- •Basic sound table
- •Bisyllabic clusters
- •The use of accented vowels in common spelling
- •Types of accent used in italian spelling
- •Instead, not all fonts have capital (uppercase) accented letters; Times New Roman and Arial fonts, among the most commonly used, have the following codes: try them out.
- •Very few words have this ending, but the rule is the same as for similar cases discussed above: vowel I is kept in both masculine and feminine plurals.
- •Indefinite articles
- •Indefinite articles used as pronouns
- •Combining articles with noun-adjective and adjective-noun
- •Fractions
- •Indicativo (indicative)
- •Presente
- •Imperfetto
- •Passato remoto
- •Presente
- •Imperfetto
- •Passato remoto
- •Presente
- •Imperfetto
- •Passato remoto
- •Presente
- •Imperfetto
- •Passato remoto
- •Vedere (to see)
- •Presente
- •Imperfetto
- •Passato remoto
- •If you are in doubt, use the unbound form which is correct in both cases:
- •If you are in doubt, use the unbound form which is correct in both cases:
- •Possessive adjectives and pronouns used as subjects
- •Possessive adjectives and pronouns used as objects or copulas
- •Interrogative form
- •Negative form
- •Questo (this) - quello (that)
- •Passato prossimo
- •Trapassato prossimo
- •Trapassato remoto
- •Important note
- •Futuro anteriore
- •Note accented vowels are used to mark the accent (stress) in verbs of the 2nd conjugation, but remember that they are not used in common spelling
- •Passato prossimo
- •Trapassato prossimo
- •In this case, the English past perfect corresponds more or less precisely to the Italian tense:
- •Trapassato remoto
- •Futuro anteriore
- •Passato prossimo
- •Trapassato prossimo
- •In this case the English compound tense corresponds more or less precisely to the Italian tense:
- •Trapassato remoto
- •Futuro anteriore
- •Passato prossimo
- •Trapassato prossimo
- •Trapassato remoto
- •Futuro anteriore
- •The days of the week
- •Seasons
- •Italian also has adjectives referring to each season:
- •Centuries
- •Fractions of the hour
- •Mezzogiorno, la mezza, mezzanotte
- •Adverbs prima, dopo, durante
- •Gender and number of past participle
- •Auxiliary verbs used in reflexive forms
- •Congiuntivo presente (present subjunctive)
- •Congiuntivo imperfetto (past subjunctive)
- •Congiuntivo imperfetto (past subjunctive)
- •Congiuntivo imperfetto (past subjunctive)
- •Congiuntivo passato (perfect subjunctive)
- •Congiuntivo trapassato (pluperfect subjunctive)
- •Condizionale presente
- •2Nd conjugation - perdere (to lose)
- •3Rd conjugation - capire (to understand)
- •Condizionale passato
- •1St conjugation - domandare (to ask - transitive)
- •2Nd conjugation - perdere (to lose - transitive)
- •3Rd conjugation - capire (to understand - transitive)
- •1St conjugation - stare (to stay, to remain - intransitive)
- •2Nd conjugation - cadere (to fall - intransitive)
- •3Rd conjugation - uscire (to go out, to come out - intransitive)
- •Imperativo essere
- •1St conjugation - pensare (to think)
- •2Nd conjugation - prendere (to take)
- •3Rd conjugation - sentire (to feel)
- •1St conjugation - mangiarsi (to eat, to eat up, to have food)
- •2Nd conjugation - prendersi (to take, to choose, to have as a choice)
- •3Rd conjugation - vestirsi (to get dressed, to dress up as a choice)
- •2Nd conjugation - prendermi (to catch me, or to take for me, to fetch me)
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Vedere (to see)
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plural |
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1st person |
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vidi |
I saw |
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vedemmo |
we saw |
2nd person |
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vedesti |
you saw (singular) |
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vedeste |
you saw (plural) |
3rd person |
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vide |
he/she/it saw |
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videro |
they saw |
rompere (to break)
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singular |
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plural |
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1st person |
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ruppi |
I broke |
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rompemmo |
we broke |
2nd person |
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rompesti |
you broke (singular) |
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rompeste |
you broke (plural) |
3rd person |
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ruppe |
he/she/it broke |
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ruppero |
they broke |
muovere (to move)
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singular |
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plural |
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1st person |
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mossi |
I moved |
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muovemmo |
we moved |
2nd person |
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muovesti |
you moved (singular) |
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muoveste |
you moved (plural) |
3rd person |
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mosse |
he/she/it moved |
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mossero |
they moved |
nascere (to be born)
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singular |
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plural |
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1st person |
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nacqui |
I was born |
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nascemmo |
we were born |
2nd person |
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nascesti |
you were born (singular) |
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nasceste |
you were born (plural) |
3rd person |
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nacque |
he/she/it was born |
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nacquero |
they were born |
chiusi la porta = I closed the door (the action is over) vedesti un grosso animale = you saw a big animal due uomini scesero le scale = two men came down the steps (they did this once; had the sentence been "usually, they came down the steps", imperfect tense would have been used: ...scendevano le scale)
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VERBS OF THE 3rd CONJUGATION PART I SIMPLE INDICATIVE TENSES
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Verbs whose infinitive tense has the inflection ...ire, belong to the 3rd conjugation. This is the conjugation with the least umber of verbs, and most of them are regular. Verb capire (= to understand) is used to discuss the tenses; others used in sample sentences are:
agire = to act |
proibire = to forbid |
finire = to finish |
sparire = to disappear |
fornire = to provide with |
obbedire = to obey |
garantire = to grant |
reagire = to react |
punire = to punish |
seguire = to follow |
partire = to leave |
sentire = to feel |
scoprire = to discover |
fuggire = to escape |
dormire = to sleep |
aprire = to open |
cucire = to sew |
mentire = to lie |