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As a beginner, you should learn the present tense of some important Italian irregular verbs. If your level is intermediate or advanced, a second look will help you to remember some basics.
Before we start:
Dovere, potere, volere and sapere (as “to know how to”) are the main Italian modal verbs.
Remember that conjugations made of just two letters (e.g. Lui va, Lei fa etc) don’t need any accent mark like Lui và, Lei fà. The only exception is Lui/Lei dà.
Personal pronouns are in order: IO – TU – LUI/LEI – NOI – VOI – LORO.
Please complete the quiz below and check your score.
The following are “must learn” irregular verbs, you should memorise them as a beginner.
There are some more irregular verbs in the quiz. Please read the sentences carefully and repeat the exercise if necessary.
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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.
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:
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accadere (happen); decadere (decay, deteriorate); ricadere (fall back); scadere (expire)
richiedere (request)
dischiudere (disclose); racchiudere (contain, enclose); richiudere (enclose, close again); rinchiudere (segregate); schiudere (hatch); socchiudere (half close)
accogliere (receive, accomodate); raccogliere (collect)
deprimere (depress); esprimere (express); imprimere (imprint) ; opprimere (oppress); reprimere (repress)
succedere (happen); retrocedere (demote)
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
accrescere (increase); decrescere (decrease); ricrescere (regrow)
scuocere (overcook)
circoncidere (circumsise); coincidere (coincide); incidere (incise, weigh on); recidere (truncate); uccidere (kill)
offendere (offend)
ridipingere (repaint)
erigere (erect)
incutere (instil)
contraddistinguere (mark, distinguish); estinguere (extinguish)
condividere (share); suddividere (split)
none
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It is very important to learn the main Italian irregular verbs. If you study Italian as second language, you normally conjugate Italian verbs following rules. Those rules are not applicable here. That doesn’t mean that all the irregular verbs are not predictable or do not follow any pattern. We are going to repeat this introduction for every instalment of this topic. so that you wont’ need to go back and forth for finding basic rules about Italian irregular verbs. We can narrow down the possible scenarios as follows.
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.
In this second instalment we’ll have a close look at a few irregular verbs of the second conjugation (-ere), beginning with A & B. 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.
Important verbs here are Avere and Bere.
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riaccendere (restart)
scorgere (glimpse)
condurre (lead, drive); dedurre (deduce); indurre (induce); introdurre (insert, introduce); produrre (produce); ridurre (reduce); riprodurre (reproduce, copy); sedurre (seduce); tradurre (translate)
connettere (connect); disconnettere (disconnect); interconnettere (interconnect)
dipendere (depend, rely); sospendere (suspend); spendere (spend)
coesistere (coexist); consistere (consist); desistere (desist, give up); esistere (exist); insistere (insist); persistere (persist, last); resistere (resist)
dissolvere (dissolve, melt away); risolvere (solve)
presumere (presume); riassumere (recap)
riavere (have back)
nessuno (none)
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