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Imperfetto

singular

plural

1st person

parlavo

I talked

parlavamo

we talked

2nd person

parlavi

you talked (singular)

parlavate

you talked (plural)

3rd person

parlava

he/she/it talked

parlavano

they talked

Also in this case, all accents falls on the penultimate syllable of each person, except for parlavano, whose stressed syllable is the antipenultimate (pronounced "pahrlahvahnoh"). le tre donne compravano il pane = the three women bought [the] bread (as a continuous action: this could be translated as the three women used to buy bread, not only on that occasion, but usually, often, etc.; also note the use of an article where English omits it) l'uomo portava un pacco = the man carried a parcel (obviously, in this case the man did not usually carry a parcel, but the use of imperfect gives a sense of "the man was carrying the parcel", as a continuous action, almost as to show the man with the parcel still in his hands) ascoltavo la radio = I listened to the radio (again, suggesting a continuous action: this could be translated as "I was listening to the radio", maybe only on that occasion, but as an action in progress; note how in Italian the verb is transitive, and does not require preposition "to")

FUTURO

singular

plural

1st person

parlerò

I shall talk

parleremo

we shall talk

2nd person

parlerai

you will talk (singular)

parlerete

you will talk (plural)

3rd person

parlerà

he/she/it will talk

parleranno

they will talk

Accent falls on the penultimate syllable of each inflection, except parlerò and parlerà, whose stress is on the last syllable (pronounced "pahrlehroh" and "pahrlehrah"): also the two irregular verbs already discussed have the same pattern. cucineremo una bistecca = we shall cook a steak il cane salterà lo steccato e scapperà = the dog will jump [over] the fence and will run away (in Italian the verb to jump is transitive, and does not require preposition "over")

--- PHONETIC CHANGES ---

When the last consonant of the verb's root is c or g, all future tense inflections needs an h for phonetic reasons:

singular

plural

1st person

giocherò

I shall play

giocheremo

we shall play

2nd person

giocherai

you will play (singular)

giocherete

you will play (plural)

3rd person

giocherà

he/she/it will play

giocheranno

they will play

again, the h gives a "hard" sound (English sound: "johkehroh", "johkehrahyh", etc.); without an h, the pronounciation would be "johchehroh", etc. pagherò = I shall pay attaccherò = I shall attack

Instead, verbs whose last letter of the root is i, drop this vowel when it becomes phonetically redundant:

singular

plural

1st person

mangerò

I shall eat

mangeremo

we shall eat

2nd person

mangerai

you will eat (singular)

mangerete

you will eat (plural)

3rd person

mangerà

he/she/it will eat

mangeranno

they will eat

the root of verb mangiare is mangi..., but in future tense inflections is drops the i and becomes mang..., because since these inflections start with vowel e, there is no need to keep vowel i: both mangerò (correct) and mangierò (incorrect) sound like "mahnjehroh".

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