Buongiorno!

Here you’ll find all verbs from Lesson 6 – answers for the homework. Reference tables only.

Lavorare (to work, verb of 1st type)

• io lavoro – I work
• tu lavori – you work (singular)
• lui/lei lavora – he/she works
• noi lavoriamo – we work
• voi lavorate – you work
• loro lavorano – they work

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Ciao a tutti! Sono Taras. È voi? – Hello everyone, I’m Taras. And you?

As we know from previous lesson 5, there are 3 type of verbs in Italian: ending on -are, -ere and -ire. Like parlare (to speak), scrivere (to write) and aprire (to open). Today we gonna learn how to transform the third type of verbs, ending on -ire.

Our today’s examples: partire (to leave), dormire (to sleep), aprire (to open).

Partire – to leave

• io parto – I leave
• tu parti – you leave (singular)
• lui/lei parte – he/she leaves
• noi partiamo – we leave
• voi partite – you leave (plural)
• loro partono – they leave

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Ciao a tutti! Sono professore d’Italiano :) He-he, I’m kidding.

As we know, verbs in italian change their’s form in conjunction with different pronouns. We already know how to change the verbs ending on -are: parlare, studiare, amare. But, not all italian verbs end on -are!

There are 3 types of verbs in Italian:

1. ending on -are (parlare – to speak, studiare – to study, amare – to love)
2. -ere (scrivere – to write, vivere – lo live, prendere – to take)
3. -ire (partire – to leave, dormire – to sleep, aprire – to open)
4. +irregular special cases. But they also end on -are, -ere and -ire.

Each type has it’s own transformation rules. And this is something that we need to remember.

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Ciao a tutti! Sono Taras. È voi? – Greetings all! I’m Taras. And you?

• Oggi noi parliamo Italiano – Today we speak Italian
• Oggi parliamo Italiano – Today we speak Italian

As usual we skipped noi (we) pronoun. By the parliamo ending the actor is clear – we. See Lesson 3 for the forms of parlare (to speak) verb.

We learned stress rules, and we gonna add some spelling today. And we’ll pick up few new words – name of different languages in Italian.

Lingue – Languages

• Portoghese
• Inglese

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