{"id":9180,"date":"2022-11-03T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T16:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=9180"},"modified":"2023-10-07T17:41:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T15:41:16","slug":"present-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/present-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Present Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The present tense is used to talk about things which happen regularly or are happening at the time of speaking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>actions happening at the time of speaking:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>La mamma <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">prepara\u00a0<\/span>la cena.<br \/>\n(Mum is getting dinner ready.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I ragazzi <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">giocano\u00a0<\/span>a calcio nel cortile.<br \/>\n(The boys are playing football in the yard.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Giulia <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">legge\u00a0<\/span>un libro.<br \/>\n(Giulia is reading a book.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Oggi <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ho\u00a0<\/span>molto da fare al lavoro.<br \/>\n(I have a lot to do at work.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>actions which happen regularly:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Paolo <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">va<\/span> in palestra tre volte alla settimana.<br \/>\n(Paolo goes to the gym three times a week.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Ogni giorno Lidia e Giorgio <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">accompagnano\u00a0<\/span>la loro\/Loro bambina a scuola.<br \/>\n(Every day Lidia and Giorgio take their children to school.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Ogni mattina Nadia <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fa\u00a0<\/span>colazione alle nove.<br \/>\n(Every day Nadia has breakfast at nine o&#8217;clock.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Tutte le domeniche <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sono<\/span> a casa di mia mamma.<br \/>\n(Every Sunday I am at my mum&#8217;s house.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The present tense of mangi<strong><span class=\"style93\">are<\/span><\/strong>, cred<strong><span class=\"style93\">ere<\/span><\/strong>, part<strong><span class=\"style93\">ire<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<h5>Mangiare (to eat)<\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>io mangi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">o<\/span><br \/>\ntu mang<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">i<\/span><br \/>\nlui\/lei\/Lei mangi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">a<\/span><br \/>\nnoi mangi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">amo<\/span><br \/>\nvoi mangi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ate<\/span><br \/>\nloro\/Loro mangi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ano<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"35%\">\n<h5>Credere (to believe)<\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>io cred<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">o<\/span><br \/>\ntu cred<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">i<\/span><br \/>\nlui\/lei\/Lei cred<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">e<\/span><br \/>\nnoi credi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">amo<\/span><br \/>\nvoi cred<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ete<\/span><br \/>\nloro\/Loro cred<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ono<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"33%\">\n<h5>Partire (to leave)<\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>io part<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">o<\/span><br \/>\ntu part<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">i<\/span><br \/>\nlui\/lei\/Lei part<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">e<\/span><br \/>\nnoi parti<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">amo<\/span><br \/>\nvoi part<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ite<\/span><br \/>\nloro\/Loro part<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ono<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The present tense of\u00a0<strong><span class=\"style93\">essere<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong><span class=\"style93\">avere<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<h5>Essere (to be)<\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>io <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sono<\/span><br \/>\ntu\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sei<\/span><br \/>\nlui\/lei\/Lei\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00e8<\/span><br \/>\nnoi\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">siamo<\/span><br \/>\nvoi\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">siete<\/span><br \/>\nloro\/Loro\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sono<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"50%\">\n<h5>Avere (to have)<\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>io <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ho<\/span><br \/>\ntu\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">hai<\/span><br \/>\nlui\/lei\/Lei\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ha<\/span><br \/>\nnoi\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">abbiamo<\/span><br \/>\nvoi\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avete<\/span><br \/>\nloro\/Loro\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">hanno<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>See also:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/italian-verb-tenses-exercises\/present-indicative-crossword\/\">Present Indicative of Regular Verbs \u2013 Crossword<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/italian-verb-tenses-exercises\/first-conjugation-verbs-present-indicative\/\">First Conjugation Verbs Present Indicative<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/italian-verb-tenses-exercises\/second-conjugation-verbs-present-indicative\/\">Second Conjugation Verbs Present Indicative<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/italian-verb-tenses-exercises\/third-conjugation-verbs-present-indicative\/\">Third Conjugation Verbs Present Indicative<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/listening-italian\/exercises-music\/present-simple-negramaro\/\">Present Simple<\/a> Canzone in italiano: Negramaro \u2013 Un Passo Indietro<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/listening-italian\/exercises-music\/italian-present-tense\/\">Italian Present Tense Exercise<\/a> Italian song: Max Gazz\u00e8, Mentre dormi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The present tense is used to talk about things which happen regularly or are happening at the time of speaking. actions happening at the time of speaking: La mamma prepara\u00a0la cena. 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