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The following Italian tutorial was written by a soon to be graduate student in linguistics named Jennifer Wagner, who runs a fantastic website called Indo-European Languages - ielanguages.com. We thank her for generously allowing us to post her work here! |
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33. Italian Essere Verbs
| arrivare | arrive |
| andare | go |
| uscire | go out |
| entrare | enter |
| costare | cost |
| venire (venuto) | come |
| essere (stato) | be |
| partire | leave |
| stare (stato) | stay, be |
| sparire | disappear |
| tornare | come back/return |
These verbs that are conjugated with essere must agree with the subject. Irregular past participles are in parentheses.
| Andare-to go | |
|---|---|
| sono andato/a | siamo andati/e |
| sei andato/a | siete andati/e |
| è andato/a | sono andati/e |
Note: Sono andato means I went, I was going, or I did go. Remember that -o is masculine and -a is feminine. The -i ending indicates all males or males and females; whereas the -e ending indicates only females.
