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To Come and to Go
Venire-to come
| vengo |
vehn-goh |
veniamo |
ven-ee-ah-moh |
| vieni |
vee-en-ee |
venite |
ven-ee-teh |
| viene |
vee-en-eh |
vengono |
ven-goh-noh |
Vengo a scuola in macchina. I come to school by car. (It's a scuola instead of alla scuola because it's an idiom.)
To make a verb negative, add non before it: Non vengo a scuola in macchina. I don't come to school by car.
Andare-to go
| vado |
vah-doh |
andiamo |
ahn-dee-ah-moh |
| vai |
vah-ee |
andate |
ahn-dah-teh |
| va |
vah |
vanno |
vahn-noh |
Other verbs conjugated in the same pattern as venire are:
avvenire - to happen, to occur
convenire - to convene
divenire - to become
provenire - to come from, to proceed
sovvenire - to help
svenire - to faint
Tenere (to keep) verbs are conjuaged very similarly to venire too, except the voi form ends in -ete instead of -ite:
appartenere - to belong
contenere - to contain
intrattenere - to entertain
mantenere - to maintain
ottenere - to obtain
ritenere - to retain
sostenere - to sustain, to support
trattenere - to withhold, to detain
Conjugating Regular Verbs
To conjugate regular verbs, take off the last three letters (-are, -ere, or -ire) and add these endings to the stem:
Regular Verb Endings
| -are |
-ere |
1st -ire |
2nd -ire |
| -o |
-iamo |
-o |
-iamo |
-o |
-iamo |
-isco |
-iamo |
| -i |
-ate |
-i |
-ete |
-i |
-ite |
-isci |
-ite |
| -a |
-ano |
-e |
-ono |
-e |
-ono |
-isce |
-iscono |
Regular Verbs
| -are |
1st -ire |
| parlare |
to speak |
dormire |
to sleep |
| cantare |
to sing |
partire |
to leave |
| arrivare |
to arrive |
sentire |
to hear |
| abitare |
to live |
aprire |
to open |
| amare |
to love |
offrire |
to offer |
| ascoltare |
to listen (to) |
servire |
to serve |
| cominciare |
to begin |
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| domandare |
to ask |
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| giocare |
to play (a game/sport) |
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| guardare |
to look (at)/watch |
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| imparare |
to learn |
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| insegnare |
to teach |
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| lavorare |
to work |
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| mangiare |
to eat |
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| pensare |
to think |
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| studiare |
to study |
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| -ere |
2nd -ire |
| scrivere |
to write |
finire |
to finish |
| vedere |
to see |
capire |
to understand |
| credere |
to believe |
preferire |
to prefer |
| conoscere |
to know/be acquainted with |
colpire |
to hit |
| leggere |
to read |
costruire |
to build |
| mettere |
to put |
pulire |
to clean |
| perdere |
to lose |
sparire |
to disappear |
| prendere |
to take |
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| rispondere |
to answer |
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| scendere |
to go down/get off |
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| vendere |
to sell |
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| vivere |
to live |
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Sample Regular Verb
| Parlare-to speak |
| parlo |
parliamo |
| parli |
parlate |
| parla |
parlano |
Note: The present tense and the preposition da may be used to describe an action which began in the past and is still continuing in the present. The present perfect tense is used in English to convey this same concept.
Da quanto tempo Lei studia l'italiano? How long have you been studying Italian?
Studio l'italiano da due anni. I've been studying Italian for two years.
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