Regular verbs in the present indicative have different conjugations in each verb group. Here are the regular conjugations of the first group [-are].
Person | -are | Parlare | Verb [to speak] |
io tu lui/lei noi voi loro | -o -i -a -iamo -ate -ano | parl-o parl-i parl-a parl-iamo parl-ate parl-ano | I speak you speak he/she speaks we speak you speak they speak |
There are some particulate conjugations of verbs in the first conjugations, such as.
1. Verbs in (-care) and (-gare).
Verbs ending in -care and -gare (praticare, negare, etc.) retain the velar pronunciation (i.e. /k/ and /g/) by inserting an h between the root and the endings that begin with i:
Praticare (to practise) | Negare (to deny) |
pratico pratichi pratica pratichiamo praticate praticano | nego neghi nega neghiamo negate negano |
2. Verbs in (-ciare) and (-giare).
Verbs ending in (-ciare) and (-giare) have only one (i) in the second person singular (tu) and the first plural (noi):
But some verbs, such as [Sciare (to ski)] have two (i) in the second person singular (tu):
rinunciare (to renounce) | mangiare (to eat) | sciare (to ski) |
rinuncio rinunci rinuncia rinunciamo rinunciate rinunciano | mangio mangi mangia mangiamo mangiate mangiano | scio scii scia sciamo sciate sciano |
3. Verbs in (- iare).
The verbs in (-iare), which in the 1st person of the present indicative do not have the accent on the (i) (càmbio, inìzio) lose the (i) of the stem before the endings that begin with i:
Some verbs such as [avviare (to stare), inviare, rinviare] have two (i) in the second person singular (tu): (avvii, invii, rinvii). The two i‘s are also retained in cases of possible ambiguity: odii (from the verb odiare) so as not to confuse it with odi (from the verb udire).
Cambiare (to change) | Iniziare (to start) | Inviare (to send) | Odiare (to hate) |
cambio cambi cambia cambiamo cambiate cambiano | inizio inizi inizia iniziamo iniziate iniziano | invio invii invia inviamo inviate inviano | odio odii odia odiamo odiate odiano |