1. I Verbi di ARE Conjugating regular verbs that end in ARE

2. What is a verb? A verb is an action word. ~Examples: To walk, to run, to eat ~A sentence without a verb is called a fragment. ~Verbs are given in their Infinitive form then must be conjugated. ~In Italiano, verbs are broken into 3 categories: are, ere, and ire.

3. Conjugating in English To talk I talkWe talk You talkYou all talk He/she/it talksthey talk

4. Rules for Conjugating in Italian 1)Identify the infinitive of the verb. 2)Determine which category verb is in (are/ere/ire) 3)Drop are/ere/ire ending from verb. 4)Add appropriate verb endings. PARLARE Root - ending

5. Now conjugate in Italiano! Verb = Parlare Parlare = to speak io – parlonoi - parliamo tu – parlivoi - parlate lei/lui/Lei – parlaloro/Loro -parlano

6. Verbs that you already know… ascoltare = to listen toNuotare = to swim aspettare = to wait forParlare = to speak Ballare = to dancePreparare = to prepare Cantare = to singStudiare = to study Giocare = to play (a sport)Suonare = to play Guardare = to watch(an instrument) Imparare = to learn Insegnare = to teach Mangiare = to eat

7. E toca voi! 1.The girl dances to the song. 2.My mom waits for the bus 3.She prepares the lesson. 4.They play the piano. 5.I listen to the music. 6.You all learn Italian. 7.Luigi does not swim in the sea. 8.We study for 4 hours. 9.Who eats the pizza? 10.I play soccer with Francesco.