Verb Drills 1 - Lesson 3

Regular ERE Verbs

After this class you should;
Know and identify 56 Italian verbs with the infinitive ERE ending
Conjugate regular Italian ERE verbs in the present tense

Grammar

Conjugating regular Italian verbs ending with ERE in the present tense

Infinitive – “…A verb form that functions as a substantive while retaining certain verbal characteristics, such as modification by adverbs, and that in English may be preceded by to, as in To go willingly is to show strength or We want him to work…” 1

There are three main categories of Italian Verbs known as 1st, 2nd and 3rd conjugation. Here is the most obvious, initial difference;

1st Conjugation verbs are verbs that end with the letters ARE in the infinitive form.
2nd Conjugation verbs are verbs that end with the letters ERE in the infinitive form.
3rd Conjugation verbs are verbs that end with the letters IRE in the infinitive form.
(These ending are “Infinitive endings”)

To illustrate how to conjugate an ERE verb, I like to use a math equation as an example but first here are the conjugated endings for ERE verbs;

Subject Pronoun

Io
Tu
Lui/Lei
Noi
Voi
Loro

Ending

o
i
e
iamo
ete
ono

To conjugate = infinitive verb – infinitive ending = verb stem + conjugated ending = conjugated verb. Example;
Vedere (To See) - ere = Ved + iamo (ending for we) = Vediamo (We see)

Vedere conjugated in the present tense

Io
Tu
Lui/Lei
Noi
Voi
Loro

Vedo
Vedi
Vede
Vediamo
Vedete
Vedono

I see
You see
He/She/It sees
We see
Y'all see
They see

1 The definitions or portions thereof were taken from thefreedictionary.com

Printable Homework

basic online exercise

advanced online exercise

Vocabulary

accadere
accedere
accendere
apprendere
assistere
assolvere
assumere
attendere
cadere
cedere
chiedere
chiudere
comprendere
concludere
condividere
confondere
conoscere
consistere
convincere
correggere
correre
risolvere
rispondere
rompere
scendere
scrivere
sorridere
spingere

to happen
to access
to turn on
to learn
to assist
to absolve
to assume, hire
to wait for, to attend
to fall
to yield
to ask
to close
to comprehend
to conclude
to share
to confuse
to know
to consist
to convince
to correct
to run
to resolve
to respond/answer
to break
to descend
to write
to smile
to push

credere
crescere
decidere
difendere
discutere
distinguere
dividere
esistere
godere
includere
insistere
leggere
mettere
nascondere
perdere
permettere
piangere
prendere
pretendere
promuovere
ridere
succedere
temere
trasmettere
vedere
vincere
vivere

to believe
to grow
to decide
to defend
to discuss
to distinguish
to divide
to exist
to enjoy
to include
to insist
to read
to put
to hide
to lose
to allow
to cry
to take
to pretend
to promote
to laugh
to happen
to fear
to broadcast
to see
to win
to live

Printable Vocabulary

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Downloadable Podcast

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(Italian to English)

(English to Italian)

printable crossword

Comprehension

printable video dialog coming soon

Printable Practice Sheets

printable comprehension crossword

useful Italian phrase;

Lasciami in pace! Vattene! (inf)
Mi lasci in pace! / Se ne vada! (frm)
Leave me alone!

Class Dialog

Using only the vocabulary we have learned so far, learn how to say everything below in Italian (except anything that may be in " "), print out and bring the printable form of this dialog and be prepared to say the dialog below for one of the persons in class.

Person #1 – Excuse me, do you know Phillip?
Person #2 – No, I do not know Phillip. Why do you ask?
Person #1 – He corrects my Italian.
Person #2 – You speak Italian well.
Person #1 – Thank you but I don’t read Italian well.
Person #2 – Do you write Italian?
Person #1 – No, but they write Italian.
Person #2 – Who are they?
Person #1 – They are students. They are American.
Person #2 – Do they correct your Italian?
Person #1 – No they don’t correct my Italian.
Person #2 – Insist!
Person #1 – No, I don’t convince well.
Person #2 – See the man near to the house?
Person #1 – Yes, I see the man, why?
Person#2 – We always see the man and he corrects Italian.
Person#1 – He will correct my Italian?
Person#2 – Smile and ask.
Person #1 – OK, I promise. Tomorrow I ask the man.
Person#2 – Don’t fear, ask the man.
Person#1 – I don’t fear. I run. Goodbye
Person#2 –Goodbye

printable class dialog

You can learn more about regular ERE verbs on these pages of the following books.

80 - 81 (page #'s may vary as I have an older edition) of "Ciao" by Carla Federici & Carla Larese Riga, copyright 1986.
107 - 108 and 113 of the book "Complete Italian Grammar" by Marcel Dansesi, copyright 1976.
207 - 212 of the book "Italian Grammar Drills" by Paola Nanni-Tate, copyright 2007.
13 - 19 of the book "Italian Verb Drills" (Third Edition) by Paola Nanni-Tate, copyright 2011.

If you do not own these books, don't worry, it is not mandatory that you do unless you were instructed to buy them at the beginning of the class. However, they can be very useful in a lot of ways and if you would like to know more about these books and where to buy them, simply go to our online bookstore or quicker yet, just click on the appropriate book below.

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