ARE Verbs in Italian

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ARE Verbs in Italian

• The meaning of each verb and how to conjugate
  correctly.

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What is a verb?

• A verb is an action word. It describes what
  something or someone is doing.
• How do you conjugate a verb in English?

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The verb to eat

• 1st- list your subject pronouns.
• 2nd conjugate the verb
• I eat we eat
• You eat you all eat
• He/she/it eats they eat

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Conjugating in Italian

• Italian verbs come in 3 forms
• ARE, ERE, and IRE
• Verbs have different endings according to which
  group they are in.
• How do you know which group they are in?
• The infinitive will end in either ARE, ERE, or
  IRE
• What is an infinitive?
• The un-conjugated form of a verb

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ARE verb meanings

• Using the sheet provided and your Italian
  dictionaries, find what each verb means in
  Italian.

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Conjugating in Italian

• Look at infinitive to make sure it is an ARE
  verb.
• List subject pronouns in chart form.
• Drop ARE from verb
• Add appropriate endings for each person
• Use in a sentence!!!!

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ARE Verb Endings

• io o
• tu i
• lei/lui/Lei - a

• noi iamo
• voi ate
• loro/Loro - ano

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Parlare to speak

• io parlo
• tu parli
• lei/lui/Lei - parla

• noi parliamo
• voi parlate
• loro/Loro - parlano

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Adesso, è toca voi!

• Write these sentences in italiano.
• We dance. _________________
• You all listen. _______________
• They prepare. _______________
• I sing. ______________________
• He watches. _________________
• She learns. __________________
• They swim. __________________
• I play (an instrument) ___________
• We wait for. __________________
• You (tu) teach. ________________

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Exit Quiz!

• Close your books.
• Get out a piece of paper.
• Conjugate the following verbs
• Dont forget to list the infinitive, the subject
  pronouns and the verb!
• Mangiare
• Giocare
• Studiare