Italian Regular Verbs Italian Regular Verbs Regular or irregular?? Italian verbs are either regular or irregular. Italian irregular verbs MUST be memorized…

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2 Italian Regular Verbs Italian Regular Verbs

3 Regular or irregular?? Italian verbs are either regular or irregular. Italian irregular verbs MUST be memorized… Io sono, tu sei, lui è, etc… Io ho, tu hai, noi abbiamo… Io vado, voi andate, loro vanno… Italian regular verbs follow a pattern and are all done the same way. Here we go……… Italian verbs are either regular or irregular. Italian irregular verbs MUST be memorized… Io sono, tu sei, lui è, etc… Io ho, tu hai, noi abbiamo… Io vado, voi andate, loro vanno… Italian regular verbs follow a pattern and are all done the same way. Here we go………

4 ITALIAN INFINITIVES An infinitive is a verb BEFORE we know who is doing it and when its done. In English, infinitives all start with to. To be, to go, to wear, to put on, etc… Italian is a bit more involved. An infinitive is a verb BEFORE we know who is doing it and when its done. In English, infinitives all start with to. To be, to go, to wear, to put on, etc… Italian is a bit more involved.

5 3 types of Italian Infinitives Italian has THREE different infinitives which all correspond to the English to. They are as follows: indossare [to wear] mettere [to put on] vestire* [to dress] Italian has THREE different infinitives which all correspond to the English to. They are as follows: indossare [to wear] mettere [to put on] vestire* [to dress] preferire* [to prefer] * -ire verbs are broken into two categories. Well see this in a bit.

6 -are verbs areindoss io tu lui lei Lei loro voi noi indoss o i a iamo ate ano

7 -ere verbs eremett io tu lui lei Lei loro voi noi mett o i e iamo ete ono

8 -ire verbs [group 1] irevest io tu lui lei Lei loro voi noi vest o i e iamo ite ono

9 -ire verbs [group 2 –isc–] ireprefer io tu lui lei Lei loro voi noi prefer o i e iamo ite ono isc

10 Esercitiamo! Marco e io [indossare] una felpa. Sofia [mettere] i pantaloni lunghi. Tu [preferire] il colore aranciane. Io [vestire] elegante per il ballo di scuola. Dino e Gino [indossare] una cravatta. Voi [preferire] indossare jeans. indossiamo mette preferisci vesto indossano preferite

11 Esercitiamo! Gli studenti non [mettere] cravatte. Luca [preferire] i sandali. Tu [indossare] le scarpe da tennis. Salvatore[vestire] di tutto nero. Loro [mettere] una cintura. Noi [preferire] vestire di rosa. mettono preferisce indossi veste mettono preferiamo