The largest category of regular Italian verbs are those that end in –are. To conjugate them, remove the infinitive ending and then add one of the following verb endings:
Singular
Plural
1st person
io
-o
noi
-iamo
2nd person
tu
-i
voi
-ate
3rd person
lui
-a
loro
-ano
Thus to conjugate parlare, you’ll remove the infinitive ending –are to find the radical parl– and then add the appropriate endings:
PARLARE
Singular
Plural
1st person
io
parlo
noi
parliamo
2nd person
tu
parli
voi
parlate
3rd person
lui
parla
loro
parlano
Common regular -are verbs
abitare
to live, inhabit
aiutare
to help
amare
to love
arrivare
to arrive
ascoltare
to listen to
aspettare
to wait for
baciare*
to kiss
bastare
to suffice, be enough
camminare
to walk
cantare
to sing
causare
to cause
cenare
to have dinner
chiamare
to call
cominciare*
to begin, start
comprare
to buy
conservare
to conserve, keep
considerare
to consider
consigliare
to advise
costare
to cost
cucinare
to cook
curare
to take care of, treat
disegnare*
to draw
diventare
to become
dubitare
to doubt
entrare
to enter
evitare
to avoid
fumare
to smoke
guardare
to watch, look
guidare
to drive
imparare
to learn
incontrare
to meet, encounter
indossare
to wear, put on
insegnare*
to teach
lamentare
to complain
lasciare*
to leave
lavare
to wash
lavorare
to work
mangiare*
to eat
nuotare
to swim
ordinare
to organize, sort, put in order
parlare
to speak
passare
to pass, go by; to drop in; to spend time
pensare
to think
portare
to take, bring
pranzare
to have lunch
prenotare
to book, reserve
provare
to try
restare
to stay, remain
ricordare
to remember
salutare
to greet, say hello
salvare
to save
sbagliare
to make a mistake, be wrong
sperare
to hope
studiare
to study
tagliare
to cut
tornare
to return, go back
trovare
to find
viaggiare*
to travel
visitare
to visit
The vast majority of verbs that end in –are follow this pattern; there are only four exceptions.
* These verbs have slight spelling changes in certain conjugations which will be explained in a future lesson.
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