-ere & -ire verbs

-ere & -ire verbs

Types of verbs in Italian

• In Italian there are 4 categories of verbs. They are irregulars, are, ere and ire verbs. -ARE, -ERE and -IRE verbs are classified that way because those are the letters those types of verbs end with and they follow a pattern when we conjugate them.

• Irregulars - essere and avere

• -ARE - parlare, mangiare, giocare...

• -ERE - scrivere, leggere, prendere...

• -IRE - dormire, offrire, servire...

Multiple Choice

In Italian there are 4 types of verbs. One group is irregular verbs. What are the other 3 categories of verbs?

• -are, -ore, -ure

• -are, -ere, -ire

• sono, sei, e'

Verb Conjugation

As a reminder, verb conjugation is changing the ending of a verb to indicate who/what we are talking to/about. An unconjugated verb is known as an infinitive verb.

-ARE, -ERE and -IRE verbs will follow patterns meaning that all -are verbs are conjugated the same way, all -ere verbs are conjugated the same way and all -ire verbs are conjugated the same way. Those patterns make it easy to use even brand new verbs we have never learned before.

Multiple Choice

Verbs that end in -are such as parlare, giocare and guardare all have different endings/conjugations.

• vero

• falso

-ARE Verbs

We previously learned about -are verbs. We learned that when conjugating -are verbs, the first step is to DROP THE -ARE and then add the appropriate ending. Below is an example of an are verb conjugation pattern.

Lavorare - to work (this verb is currently written in the infinitive form)

Conjugations of lavorare - io lavoro, tu lavori, lui/lei lavora, noi lavoriamo, voi lavorate, loro lavorano.

-are, -ere and -ire conjugations

To the right is a comparison of -are, -ere and -ire verbs. You see that the first thing to be done is to drop the -are, -ere and -ire and then add the appropriate conjugation in red. As you can see, the io, tu and noi conjugations are the same for all 3.

-ere and -ire conjugations

The -ere and -ire verb conjugation is identical except for the voi (you all) conjugation.

Multiple Choice

What is the only difference between the conjugation of an -ere and -ire verb.

• The io form

• The noi form

• The voi form

Multiple Choice

Below are conjugations of an -are verb and one is for -ere and -ire verbs. Which is the one for -ere and -ire verbs?

• o, i, e, iamo, ete/ite, ono

• o, i, a, iamo, ate, ano

Ripasso (Recap)

• Other than irregular verbs, we have 3 types. -ARE, -ERE and -IRE verbs.

• To conjugate them, the first step is to drop the -are, -ere and -ire and then to add the appropriate ending.

• Those 3 groups each follow there own conjugation patterns

Ripasso (Recap)

• Between all 3, the io, tu and noi forms are identical

• The only difference between -ere and -ire verbs is the voi conjugation