1. The meaning of each verb and how to conjugate correctly.
ARE Verbs in Italian
The meaning of each verb and how to conjugate correctly.

2. What is a verb?
A verb is an action word. It describes what something or someone is doing.
How do you conjugate a verb in English?

3. The verb: to eat 1st- list your subject pronouns.
2nd – conjugate the verb
I eat we eat
You eat you all eat
He/she/it eats they eat

4. Conjugating in Italian
Italian verbs come in 3 forms
ARE, ERE, and IRE
Verbs have different endings according to which group they are in.
How do you know which group they are in?
The infinitive will end in either ARE, ERE, or IRE
What is an infinitive?
The un-conjugated form of a verb

5. ARE verb meanings
Using the sheet provided and your Italian dictionaries, find what each verb means in Italian.

6. Conjugating in Italian
Look at infinitive to make sure it is an ARE verb.
List subject pronouns in chart form.
Drop ARE from verb
Add appropriate endings for each person
Use in a sentence!!!!

7. ARE Verb Endings io – o tu – i lei/lui/Lei - a noi – iamo voi – ate
loro/Loro - ano

8. Parlare – to speak io – parlo tu – parli lei/lui/Lei - parla
noi – parliamo
voi – parlate
loro/Loro - parlano

9. Adesso, è toca voi! Write these sentences in italiano.
We dance. _________________
You all listen. _______________
They prepare. _______________
I sing. ______________________
He watches. _________________
She learns. __________________
They swim. __________________
I play (an instrument) ___________
We wait for. __________________
You (tu) teach. ________________

10. Exit Quiz! Close your books. Get out a piece of paper.
Conjugate the following verbs
Don’t forget to list the infinitive, the subject pronouns and the verb!
Mangiare
Giocare
Studiare