Let’s recap the common patterns of the irregular verbs in Italian.<\/p>\n
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- Most irregular verbs are of the second conjugation –\u00a0ere<\/em><\/li>\n
- Some verbs have only an irregular\u00a0Passato Remoto<\/a>\u00a0and 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<\/del><\/strong><\/span>“.<\/li>\n- 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<\/ul>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Important family of verbs here are Chiudere <\/i>and Correre <\/i>and the modal verb<\/a>\u00a0Dovere.<\/i><\/p>\n
All the conjugations below are of course with Io, Tu, Lui\/Lei, Noi Voi, Loro<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Let’s see some examples of sentences with irregular Participio Passato:<\/p>\n
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- Francesco ha chiesto\u00a0<\/em>a Laura di sposarlo.<\/li>\n
- Fa freddo! Carlo non ha chiuso<\/em> la porta.<\/li>\n
- Giorgio ha espresso<\/em> un’opinione interessante.<\/li>\n
- Luigi ha trascorso<\/em> le vacanze sul Lago di Garda.<\/li>\n
- Caravaggio ha dipinto<\/em> dei quadri meravigliosi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ready? let’s get started!<\/p>\n
Cadere (to fall)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: caddi, cadesti, cadde, cademmo, cadeste, caddero<\/li>\n
- Futuro<\/strong>: cadr\u00f2, cadrai, cadr\u00e0, cadremo, cadrete, cadranno<\/li>\n
- Condizionale presente<\/strong>: cadrei, cadresti, cadrebbe, cadremmo, cadreste, cadrebbero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
accadere (happen); decadere (decay, deteriorate); ricadere (fall back); scadere (expire)<\/p>\n
Chiedere (ask)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: chiesi, chiedesti, chiese, chiedemmo, chiedeste, chiesero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: chiesto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
richiedere (request) <\/p>\n
Chiudere (close)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: chiusi, chiudesti, chiuse, chiudemmo, chiudeste, chiusero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: chiuso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
dischiudere (disclose); racchiudere (contain, enclose); richiudere (enclose, close again); rinchiudere (segregate); schiudere (hatch); socchiudere (half close)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cogliere (pick up – catch)<\/h5>\n
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- Presente<\/strong>: colgo, cogli, coglie, cogliamo, cogliete, colgono<\/li>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: colsi, cogliesti, colse, cogliemmo, coglieste, colsero<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo presente<\/strong>: colga, colga, colga, cogliamo, cogliate, colgano<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: colto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
accogliere (receive, accomodate); raccogliere (collect)<\/p>\n
Comprimere (compress)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: compressi, comprimesti, compresse, comprimemmo, comprimeste, compressero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: compresso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
deprimere (depress); esprimere (express); imprimere (imprint) ; opprimere (oppress); reprimere (repress)<\/p>\n
Concedere (grant)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato<\/strong> remoto<\/strong>: concessi, concedesti, concesse, concedemmo, concedeste, concessero<\/li>\n
- Participio<\/strong> passato<\/strong>: concesso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
succedere (happen); retrocedere (demote)<\/p>\n
Correre (run)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: corsi, corresti, corse, corremmo, correste, corsero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: corso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
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<\/p>\n
Crescere (grow)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: crebbi, crescesti, crebbe, crescemmo, cresceste, crebbero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: cresciuto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
accrescere (increase); decrescere (decrease); ricrescere (regrow)<\/p>\n
Cuocere (cook)<\/h5>\n
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- Presente<\/strong>: cuocio, cuoci, cuoce, c(u)ociamo, c(u)ocete, cuociono<\/li>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: cossi, c(u)ocesti, cosse, c(u)ocemmo, c(u)oceste, cossero<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo presente<\/strong>: cuocia, cuocia, cuocia, c(u)ociamo, c(u)ociate, cuociano<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: cotto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
scuocere (overcook)<\/p>\n
Decidere (decide)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: decisi, decidesti, decise, decidemmo, decideste, decisero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: deciso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
circoncidere (circumsise); coincidere (coincide); incidere (incise, weigh on); recidere (truncate); uccidere (kill)<\/p>\n
Difendere (defend)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: difesi, difendesti, difese, difendemmo, difendeste, difesero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: difeso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
offendere (offend)<\/p>\n
Dipingere (paint)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: dipinsi, dipingesti, dipinse, dipingemmo, dipingeste, dipinsero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: dipinto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
ridipingere (repaint)<\/p>\n
Dirigere (direct)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: diressi, dirigesti, diresse, dirigemmo, dirigeste, diressero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: diretto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
erigere (erect)<\/p>\n
Discutere (discuss)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: discussi, discutesti, discusse, discutemmo, discuteste, discussero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: discusso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
incutere (instil)<\/p>\n
Distinguere (discern)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: distinsi, distinguesti, distinse, distinguemmo, distingueste, distinsero<\/li>\n
- Participio<\/strong> passato<\/strong>: distinto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
contraddistinguere (mark, distinguish); estinguere (extinguish)<\/p>\n
Dividere (divide)<\/h5>\n
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- Passato remoto<\/strong>: divisi, dividesti, divise, dividemmo, divideste, divisero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: diviso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
condividere (share); suddividere (split)<\/p>\n
Dovere (have to, must)<\/h5>\n
<\/span><\/h5>\n
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- Presente<\/strong>: devo (or debbo), devi, deve, dobbiamo, dovete, devono (or debbono)<\/li>\n
- Futuro<\/strong>: dovr\u00f2, dovrai, dovr\u00e0, dovremo, dovrete, dovranno<\/li>\n
- Congiuntivo<\/strong> presente<\/strong>: debba, debba, debba, dobbiamo, dobbiate, debbano<\/li>\n
- Condizionale<\/strong> presente<\/strong>: dovrei, dovresti, dovrebbe, dovremmo, dovreste, dovrebbero<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Verbs of the same family<\/h4>\n
none<\/p>\n
Please take some time for solving the interactive exercise about irregular verbs in Italian. Click on start and allow a few seconds for the quiz to load.<\/p>\n
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- Futuro<\/strong>: dovr\u00f2, dovrai, dovr\u00e0, dovremo, dovrete, dovranno<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: diviso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio<\/strong> passato<\/strong>: distinto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: discusso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: diretto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: dipinto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: difeso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: deciso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: cossi, c(u)ocesti, cosse, c(u)ocemmo, c(u)oceste, cossero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: cresciuto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: corso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio<\/strong> passato<\/strong>: concesso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: compresso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Passato remoto<\/strong>: colsi, cogliesti, colse, cogliemmo, coglieste, colsero<\/li>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: chiuso<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Participio passato<\/strong>: chiesto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Futuro<\/strong>: cadr\u00f2, cadrai, cadr\u00e0, cadremo, cadrete, cadranno<\/li>\n
- Fa freddo! Carlo non ha chiuso<\/em> la porta.<\/li>\n
- Some verbs have only an irregular\u00a0Passato Remoto<\/a>\u00a0and 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 “