{"id":9229,"date":"2022-07-20T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2023-01-18T18:36:47","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T17:36:47","slug":"verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Verb Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Italian verbs have seven main forms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/infinitive\/\">Infinito (Infinitive)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/participles\/\">Participio<strong class=\"style74\">\u00a0<\/strong>(Participle)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/gerund\/\">Gerundio<strong class=\"style74\">\u00a0<\/strong>(Gerund)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/present-tense\/\">Indicativo<strong class=\"style74\">\u00a0<\/strong>(Indicative)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/subjunctive\/\">Congiuntivo<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Subjunctive)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/conditional\/\">Condizionale<strong class=\"style74\">\u00a0<\/strong>(Conditional)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/imperative\/\">Imperativo<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Imperative)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They are divided into 3 groups, depending on their ending:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"32%\" height=\"17\"><strong>-are<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\">Mangi<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">are<\/span> (to eat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"32%\" height=\"17\"><strong>-ere<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\">Cred<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ere<\/span><strong class=\"style75\">\u00a0<\/strong>(to believe)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"32%\" height=\"17\"><strong>-ire<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"68%\">Offr<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ire<\/span><strong class=\"style75\">\u00a0<\/strong>(to offer)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Verbs can be used in the active, passive and reflexive forms.<\/p>\n<p>When the subject of the sentence is performing the action we use<strong> the\u00a0<span class=\"style200\">active<\/span>\u00a0form<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Luca\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">lancia\u00a0<\/span>la palla.<br \/>\n(Luca throws the ball.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When the subject of the sentence has something done to it and does not do it itself, we use the\u00a0<strong><span class=\"style200\">passive<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>form:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>La palla\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00e8 lanciata<\/span> da Luca.<br \/>\n(The ball is thrown by Luca.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When the subject does the action to itself, we use the\u00a0<strong><span class=\"style200\">reflexive<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>form:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Io\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">mi lavo<\/span>\u00a0la faccia.<br \/>\n(I wash my face.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian verbs have seven main forms: Infinito (Infinitive) Participio\u00a0(Participle) Gerundio\u00a0(Gerund) Indicativo\u00a0(Indicative) Congiuntivo\u00a0(Subjunctive) Condizionale\u00a0(Conditional) Imperativo\u00a0(Imperative) They are divided into 3 groups, depending on their ending: -are Mangiare (to eat) -ere Credere\u00a0(to believe) -ire Offrire\u00a0(to offer) Verbs can be used in the active, passive and reflexive forms. When the subject of the sentence is performing the action we use the\u00a0active\u00a0form: Luca\u00a0lancia\u00a0la palla. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[447],"class_list":["post-9229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-reference","tag-elementary-level-a1-a2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Italian Verb Forms - One World Italiano<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Improve your italian knoweledge. 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