Learn the main irregular verbs of the Italian Congiuntivo Presente

This is the third post and quiz about the Congiuntivo Presente.

We have just studied the Congiuntivo Presente of Essere and Avere and the Congiuntivo Presente of regular verbs.

Please review the previous posts to understand how and when we have to use the Congiuntivo instead of the Indicativo.

PLEASE NOTE

As a rule of thumb, if a verb is irregular in the Presente Indicativo, it’s also irregular in the Congiuntivo Presente tense.

Essere and Avere are therefore irregular in the Congiuntivo Presente. Please learn them first, as they will be necessary in the construction of the Congiuntivo Passato, which is roughly similar to the Passato Prossimo Indicativo. Stay tuned, we are going to learn it soon.

The following is a list of the most important irregular verbs of the Congiuntivo Presente.

• I decided to emphasise the fact that the congiuntivo is a subordinate sentence, meaning that very often is linked to the main clause with a “…che”.
• Some verbs stem from the same root, like produrre, condurre, tradurre, indurre… or tenere, sostenere, mantenere, ottenere etcetera and have the same irregularities. This list is not complete of course, but you can spot some patterns and complete the conjugations of similar irregular verbs.
• Just like regular verbs, io, tu, lui and lei share the same conjugation and it’s often necessary to clarify the subject of the sentence.

Please read through the list and complete the quiz at the bottom of the page.

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All’abbeverata – Filippo Palizzi – 1867