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.


 

Common Italian irregular verbs – Presente Indicativo

Learn some frequently used Italian irregular verbs – simple present. Enjoy the quiz!

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.

The verbs of our choice are:

Before we start:

Dovere, potere, volere and sapere (as “to know how to”) are the main Italian modal verbs.

It’s always beneficial to mention that conjugations made of just two words (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.

  • faccio
  • fai
  • fa
  • facciamo
  • fate
  • fanno

  • sto
  • stai
  • sta
  • stiamo
  • state
  • stanno

  • so
  • sai
  • sa
  • sappiamo
  • sapete
  • sanno

  • vado
  • vai
  • va
  • andiamo
  • andate
  • vanno

  • vengo
  • vieni
  • viene
  • veniamo
  • venite
  • vengono

  • devo
  • devi
  • deve
  • dobbiamo
  • dovete
  • devono

  • posso
  • puoi
  • può
  • possiamo
  • potete
  • possono

  • voglio
  • vuoi
  • vuole
  • vogliamo
  • volete
  • vogliono

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I verbi irregolari – Irregular verbs in Italian – Part 3/8 QUIZ

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

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I verbi irregolari – Italian irregular verbs – Part 2/8 QUIZ

Learn the main Italian irregular verbs and solve the quiz.This is the second of eight parts – Conjugation ERE – A&B

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.

  • 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.
  • Most irregular verbs are of the second conjugation – ere
  • Some verbs have only an irregular Passato Remoto and Participio Passato. Whilst you can just have a brief look at the Passato Remoto, the Participio Passato is a very important tense, because it is used to form all the compound tenses of all Italian verbal moods. So, please remember the past participle of irregular verbs. For example, the Passato Prossimo of ACCENDERE is “Ho acceso la luce” (I switched the light on) and not “Io ho accenduto la luce“.

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.

Ready? let’s get started!

Accendere (light up, turn on)
  • Passato remoto: accesi, accendesti, accese, accendemmo, accendeste, accesero
  • Participio passato: acceso

Verbs of the same family

riaccendere (restart)

Accorgersi (realise)
  • Passato remoto: accorsi, accorgesti, accorse, accorgemmo, accorgeste, accorsero
  • Participio passato: accorto

Verbs of the same family

scorgere (glimpse)

Addurre (adduce, convey)
  • Presente: adduco, adduci, adduce, adduciamo, adducete, adducono
  • Imperfetto: adducevo, adducevi, adduceva, adduciamo, adducevate, adducevano
  • Passato remoto: addussi, adducesti, addusse, adducemmo, adduceste, addussero
  • Futuro: addurrò, addurrai, addurrà, addurremo, addurrete, addurranno
  • Congiuntivo presente: adduca, adduca, adduca, adduciamo, adduciate, adducano
  • Congiuntivo imperfetto: adducessi, adducessi, adducesse, adducessimo, adduceste, adducessero
  • Condizionale presente: addurrei, addurresti, addurrebbe, addurremmo, addurreste, addurrebbero
  • Participio presente: adducente
  • Participio passato: addotto
  • Gerundio: adducendo

Verbs of the same family

condurre (lead, drive); dedurre (deduce); indurre (induce); introdurre (insert, introduce); produrre (produce); ridurre (reduce); riprodurre (reproduce, copy); sedurre (seduce); tradurre (translate)

Annettere (annex)
  • Passato remoto: annettei (o annessi), annettesti, annetté (o annesse), annettemmo, annetteste, annetterono (o annessero)
  • Participio passato: annesso

Verbs of the same family

connettere (connect); disconnettere (disconnect); interconnettere (interconnect)

Appendere (hang)
  • Passato remoto: appesi, appendesti, appese, appendemmo, appendeste, appesero
  • Participio passato: appeso

Verbs of the same family

dipendere (depend, rely); sospendere (suspend); spendere (spend)

Assistere (assist, watch)
  • Participio passato: assistito

Verbs of the same family

coesistere (coexist); consistere (consist); desistere (desist, give up); esistere (exist); insistere (insist); persistere (persist, last); resistere (resist)

Assolvere (absolve, acquit)
  • Participio passato: assolto

Verbs of the same family

dissolvere (dissolve, melt away); risolvere (solve)

Assumere (hire, acquire)
  • Passato remoto: assunsi, assumesti, assunse, assumemmo, assumeste, assunsero
  • Participio passato: assunto

Verbs of the same family

presumere (presume); riassumere (recap)

Avere (to have)
  • Presente: ho, hai, ha, abbiamo, avete, hanno
  • Passato remoto: ebbi, avesti, ebbe, avemmo, aveste, ebbero
  • Futuro: avrò, avrai, avrà, avremo, avrete, avranno
  • Congiuntivo presente: abbia, abbia, abbia, abbiamo, abbiate, abbiano
  • Condizionale presente: avrei, avresti, avrebbe, avremmo, avreste, avrebbero

Verbs of the same family

riavere (have back)

Bere (to drink)
  • Presente: bevo, bevi, beve, beviamo, bevete, bevono
  • Imperfetto: bevevo, bevevi, beveva, bevevamo, bevevate, bevevano
  • Passato remoto: bevvi, bevesti, bevve, bevemmo, beveste, bevvero
  • Futuro: berrò, berrai, berrà, berremo, berrete, berranno
  • Congiuntivo presente: beva, beva, beva, beviamo, beviate, bevano
  • Congiuntivo imperfetto: bevessi, bevessi, bevesse, bevessimo, beveste, bevessero
  • Condizionale presente: berrei, berresti, berrebbe, berremmo, berreste, berrebbero
  • Participio passato: bevuto
  • Gerundio: bevendo

Verbs of the same family

nessuno (none)

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