A.How do we conjugate -ere and -ire verbs?

• drop the -ere/-ire from the infinitive

• replace with an appropriate ending

• the subject determines the ending(i.e the conjugation)

Examples of regular verbs ending in -ere

• chiedere, prendere

• conoscere, scrivere

• leggere, spendere

• mettere, vedere

• perdere, vincere

• Note: The Meaning for all words is found on page 82.

Examples of regular verbs ending in -ire

• aprire

• dormire

• offrire

• seguire

• sentire

• servire

• Note: The Meaning for all words is found on page 82.

B.Verbs ending in -cere, -gere, and scere....

have a hard sound of -co, -go, and sco in the io and loro forms...

examples

• vincere-Io vinco-I win(hard sound). , Tu vinci-You win(soft sound).

• Iegggere-Io leggo-I read(hard sound), Tu leggi.-You read(soft sound)

• conoscere-Io conosco-I know(hard sound), Tu conosci.-You read(hard sound)

C.What about certain specific verbs that end in -ire(example...finire)

these certain verbs add -isc to form present-indicative tense of io, tu, lui/lei(Lei), and loro

CONJUGATION TABLE SHOWING AN -IRE VERB WITH THE -ISC ENDINGS

-ire verbs that have an -isc in the io, tu, lui/lei(Lei), and loro forms & examples.

• capire

• preferire

• pulire

• restituire

• spedire

• Antonio preferisce....

• I corsi universitari finiscono....

REMINDER

Meaning of all verbs are found on pages 82 and 83. You must know their meaning.