Italian Regular -ere Verbs - Lawless Italian Grammar

Verbi regolari della seconda coniugazione


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The second category of Italian verbs end in –ere. To conjugate them in the present tense, 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	-ete
3rd person	lui	-e	loro	-ono

Thus to conjugate credere, you’ll remove the infinitive ending –ere to find the radical cred– and then add the appropriate endings:

CREDERE	Singular		Plural
1st person	io	credo	noi	crediamo
2nd person	tu	credi	voi	credete
3rd person	lui	crede	loro	credono

Common regular -ere verbs

accedere		to access
accendere		to turn on
apprendere		to learn
assumere		to assume; to hire, employ
attendere		to wait for
battere		to beat
chiedere		to ask
chiudere		to close
comprendere		to understand, to include
correre		to run, hurry
credere		to believe
decedere		to die
decidere		to decide
descrivere		to describe
dibattere		to debate
discutere		to discuss
mettere		to put
perdere		to lose
precedere		to precede
premere		to press
prendere		to take
pretendere		to claim
promettere		to promise
rendere		to give back, return
ricevere		to receive
ridere		to laugh
ripetere		to repeat
rispondere		to answer
rompere		to break
scendere		to descend, go down
scrivere		to write
sorridere		to smile
spendere		to spend
temere		to fear
tessere		to weave
vedere		to see
vendere		to sell
vivere		to live