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Taking Action in Italian. Using Regular ARE Verbs. What are Infinitives?. In English, infinitives are the words To + a verb, such as: to play to read to study. Italian Infinitives. In Italian, infinitives end in the following letters: ARE, ERE or IRE. Such as: Parlare to speak
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Taking Action in Italian Using Regular ARE Verbs
What are Infinitives? In English, infinitives are the words To + a verb, such as: to play to read to study
Italian Infinitives In Italian, infinitives end in the following letters: ARE, ERE or IRE. Such as: Parlare to speak Scrivere to write Sentire to feel
What is conjugation? Conjugation is the act of changing an infinitive to a verb used with a subject. For example: To speak We speak ParlareNoiparliamo
Conjugating Italian Verbs Step 1: Find the stem of the verb, using the following formula: Infinitive – ARE = Stem Parlare – ARE = Parl
Conjugating Italian Verbs Step 2: Bring down the stem to each pronoun. io parl noi parl tu parl voi parl lui, lei, Lei parl loro, Loro parl
Conjugating Italian Verbs Step 3: Add the correct endings to the stems io parlo noi parliamo tu parli voi parlate lui, lei, Lei parla loro, Loro parlano
Important points to remember • Do NOT translate the word doin Italian verbs it’s already understood: tuparli- you speak, you do speak, you are speaking • When making sentences negative, put the word non directly in front of the verb: tu non parli- you don’t speak, you are not speaking
Important Points to Remember • When writing questions, the verb comes before the subject: Parli tu l’italiano? Do you speak Italian?
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