There are three types of verbs in Italian…
Parlare to
speak
Abitare to live
Aiutare to help
Amare to love
Comprare to buy
Giocare to play
Arrivare to arrive
Cucinare to cook
Guardare to watch
Ascoltare to listen
Desiderare to desire
Imparare to learn
Ballare to dance
Dimenticare to forget
Insegnare to teach
Camminare to walk
Disegnare to draw
Lavorare to work
Cantare to sing
Domandare to ask
Mandare to send
Celebrare to celebrate Entrare to enter
Mangiare to eat
Cercare to look for
Festeggiare to celebrate Nuotare to swim
Chiamare to call
Frequentare to attend
Pagare to pay
Passeggiare to
walk
Portare to
bring
Praticare to
practice
Ritornare to
come back
Salutare to say
hello
Sciare to ski
Studiare to
study
Accendere to switch on
Rispondere to respond
Chiedere to ask
Perdere to loose
Rompere to break
Conoscere to know
Prendere to catch
Scendere to go down
Correre to run
Promettere to promise
Scrivere to write
Credere to believe
Proteggere to protect
Sorridere to smile
Decidere to decide
Ricevere to receive
Spendere to speand
Dividere to devide
Ridere to laugh
Vedere to see
Leggere to read
Ripetere to repeat
Vincere to win
Mettere to put
Aprire to open
Divertire to have fun
Capire to understand
Dormire to sleep
Finire to finish
Offrire to offer
Preferire to prefer
Partire to leave
Pulire to clean
Seguire to follow
Spedire to send
Sentire to hear
Servire to serve
To conjugate verbs in the present tense
you must know 3 things…
Pronouns are little mini words that take the place of Names of people,
or how you to refer to people.
(I, you, he, she, we, you guys, they)
It’s very simple!
First you need to know the endings that go along
with each pronoun for the -ARE verbs.
Follow these steps…
Take the verb your conjugating:
Get rid of the -ARE ending:
Add on the appropriate ending in place of the -ARE:
Io ______________________ (nuotare) durante l’estate.
Tu ______________________ (telefonare) tua mamma.
Lui ______________________ (mangiare) la pizza.
Lei ______________________ (ascoltare) la musica.
Noi ______________________ (desiderare) una torta cioccolata.
Voi ______________________ (cucinare) la cena.
Loro _____________________ (comprare) le scarpe.
It’s very simple!
First you need to know the endings that go along
with each pronoun for the -ERE verbs.
Follow these steps…
Take the -ERE verb you are conjugating:
Get rid of the -ERE ending:
Add on the appropriate ending in place of the -ARE:
Io ______________________ (prendere) un caffe.
Tu ______________________ (correre) dopo scuola.
Lui ______________________ (sorridere) per la foto.
Lei ______________________ (decidere) d’andare alla festa.
Noi ______________________ (mettere) le chiave sulla tavola.
Voi ______________________ (ricevere) un regalo.
Loro _____________________ (spendere) tanti soldi al grande
magazzino.
It’s very simple!
First you need to know the endings that go along
with each pronoun for the -IRE verbs.
Follow these steps…
Take the -IRE verb you are conjugating:
Get rid of the -IRE ending:
Add on the appropriate ending in place of the -ARE:
Some verbs that end in –IRE are special verbs.
They conjugate differently than regular –IRE verbs.
There is no way to tell that these are special verbs…
You will just need to know that the following verbs are considered ISC verbs:
capire
finire
pulire
preferire
spedire
ISC verbs are conjugated differently, because the endings are different
Than normal IRE verb endings
Notice, noi & voi don’t change!
Follow these steps…
Take the -ISC verb you are conjugating:
Get rid of the -IRE ending:
Add on the appropriate ending in place of the -ARE:
Io ______________________ (finire) il compito.
Tu ______________________ (pulire) la casa dopo scuola.
Lui ______________________ (preferire) andare al ristorante.
Lei ______________________ (capire) spagnolo.
Noi ______________________ (spedire) le lettere al ufficio
postale..
Voi ______________________ (finire) l’esame alle otto e
mezza.
Loro _____________________ (pulire) la casa prima della festa.
Avete finito il ripasso
del presente indicativo!
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