Italian course for beginners: modal verbs, DOVERE

TodaywearegoingtohaveacloselookatDOVERE,:”Haveto”,”Needto”,”Must”.Listen tothepodcast. Alongwith”fare”,“essere”and”avere”,modalverbsarethepillarsoftheItalianlanguage:DOVERE,POTERE,VOLERE,SAPERE.AllItalianmodalverbsshareanimportantrule withEnglishmodalverbs.Theydescribethefunctionof asecondverbandmakeitstrongerinasentence.

Theverbdoveresupportsotherverbs:andare,parlare,dire.

Doveremeansmust,haveto, beobligedto,besupposedto,havegotto,oughtto,needto.InalltheseEnglishtranslations,verbssupportaninfinitiveverb,andsodoesdovereinItalian.Thegrammarruleis:

DOVERE+ARE/ERE/IRE(infinito)

Theconjugationis:

IODEVO
TUDEVI
LUI/LEIDEVE
NOIDOBBIAMO
VOIDOVETE
LORODEVONO

IfyouaskItalianspeakerstotranslate dovere inEnglish,theywouldsay mustorhaveto.Iwouldsay”must”istoostrongand”haveto”quiteclose. Itdependsalotonthecontext.SoI believeit’stimetogiveyousomeexamplestopracticeonandrepeat.Listentothepodcast.

Devoandareadesso,ètardi
Imustgonow,it’slate

Devidirequalcosa?
Haveyougotsomethingtosay?

Stefanodevestudiaredipiù
Stefanoneedstostudymore

Nondobbiamodimenticare
Wemustnot forget

Dovetesapereche…
Youhavetoknowthat…

Gliitalianidevonoimpararel’inglese!
ItaliansmustlearnEnglish!

Thisisthesimplestconjugation ofdovere,thepresenteindicativo,andit’senoughfor beginners.Inthenextposts,WearegoingtohaveacloselookatotherItalianmodalverbs.