Italian verbs that end in –iare are conjugated very similarly to regular –are verbs, other than a small spelling change in certain conjugations.
If you conjugate a verb like baciare or mangiare in the present tense according to the normal rules, you get this:
io
bacio
mangio
tu
bacii
mangii
lui
bacia
mangia
noi
baciiamo
mangiiamo
voi
baciate
mangiate
loro
baciano
mangiano
For most of the conjugations, there’s no problem. But look at tu and noi: because the root ends in i and the endings begin with i, we end up with ii. We need to drop the duplicate i to get the correct conjugations:
io
bacio
mangio
tu
baci
mangi
lui
bacia
mangia
noi
baciamo
mangiamo
voi
baciate
mangiate
loro
baciano
mangiano
These corrective conjugations are required for all* verbs that end in –ciare,–sciare,–giare, and –gliare, including
-ciare verbs
annunciare
to announce
baciare
to kiss
cacciare
to hunt
cianciare
to babble
cominciare
to start
falciare
to mow
pronunciare
to pronounce
-sciare verbs
fasciare
to bind
lasciare
to leave
rilasciare
to release
rovesciare
to spill
strisciare
to crawl
* The only exception is the verb sciare: see –_iare verbs, below.
-giare verbs
amoreggiare
to flirt
arrangiare
to arrange
fregiare
to embellish
gareggiare
to compete
mangiare
to eat
pigiare
to push
sfregiare
to rub
viaggiare
to travel
-gliare verbs
cagliare
to curdle
fagliare
to fault
farfugliare
to babble
figliare
to give birth
intrugliare
to entangle
pigliare
to catch
ragliare
to bray
sbagliare
to make a mistake
sbrogliare
to unravel
tagliare
to cut
vagliare
to sift
-_iare verbs
Most verbs that end in something other than c, g, gl, or sc + –iare follow the same pattern, including
abbreviare
to shorten
appaiare
to pair
cambiare
to change
copiare
to copy
gonfiare
to inflate
iniziare
to begin
rischiare
to endanger
speziare
to season
studiare
to study
variare
to vary
But more than 10 – as well as the verb sciare – correct the double i only in the noi form: they keep it in the tu form.
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