Università Roma Tre

The first part of the course covers the essential aspects of Spanish grammar,in detail: a) Phonetics, spelling, accenting b) Morphology - Definite and indefinite articles - Nouns: gender and number.; diminutives and augmentatives - Adjectives and pronouns: possessives, demonstratives, numerals - Verb. The three regular conjugations: simple and compound tenses. The main irregular verbs - Subject and complement personal pronouns - Degrees of comparison - Relative, interrogative, indefinite adjectives and pronouns - Prepositions, adverbs and conjunctions (nic) Syntax - Use of verbs ser, estar, haber, tener - Differences in the use of the present, of the imperfect, and of the remote past of the indicative mood - The main verbal periphrases The second part of the course is based on aspects of the translation from Spanish to Italian with practical exercises. Furthermore, the figure of Simón Bolívar and the political-constitutional events of Latin America in the 19th century will be examined. based on the volume by Giuseppe Cacciatore and Antonio Scocozza, El gran Majadero de América, Naples, The city of the sun, 2008 from page. 29 on p. 76, and always from the same text the readings: Manifiesto de Cartagena and Discurso de Angostura.

Manuel Carrera Díaz, Grammatica spagnola, Laterza, 2006.Giuseppe Cacciatore e Antonio Scocozza, El gran Majadero de América, Napoli, La città del sole, 2008.DizionariLaura Tam, Grande dizionario di spagnolo, Hoepli, 2004.Real Academia Española, Diccionario de la lengua española, XXII ed., disponibile on-line al sito: http://www.rae.es/