The Italian present tense

Let’s learn the structure of the Italian present tense (it. il presente), its use and some important irregular verbs. You’ll also also some illustrated cards and exercises.

The three verb classes

Before we talk about the present, we need to know that the verbs in Italian are divided into three verb classes. These are -are, -ere and -ire. These classes correspond to the ending of the infinitive form, so for example amare to love ends with –are, therefore it’s an –are verb. In order to conjugate the verb properly, you need to know to which class the verb belongs.

AREamare to love , giocare to play, mangiare to eat, lavorare to work, parlare to speak
EREvivere to live, leggere to read, scrivere to write, prendere to take, conoscere to know
IREpartire to leave/depart, dormire to sleep, aprire to open, sentire to hear, offrire to offer

The structure of the Italian present tense

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