Free Italian verbs guide

What's inside

• How Italian verbs workThe -are, -ere and -ire families, how the ending tells you who, why io and tu are usually dropped, where the stress falls, and tu, Lei and voi.
• The present tenseparlare, vendere, dormire and the -isc- verbs finire and capire in all six persons, then eleven verbs you hear all the time: essere, avere, andare, fare, stare, venire, potere, volere, dovere, dire and sapere.
• The pastThe passato prossimo with avere or essere, the -ato, -uto and -ito participles, ten irregular ones like fatto, detto, visto and preso, the essere verbs with agreement, and the imperfetto for how things were.
• Future and moreThe one-word future in one box, stare + gerundio for right now, reflexive verbs like chiamarsi and alzarsi, and mi piace or mi piacciono.
• PracticeTen lines you hear in shows, like Andiamo!, Non lo so and Come ti chiami?, to read and name the form, then ten verbs to put in the right form. Cover the answers with a strip of paper and check yourself.

How to use it

1. Learn a few basic words first. This guide builds on them.
2. Read the first page and say parlo, parliamo, parlano out loud, with the stress where the line is.
3. Say one column of a table each day, then cover it and say it again.
4. Cover the answers on the practice page, then listen for the same forms in shows with Kitsumi.

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