Me, mi; me of it, of mene, Thee, ti; thee it, tene, Himfelf, fe; himself of it, fene, To him, to gli; him of it, gliene, Us, ci; us of it, cene. You, vi; you of it, vene, to me it, to me it, to me them, to thee it, to thee it, to thee them, to himself it, to him it, to him it, to us it, to us it, to us them, to you it, to you it, vela, Fem. veli, vele, M. & F. .. To them, loro, to them of it, ne loro; putting loro always after the Verb. Note, loro is fometimes put before the Verb; as, Pronouns |