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- 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\u00a0fare<\/em>\u00a0(to do, to make) and its “family” behave exactly the same way –\u00a0disfare, rifare, stuperfare etc.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Most irregular verbs are of the second conjugation –\u00a0ere<\/em><\/li>\n
- Some verbs have only an irregular\u00a0Passato Remoto<\/a>\u00a0and 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<\/del><\/strong>“.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nWe are going to exclude all the irregular verbs which, in our opinion, aren’t of common use or may be confusing for foreign students.<\/p>\n
In this second instalment we’ll have a close look at a few irregular verbs of the\u00a0second conjugation (-ere), <\/strong>beginning with A & B.\u00a0<\/strong>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.<\/p>\n
Important verbs here are Avere<\/em> and Bere<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Ready? let’s get started!<\/p>\n
Accendere (light up, turn on)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: accesi, accendesti, accese, accendemmo, accendeste, accesero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: acceso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
riaccendere (restart) <\/p>\n
Accorgersi (realise)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: accorsi, accorgesti, accorse, accorgemmo, accorgeste, accorsero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: accorto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
scorgere (glimpse) <\/p>\n
Addurre (adduce, convey)<\/h5>\n
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- Presente<\/strong>: adduco, adduci, adduce, adduciamo, adducete, adducono<\/li>\n
- Imperfetto<\/strong>: adducevo, adducevi, adduceva, adduciamo, adducevate, adducevano<\/li>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: addussi, adducesti, addusse, adducemmo, adduceste, addussero<\/li>\n
- Futuro<\/strong>: addurr\u00f2, addurrai, addurr\u00e0, addurremo, addurrete, addurranno<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo presente<\/strong>: adduca, adduca, adduca, adduciamo, adduciate, adducano<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo imperfetto<\/strong>: adducessi, adducessi, adducesse, adducessimo, adduceste, adducessero<\/li>\n
- Condizionale presente<\/strong>: addurrei, addurresti, addurrebbe, addurremmo, addurreste, addurrebbero<\/li>\n
- Participio presente<\/strong>: adducente<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: addotto<\/li>\n
- Gerundio<\/strong>: adducendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
condurre (lead, drive); dedurre (deduce); indurre (induce); introdurre (insert, introduce); produrre (produce); ridurre (reduce); riprodurre (reproduce, copy); sedurre (seduce); tradurre (translate) <\/p>\n
Annettere (annex)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: annettei (o annessi), annettesti, annett\u00e9 (o annesse), annettemmo, annetteste, annetterono (o annessero)<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: annesso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
connettere (connect); disconnettere (disconnect); interconnettere (interconnect) <\/p>\n
Appendere (hang)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: appesi, appendesti, appese, appendemmo, appendeste, appesero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: appeso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
dipendere (depend, rely); sospendere (suspend); spendere (spend) <\/p>\n
Assistere (assist, watch)<\/h5>\n
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- Participio passato<\/strong>: assistito<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
coesistere (coexist); consistere (consist); desistere (desist, give up); esistere (exist); insistere (insist); persistere (persist, last); resistere (resist) <\/p>\n
Assolvere (absolve, acquit)<\/h5>\n
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- Participio passato<\/strong>: assolto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
dissolvere (dissolve, melt away); risolvere (solve) <\/p>\n
Assumere (hire, acquire)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: assunsi, assumesti, assunse, assumemmo, assumeste, assunsero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: assunto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
presumere (presume); riassumere (recap) <\/p>\n
Avere (to have)<\/h5>\n
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- Presente<\/strong>: ho, hai, ha, abbiamo, avete, hanno<\/li>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: ebbi, avesti, ebbe, avemmo, aveste, ebbero<\/li>\n
- Futuro<\/strong>: avr\u00f2, avrai, avr\u00e0, avremo, avrete, avranno<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo presente<\/strong>: abbia, abbia, abbia, abbiamo, abbiate, abbiano<\/li>\n
- Condizionale presente<\/strong>: avrei, avresti, avrebbe, avremmo, avreste, avrebbero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
riavere (have back) <\/p>\n
Bere (to drink)<\/h5>\n
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- Presente<\/strong>: bevo, bevi, beve, beviamo, bevete, bevono<\/li>\n
- Imperfetto<\/strong>: bevevo, bevevi, beveva, bevevamo, bevevate, bevevano<\/li>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: bevvi, bevesti, bevve, bevemmo, beveste, bevvero<\/li>\n
- Futuro<\/strong>: berr\u00f2, berrai, berr\u00e0, berremo, berrete, berranno<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo presente<\/strong>: beva, beva, beva, beviamo, beviate, bevano<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo imperfetto<\/strong>: bevessi, bevessi, bevesse, bevessimo, beveste, bevessero<\/li>\n
- Condizionale presente<\/strong>: berrei, berresti, berrebbe, berremmo, berreste, berrebbero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: bevuto<\/li>\n
- Gerundio<\/strong>: bevendo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
nessuno (none) <\/p>\n
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- Imperfetto<\/strong>: bevevo, bevevi, beveva, bevevamo, bevevate, bevevano<\/li>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: ebbi, avesti, ebbe, avemmo, aveste, ebbero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: assunto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: assunsi, assumesti, assunse, assumemmo, assumeste, assunsero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: assolto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: appeso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: annesso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Imperfetto<\/strong>: adducevo, adducevi, adduceva, adduciamo, adducevate, adducevano<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: accorto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: acceso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Most irregular verbs are of the second conjugation –\u00a0ere<\/em><\/li>\n