Radicali irregolari nel futuro e nel condizionale
Irregular Italian verbs have various levels of irregularity in their future and conditional stems.
1) Some just drop the final –e like regular verbs.
| dare | dar- | |
| dire | dir- | |
| fare | far- | |
| porre* | porr- | |
| stare | star- | |
| tradurre** | tradurr- |
* And other verbs that end in –orre
** And other verbs that end in –urre
2) Some also elide the preceding vowel:
| andare | andr- | |
| avere | avr- | |
| cadere | cadr- | |
| dovere | dovr- | |
| potere | potr- | |
| sapere | sapr- | |
| vedere | vedr- | |
| vivere | vivr- |
3) A few acquire a second r:
| bere | berr- | |
| rimanere | rimarr- | |
| tenere | terr- | |
| venire | verr- | |
| volere | vorr- |
4) And essere is in a class all by itself: sar-
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