Learn the main irregular verbs in Italian and solve the quiz. This is the third of eight parts – Conjugation ERE letters “C and D”. QUIZ.
In this third instalment we’ll have a close look at some Italian irregular verbs of the second conjugation (-ere), beginning with C & D. We’ll show you the conjugation of the main verb, in order of importance or alphabetical, and all the others having the same root. You can create your own homework trying to write down the conjugations of the verbs of the same family.
Let’s recap the common patterns of the irregular verbs in Italian.
- Most irregular verbs are of the second conjugation – ere
- Some verbs have only an irregular Passato Remoto and Participio Passato. You can just have a brief look at the Passato Remoto, keeping in mind it is a tense fading to extinction. The Participio Passato however, is a very important tense, because it is used to form all the Italian compound tenses. So, please remember the past participle of irregular verbs. For example, the Passato Prossimo of DECIDERE is “Ho deciso di studiare l’italiano” and not “
ho deciduto di studiare l’italiano“. - Italian irregular verbs can be grouped by etymology, meaning that if they have the same root they most probably follow the same behaviour. For example, the irregular verb fare (to do, to make) and its “family” behave exactly the same way – disfare, rifare, stuperfare etc.
We are going to exclude all the irregular verbs which, in our opinion, aren’t of common use or may be confusing for foreign students.
Important family of verbs here are Chiudere and Correre and the modal verb Dovere.
All the conjugations below are of course with Io, Tu, Lui/Lei, Noi Voi, Loro.
Let’s see some examples of sentences with irregular Participio Passato:
- Francesco ha chiesto a Laura di sposarlo.
- Fa freddo! Carlo non ha chiuso la porta.
- Giorgio ha espresso un’opinione interessante.
- Luigi ha trascorso le vacanze sul Lago di Garda.
- Caravaggio ha dipinto dei quadri meravigliosi.
Ready? let’s get started!
Cadere (to fall)
- Passato remoto: caddi, cadesti, cadde, cademmo, cadeste, caddero
- Futuro: cadrò, cadrai, cadrà, cadremo, cadrete, cadranno
- Condizionale presente: cadrei, cadresti, cadrebbe, cadremmo, cadreste, cadrebbero
Verbs of the same family
accadere (happen); decadere (decay, deteriorate); ricadere (fall back); scadere (expire)
Chiedere (ask)
- Passato remoto: chiesi, chiedesti, chiese, chiedemmo, chiedeste, chiesero
- Participio passato: chiesto
Verbs of the same family
richiedere (request)
Chiudere (close)
- Passato remoto: chiusi, chiudesti, chiuse, chiudemmo, chiudeste, chiusero
- Participio passato: chiuso
Verbs of the same family
dischiudere (disclose); racchiudere (contain, enclose); richiudere (enclose, close again); rinchiudere (segregate); schiudere (hatch); socchiudere (half close)
Cogliere (pick up – catch)
- Presente: colgo, cogli, coglie, cogliamo, cogliete, colgono
- Passato remoto: colsi, cogliesti, colse, cogliemmo, coglieste, colsero
- Congiuntivo presente: colga, colga, colga, cogliamo, cogliate, colgano
- Participio passato: colto
Verbs of the same family
accogliere (receive, accomodate); raccogliere (collect)
Comprimere (compress)
- Passato remoto: compressi, comprimesti, compresse, comprimemmo, comprimeste, compressero
- Participio passato: compresso
Verbs of the same family
deprimere (depress); esprimere (express); imprimere (imprint) ; opprimere (oppress); reprimere (repress)
Concedere (grant)
- Passato remoto: concessi, concedesti, concesse, concedemmo, concedeste, concessero
- Participio passato: concesso
Verbs of the same family
succedere (happen); retrocedere (demote)
Correre (run)
- Passato remoto: corsi, corresti, corse, corremmo, correste, corsero
- Participio passato: corso
Verbs of the same family
accorrere (rush); concorrere (contribute, compete); decorrere (accrue from); discorrere (talk); incorrere (incur); occorrere (need, require); percorrere (go trhough); ricorrere (resort, appeal to); rincorrere (run after); ripercorrere (retrace); scorrere (flow); soccorrere (aid, assist); trascorrere
Crescere (grow)
- Passato remoto: crebbi, crescesti, crebbe, crescemmo, cresceste, crebbero
- Participio passato: cresciuto
Verbs of the same family
accrescere (increase); decrescere (decrease); ricrescere (regrow)
Cuocere (cook)
- Presente: cuocio, cuoci, cuoce, c(u)ociamo, c(u)ocete, cuociono
- Passato remoto: cossi, c(u)ocesti, cosse, c(u)ocemmo, c(u)oceste, cossero
- Congiuntivo presente: cuocia, cuocia, cuocia, c(u)ociamo, c(u)ociate, cuociano
- Participio passato: cotto
Verbs of the same family
scuocere (overcook)
Decidere (decide)
- Passato remoto: decisi, decidesti, decise, decidemmo, decideste, decisero
- Participio passato: deciso
Verbs of the same family
circoncidere (circumsise); coincidere (coincide); incidere (incise, weigh on); recidere (truncate); uccidere (kill)
Difendere (defend)
- Passato remoto: difesi, difendesti, difese, difendemmo, difendeste, difesero
- Participio passato: difeso
Verbs of the same family
offendere (offend)
Dipingere (paint)
- Passato remoto: dipinsi, dipingesti, dipinse, dipingemmo, dipingeste, dipinsero
- Participio passato: dipinto
Verbs of the same family
ridipingere (repaint)
Dirigere (direct)
- Passato remoto: diressi, dirigesti, diresse, dirigemmo, dirigeste, diressero
- Participio passato: diretto
Verbs of the same family
erigere (erect)
Discutere (discuss)
- Passato remoto: discussi, discutesti, discusse, discutemmo, discuteste, discussero
- Participio passato: discusso
Verbs of the same family
incutere (instil)
Distinguere (discern)
- Passato remoto: distinsi, distinguesti, distinse, distinguemmo, distingueste, distinsero
- Participio passato: distinto
Verbs of the same family
contraddistinguere (mark, distinguish); estinguere (extinguish)
Dividere (divide)
- Passato remoto: divisi, dividesti, divise, dividemmo, divideste, divisero
- Participio passato: diviso.
Verbs of the same family
condividere (share); suddividere (split)
Dovere (have to, must)
- Presente: devo (or debbo), devi, deve, dobbiamo, dovete, devono (or debbono)
- Futuro: dovrò, dovrai, dovrà, dovremo, dovrete, dovranno
- Congiuntivo presente: debba, debba, debba, dobbiamo, dobbiate, debbano
- Condizionale presente: dovrei, dovresti, dovrebbe, dovremmo, dovreste, dovrebbero
Verbs of the same family
none
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