English Verbs -- ISBN

 

Kaso

Verb Conjugation System

 

700 plus verbs completely conjugated

 

By Adolph Caso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents

 

A  General observations (Read only file)

 

  1. 1.Introduction        4 

  2. 2.Subject or personal pronouns—peculiarities        5 

  3. 3.Conjugations—Italian verbs        7 

  4. 4.Reflexives        8 

  5. 5.Regular verbs        9 

  6. 6.Irregular verbs—Intransitive, Transitive, Progressive        10 

  7. 7.Voice—Active or Passive        12 

  8. 8.Auxiliary or helping verbs        13 

  9. 9.Imperative or Command forms        17 

  10. 10.Gerunds and present participles        19 

        a) In present tenses

        b) In past tenses

        c) In future tenses

11.  Past participles        23

12.  The subjunctive24

13.  List of irregular past participles        26

 

B  Conjugation—(searchable files)

 

 

Note: The aim of the following presentation is to show how verb conjugation differs in English and in Italian.

 

1. Introduction

 

Verb conjugation in most languages is both complex and bewildering. Those who have studied Latin know its importance. Although that importance has diminished in English, when it comes to the Romance languages, verb conjugation remains a stumbling block. For English, however, on one hand verb conjugation is made easy when dealing with regular verbs; on the other hand it is made chaotic when dealing with irregular verbs.

 

With the Kaso Verb Conjugation System, we propose to conjugate most of the difficult verbs in three forms: in English, in a foreign language, and in English with a foreign language side by side—all instantly searchable in either a single language or in automatically translated two languages. The answers to your perplexed questions, therefore, immediately become clear!

 

Do you have questions about a specific Infinitive? Type it in the space provided, and you will get all of the derivative verb forms such as the subject pronouns, participles, simple tenses, compound tenses, and the subjunctive.

 

Do you know a verb form and not know its tense? Type it in the space provided and you will get its entire six-part conjugation.

 

Do you know a verb in one language and not the other? Type it in the space provided and you will presently get it in English and Italian, and, forthcoming, in English and Spanish, English and Portuguese, etc.

 

Do you need the conjugation of a verb not on our list, type it in the space provided, click on send, and we will make the conjugation available in no time!

 

The Kaso Verb Conjugation System is available as a download or as a CD. It can be an active file in your computer, ready to respond to and to your verb needs with quick, efficient, and timely information.

2. Subject or Personal pronouns--peculiarities

 

The difference between subject and personal pronouns may be in their use. If pronouns are used by themselves—i.e., not used as subjects of verbs, they are identified as personal. If they are used with verbs—i.e., in forming a tense with the pronoun being its subject (he reads; they read), they are identified as subject pronouns.

 

In English as in Italian, subject or personal pronouns represent peculiarities that are very dissimilar in each language.

 

English:

In the Kaso Verb Conjugation System, pronouns are presented in two formats:

 

    1.  As personal pronouns in a column by themselves and shown

         in this scheme: I, you, he (she it),and, we, you, they.

    2. As subject pronouns before verb forms and shown

         in this scheme: I, you, he, and, we, you, they.

 

     Note: you can search on any personal pronoun by itself, or on any subject pronoun and succeeding verb.

 

English has the problem of the pronoun you, because it is singular and plural, masculine and feminine at the same time. To know what you stands for, one has to have previous antecedent information.

 

The situation is not as bad with the pronoun they. We know t is the plural of either he, she,or, it, but we do not know its gender derivation.

 

Italian:

In Italian, the subject pronouns are not regularly used with verb forms, as explained below. The personal pronouns dominate, however, and the problem is twofold: grammatical and social.

 

Grammatically, subject pronouns need not be specified in that the verbs are conjugated with specific endings that identify the antecedent subjects. In daily usage, however, the second and third person singular and plural personal pronouns carry specific social messages.

 

The tu (you), for example, is used among close friends and relations. Its plural, voi (you), conforms to the same observation. The same thing can be said for the first person singular and plural: io (I), noi (we).

 

For look-up purposes, the singular third person personal pronouns, egli (he), ella (he, she, you), esso (it), lui (he), and lei (he, she you) are consolidated into lei; their plurals, essi, esse and, loro are consolidated into, loro.

 

The third person pronouns, both singular and plural, represent some veritable difficulties for Americans whose English ancestors did away with the special pronoun, thou. In a sense, modern Italians have retained that concept. However, changes are coming.

 

Presently, Italian pronouns are going through a phase wherein third person singular pronouns may be replaced by lei, and the plural may be replaced by loro. In our Verb Conjugation System, we are proposing to do away with the outdated system of using pronouns to indicate social status. As pronouns take the place of nouns, let them stand for gender and number only and not be concerned with the social status of individuals.

3. Conjugations

 

Verbs are based on infinitives, and these command the kind of conjugation.

 

In Italian, verbs fall into three conjugations and are for the most part regular; in English, verbs fall into one conjugation and are for the most part irregular. In both languages, infinitives dictate the conjugations. In English, the infinitives are constant in that they have one form: to be (essere), to have (avere), to depart (partire), to love (amare), etc.

 

In Italian, the infinitives have three forms:

 

First conjugation infinitives end in are—amare (to love).

Second conjugation infinites end in ere—vendere (to sell).

Third conjugation infinites end in ire—partire (to depart).

 

Many verbs are conjugated both as transitive and intransitive, depending on the existence of direct or indirect objects. In the Kaso Verb Conjugation System, verbs having this duality are identified in the column dedicated to the Past Participle. These verbs are conjugated either with essere or avere. When in doubt, refer to this column listing the past partciples for verification.

4. Reflexives

 

In English, verbs can be rendered reflexive through the use of reflexive pronouns such as myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves. In Italian, they are rendered through the corresponding pronouns, mi ti si ci vi si. Note that in English, there are three forms for the third person singular; in Italian, the si stands for himself, herself, itself and for themselves,

 

In reflexive verbs, the action goes to the subject. In Italian, when the past participle is used, it has to agree in gender and number with the subject. Reflexives can be applied for any tense.

 

Examples:

 

Narcissus loves himself.

 Narcisio si ama.

Actors admire themselves.

Gli attori si ammirano.

The politicians gave themselves a lot of praise.

I politicanti si         sono elogiati.

I saw myself in the mirror and I.

Mi sono visto nello specchio         e…

We beat ourself to death.

Ci siamo battuti fino alla morte.

The kids wash themselves.

I bambini si lavano.

The kids washed themselves.

I bambini si sono lavati.

 

Note: While in English the pronouns change their form, in Italian the participle changes its ending to agree with the subject.

 

In compound tenses, Italian uses essere and English uses to be as the auxiliary (helping) verbs. Note that in Italian, the past participle inflects.

 

Examples:

 

The politicians have given themselves a lot of praise.

I politicanti si sono dati molti elogi.

The boys will have prepared themselves for the exams.

I ragazzi si saranno ben preparati per gli esami.

The girls will have prepared themselves for the same exams.

Le ragazze si saranno preparate anche loro per gli esami.

Some boys  have given themselves a ten-point advantage.

Alcuni ragazzi si sono dati un vantaggio di dieci punti

5. Verbs—Regular

 

Regular verbs are those which retain specific patterns when conjugated. These are the easiest to learn. English, unfortunately, has fewer regular verbs; Italian has more, but their conjugations are more difficult because of the issue of the relationship (in compound tenses) between the subject and the past participles. Regular verbs are regular when both the helping verbs and the past participles retain the same endings.

 

Examples:

 

Romeo has loved Juliet a long time.

Romeo ha amato Giulietta da molto tempo.

The squirrels have jumped the whole day.

Gli scoiattoli hanno saltato tutto il giorno.

He will have loved her with all his heart.

Lui l’avrà amata con tutto il cuore.

 

Note that in English and in Italian, the verbs to love, to jump etc. maintain given patterns: to love, loving, loved, loved; similarly in Italian: amare, amando, amato. It is these qualities that make verbs regular; when past participles change (drink > drunk, go > went) etc, it is these changes that make verbs irregular.

 

In Italian, past participles end in either o, ,i a, or, e and maintain these endings in all compound tenses. In English, the participles do not change in their endings; they change as whole words.

6. Verbs—Irregular

 

Most of the verbs in English are irregular; that is, those verbs, when conjugated, do not follow given consistent patterns. Their irregularity, however, is attenuated by simplicity in conjugation. For example, English has two auxiliary or helping verbs—to have for all regular conjugations, and to be for all progressive tense conjugations. Because participles do not inflect (i.e. their endings do not change), we need not worry about the problem of agreement between the subject and their corresponding verb forms.

 

Most of the verbs in Italian are regular; that is, those verbs, when conjugated, follow given consistent patterns. Their regularity, however, belies complexities which often defy simple explanations. For example, Italian has three auxiliary or helping verbs: avere used with transitive verbs, essere used with intransitive verbs, and stare used with progressive tense conjugations. In addition, many verbs are either transitive or intransitive. If they are transitive, avere has to be used and the participles do not inflect; if they are intransitive, essere has to be used and the participles inflect. Transitive past participles, however, do have to inflect if used with object pronouns. In Italian, stare is used to form the progressive tenses, and its gerund does not change its ending; in English, to be is used to form the progressive tenses, and its present participle does not change.

 

Examples—Intransitive:

Joan has gone home.

Giovanna è andata a casa.

Joan and Mary have gone home.

Giovanna e Maria sono andate a casa.

John has died.

Giovanni è morto.

John and Mary have arrived.

Giovanna e Maria sono arrivati.

A little girl has just arrived.

Una bambina è appena arrivata.

 

Note that,  in Italian past participles agree with the subjects and that the auxiliary verb is from  essere; in English, the participle retains the same form, and the auxiliary verb is from to have.

Examples—Transitive:

 

Anthony has read five books.

Antonio ha letto cinque libri.

Susan and Frances have sung two songs.

Susanna e Francesca hanno cantato due canzoni.

The boys have played their games.

I ragazzi hanno giocato le loro partite.

We’ve read three books per day.

Noi abbiamo letto tre libri per giorno.

The boys have seen the girls regularly.

I ragazzi hanno visto le ragazze regolarmente.

 

Note that both in English and in Italian, the past participles do not inflect.

 

Examples—Progressive:

 

We are drinking orangeade, presently!

Stiamo vevendo arangiata, presentemente!

The mice were eating the wheat.

I topi stavano mangiando il grano.

At eight, they were going home.

Alle otto, stavano andando a casa.

 

Note that the English present participle becomes the gerund an either inflects. English uses to be as the auxiliary and Italian uses stare.

7. Voice--Active or Passive

 

English and Italian have two ways to express voice: Active and Passive.

 

In the Active Voice, the subject creates the action; in the Passive Voice, the subject receives the action. Thus, many writers use the Active Voice to show assertion, command, etc., in contrast to the Passive Voice which implies weakness, passivity, etc.

 

The General gives the order to attack.

Il General da l’ordine di attaccare.

The order to attack is given by the General.

L’ordine d’attacco è dato dal Generale.

Casanova has loved many women.

Casanova ha amato molte donne.

Many women have been loved by Casanova.

Molte donne sono state amate da Casanova.

 

 

8. Auxiliary or Helping verbs

 

Auxiliary verbs are also known as helping verbs, i.e., verb forms that are used with other verb forms to create compound tenses.

 

Sarah has worked very hard. Sara ha lavorato molto forte.

Sarah has gone to work. Sara è andata a lavorare.

 

In English, to have is the virtual helping verb and is used both with transitive and intransitive verbs. In the future and conditional perfect tenses, however, English uses both to be and to have.

 

Examples:

 

Victoria will have gone to the beauty salon.

Vittoria sarà andata dal parrucchiere.

The ladies would have seen the thieves if they had been awake.

Le signore avrebbero visto i ladri se fossero state sveglie.

a) In Italian, there are two main auxiliary verbs, avere and essere.

 

Because avere shows possession (I have something. Io ho qualche cosa. She reads a book. Lei legge un libro.)--avere is transitive. The action passes from the subject to the object.

 

Because essere shows action (They have gone home. Sono andati a casa. We’ve been happy with your choice of school. Siamo stati contenti sulla tua scelta di scuola.)--essere is intransitive. The action stays with the subject.

 

Conjugated forms of avere and of essere, together with participles of other verbs, are used to form compound tenses.

If the participle is transitive, its auxiliary verb-form is from avere and the participle does not generally inflect—i.e., it does not have to agree in gender or number with the subject.

 

If the participle is intransitive, its auxiliary verb-form is from essere and the participle has to inflect—i.e., it has to agree in gender and in number with the subject.

 

We ate the cake.

Abbiamo mangiato la torta

They drank the water.

Hanno bevuto l’acqua.

Judith has read the book.

Giuditta ha letto il libro.

We’ve gone away for the summer.

Siamo andati via  per l’estate.

They have left their apartment.

Sono partiti dal loro appartamento.

Judith has arrived and she’s home.

Giuditta è arrivata ed è a  casa

b) A few verbs, however, can be used transitively or intransitively,             depending on whether an object is used in the sentence.

 

In America, we say:  It has snowed. In Italy, they say Ha nevicato. (It has made snow.), or, È nevicato. (It has snowed.)

 

Here are some verbs that can be transitive or intransitive: correre to run, migliorare to get better, vivere to live, salire to go up, cessare to stop, convenire to agree, piovere to rain, nevicare to snow.

 

Examples:

 

The actress has run a great risk in this show.

L’attrice ha corso un grande rischio in questo spettacolo.

The actress has run down the road like a mad woman.

L’attrice è corsa giù per la strada impazzita.

The health of the actress has improved a lot.

La salute dell’attrice è migliorata di molto.

The fans’ acceptance of the actress  has improved.

L’accoglienza dell’attrice da parte dei suoi tifosi è migliorata.

The American actress has lived in Italy for two years.

L’attrice Americana è vissuta in Italia per due anni.

The actress has lived a great life in Italy.

L’asttrice ha vissuto (fatto) una grande vita in Italia.

The actress climbed the Saint Peter’s cupola many times.

L’attrice ha salito la cupola di San Pietro molte volte.

The actress climbed to the top with her last CD.

L’attrice è salita in cima con il suo ultimo CD.

The vagabond has stopped pursuing the actress.

Il vagabondo ha cessato di seguire l’attrice.

His pursuit has stopped.

Il suo inseguimento è cessato.

The actress agreed on the terms of her contract.

L’attrice ha convenuto i termini del suo contratto.

Her fans have gathered to honor her.

I suoi tifosi sono convenuti per onorarla

c) In Italian, there are several helping verbs used in idiomatic expressions, and derive from the following infinitives: stare to stay or to be, dare to give, andare to go, and, fare to do or to make.

 

stare to stay or to be is used to form the progressive tense:

We were about to leave when they arrived unexpectedly.

Stavamo lasciando casa quando arrivarono d’improvviso.

They’re talking about you and me.

Stanno parlando di me e di te.

Do not interrupt us; we’re working.

Non interrompere; stiamo lavorando.

 

dare to give:

The wall overlooks the beach.

Il muro dà sulla spiaggia.

With her falsetto, the singer gets on our nerves.

Con il suo falsetto, la cantante ci da ai nervi.

Under fire, the soldier took flight.

Sotto tiro, il soldato se la dette a gambe.

Daniela could have gotten the flue.

Può darsi che Daniela abbia preso l’influenza.

The actor’s jacket is striking.

La giacca dell’attore dà nell’occhio.

The granddaughter devotes a lot of time to her grandparents.

La nipotina si da da fare nei riguardi dei suoi nonni.

Tyrants never admit to defeat.

I tiranni non si danno mai per vinti.

It’s the boy that gone to her head, not the wine he’s drinking.

È il ragazzo che gli da alla testa, non il vino che sta bevendo.

The princess is giving them a wonderful welcome.

La principessa gli sta dando un magnifico benvenuto.

They attacked the enemy with wanton abandon.

Hanno dato addosso el nemico come niente fosse.

 

fare to become, to work:

The two sisters work as models for the magazine.

Le due sorelle fanno le modelle per la rivista.

Today, hardly any woman becomes a nun.

Oggi giorno quasi nessuna donna si fa sorella.

9. Imperatives or Command forms

 

In Italian, there are basically two types of command forms: the simple—deriving from the use of verb infinites, and the complex—deriving from the conjugated forms of verb infinites.

 

Simple forms of commands:

 

More and more, Italians are using the simple infinitive for their commands, replacing the many other forms derived from conjugated forms.

 

Do not smoke. Non fumare.

Drink the milk. Bere il latte.

No entrance allowed. Vietato entrare.

Do not enter. Non entrare.

Sleep well.Dormire bene.

Do not walk the road. Non camminare la strada.

Walk slowly. Camminare lentamente.

 

Note: This simple command form is neither masculine nor feminine, neither singular nor plural. It is neutral and easy to use. Because the command can only be given to the person in front of you, or the one you are addressing, there cannot be doubt as to who is receiving your command. Thus, the simple form is the least confusing and, therefore, easy to use. It is also the most democratic form in that the social status of one’s individual does not come into play.

 

Complex forms of the imperative:

 

Traditionally, Italians derive their command forms from the second and third person singular and plural, and the difference in use is related to the social status of the person receiving the command. Americans, on the other hand, derive it only from the second person singular (or plural), and do not pay attention to the social status of the person receiving the command.

 

Furthermore, Italians also use forms from the subjunctive, but Americans do not. Because of their use of the subjunctive, Italians further complicated the imperative because many of the verbs are irregular and require changes that often just have to be memorized. (When in doubt, refer to the section on conjugated verbs).

Indicative                                Subjunctive

Sit down! Siedi! Sedetevi!                Sieda! Siedano!

Go out! Esci! Uscite!                Esca! Escano!

Stay here! Stai qua! State qua!        Stia qua! Stiano qua!

Come here! Vieni qua! Venite qua!        Venga qua!         Vengano qua!

Choose! Scegli! Scegliete!        Scelga! Scelgano!

 

Examples:

 

Take this, you dirty scoundrel!

Prendi questo, brutto mascalzone!

Take this, you dirty scoundrel!

Prenda questo, brutto mascalzone!

Take this, you dirty scoundrels!

Prendete questo, brutti mascalzoni!

Take this, you dirty scoundrels!

Prendano questo, brutti masclazoni!

10. Gerunds and present participles--

Present, Past, and Future tenses

 

Gerunds are verb-forms used mainly with helping verb-forms to show action in progress; thus, the progressive tense.

 

There is always some confusion between the form and role of gerunds and present participles. In the progressive tenses, English uses the present participle--being, reading, etc. Italian, on the other hand, uses the gerund—essendo, leggengo, etc. and not the present participle which ends in te—essente, leggente; these really become nouns. Lover becomes amante.

 

I am writing.        You are eating.        They are leaving.

Sto scrivendo.        Stai mangiando.        Stanno partendo.

a) In present tenses:

 

In Italian, present tense gerunds are formed by adding –ando, or --endo to infinitives. Note that –ando is added to first conjugation infinitives while –endo is added to second and third conjugation infinitives, and they do not inflect--i.e. they do not change their endings.

 

Infinitive        Gerund        Infinitivo        Gerundio

to eat        eating        mangiare        mangiando

to write        writing        scrivere        scrivendo

to open        opening        aprire        aprendo

to make        making        fare        facendo*

                                *irregular

 

Leave me alone; I’m eating!

Lascimi stare; sto mangiando!

The boys are writing love letters for their girlfriends.

I ragazzi stanno scrivendo lettere d’amore alle loro ragazze.

Mary is opening today’s mail.

Maria sta aprendo la posta d’oggi.

Margaret is making progress in pronouncing Italian.

Margherita sta facendo grandi passi nella pronuncia dell’italiano.

Her lover knows nothing about love.

L’mante on sa niente dell’amore.

b) In past tenses:

 

In Italian, present tense gerunds followed by past participles become past gerunds. However, when dealing with past participles, one needs to remember that they inflect if intransitive—they have to agree in gender and number with the subject. They do not inflect when they are transitive, except when they are preceded by object pronouns. In that case, the participles inflect; i.e. they have to agree with those pronouns in gender and number.

 

Infinitive                Gerund        Past Participle

to sing  singing sung

to go  went gone

to arrive  arriving arrived

to finish  finished finished

to sell  selling sold

to live  living lived

 

Infinitivo                Gerundio        Participio Passato

cantare                    cantando                cantato ( i, a, e)

andare                    andando            andato i, a, e

arrivare                    arrivnado          arrivato i, a, e

finire                    finendo                    finito (i, a, e)

vendere                    vendendo           venduto (i, a, e)

vivere                    vivendo              vissuto (i, a, e)

 

Note: Some past participles are irregular; others are both transitive and intransitive. Remember: transitive participles inflect if preceded by object pronouns--(in parenthesis above).

 

Examples:

 

Having sung a rare aria, the diva is (now) resting.

Avendo cantato un’ aria rara, la diva (ora) si sta riposando.

Having sung it well, the tenor is receiving a great applause.

Avendola cantata bene, il tenore sta ricevendo un forte applauso.

Having gone to the pool, they are (now) swimming.

Essendo andati alla piscina, (ora) stanno nuotando.

Having arrived late, finally they’re excusing themselves.

Essendo arrivati tardi, fianlmente si stanno scusando.

Having finished his homework, Anthony is playing his violin.

Avendo finito i suoi compiti, Antonio sta suonando il suo violino.

Having sold the gold, the merchant is now selling silver.

Avendo venduto l’oro, il mercante sta vendendo argento.

Being rich, Americans are (now) turning to the arts.

Essendo ricchi, gli americani stanno miranto alle  arti.

Having lived in America, she is now moving back to Italy.

Essendo vissuta in America, ora sta ritornando in Italia.

c.  In future tenses:

 

In Italian, future progressive tenses are formed with the future of the helping verb stare followed by appropriate gerunds. It projects an action, or activity, as if it were taking place in the present. In other words, it describes the future as though it were happening in the present--a technique especially liked by writers of fiction.

 

Examples:

 

At ten o’clock, I will be landing at Boston’s Logan Airport.

Alle dieci, starò atterrando all’Aereoporto Logan di Boston.

On the fifth of May, we will still be working on our report.

Il cinque maggio staremo ancora lavorando sulla nostra relazione.

11.  Past participles

 

Participles, often referred to as verbal adjectives, are verb forms usually used in conjunction with helping verb forms in compound tenses, i.e. present perfect tense, future perfect, and other similarly formed tenses. Past participles are either transitive or intransitive.

 

If intransitive, they inflect, i.e. they agree in gender and number with the subject.

 

If transitive, they do not inflect unless preceded by an object pronoun, in which case they inflect, i.e. they agree in gender and number with the object pronoun.

 

Italian has three verb conjugations and their past participles are formed from infinitives as follows:

 

First conjugation infinitives: ...are > …ato

        amare > amato; mangiare > mangiato

        portare > portato;  andare > andato

 

Second conjugation infinitives: …ere > …uto

        Vendere >  venduto; vedere > veduto

        Avere > avuto; sedere > seduto

 

Third conjugation infinitives: …ire > ito

        finire > finito; dormire > dormito

        punire > punito; vestire > vestito

 

The above patterns apply to regularly conjugated verbs.

 

Because many verbs are irregular, their past participles may also be irregular, and some of them may need to be memorized.

 

The list of infinitives below includes transitive and intransitive regular and irregular past participles. Remember that those which end in o, i, a, e inflect because they are intransitive.

 

 

12. Subjunctive

 

The Subjunctive is hardly a problem for English language users; it presents real hurdles for Romance language users and particularly so for Italian.

 

English has replaced the Subjunctive with the Indicative and, except for style, the replacement has not created confusion. In view of this achievement, it is a wonder, nevertheless, that English has remnants of the useless Subjunctive.

 

Examples:

 

        If I were (was) young, I would do the same things over again. Se io fossi (ero) giovane, rifarei le stesse cose.

        That we do our lessons on time has always been our obsession. Che noi facciamo le lezioni a tempo giusto è stata sempre la nostra ossessione.

 

Note: In the first example, the correct subjunctive form is followed by the incorrect one (in parenthesis). Using the incorrect form actually would deliver a clearer message than the correct one, because the correct form is strange, and there is no need for it. English, therefore, ought to eliminate the use of the Subjunctive altogether; Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French ought to follow suit.

    In the second example, the subjunctive forms are already the same as the Indicative; yet, the message is made clear through words connected to the use of the Subjunctive such as that, if, che, se, etc

 

Some specific uses of the Subjunctive:

 

  1. a)To show doubt: 

 I doubt that Mario were (was) in school yesterday. Dubito che Mario sia (era) a scuola ieri.

  1. b)To express opinions: 

We believe that it is not possible to swim in the river. Non crediamo che sia possible nuotare nel fiume.

 

  1. c)To show preference: 

I prefer that you learn these verbs as soon as possible. Preferisco the tu impari questi verbi al più presto possibile.

  1. d)To show fear: 

The feared that you were dead! Avevano paura che tu fossi morto!

  1. e)To show command: 

I want you to give her that map. Voglio che tu le dia quella mappa.

  1. f)To show desire: 

The girls desire that we come to an agreement with them. Le ragazze desiderano che ci mettiamo d’accordo con loro.

  1. g)In making exclamations: 

If she were honest! Fosse onesta!

The Subjunctive is also used in various types of subordinate clauses.

 

13. List of popular participles

in English and Italian

(Note: some verbs can be both transitive or intransitive):

 

to absolve → absolved        assolvere assolto

to ache → ached        dolere doluto-i a e

to add on → added on         soggiungere soggiunto       

to add  to → added to        aggiungere aggiunto

to admit → admitted        ammettere ammesso

to advance → advanced        avanzare avanzato

to afflict → afflicted        affliggere afflitto

to age → aged        invecchiare invecchiato-i a e to agree → agreed        convenire convenuto-i a e

to allude → alluded        alludere alluso

to amount → amounted        ammontare ammontato

to annex → annexed        annettere annesso

to anoint → anointed        ungere unto

to answer → answered        rispondere risposto       

to appear → appeared        apparire apparso- i a e

to appear → appeared        comparire camparito-i a e

to arrive → arrived        arrivare arrivato-i a e

to arrive at → arrived at        pervenire pervenuto-i a e

to ask → asked        chiedere chiesto

to assist → assisted        soccorrere soccorso

to assist → assisted        assistere assistito

to assume → assumed        assumere assunto

to be    been        essere stato-i a e

to be able → have been able        potere potuto

to beat over → beaten over        ripercuotere  → ripercosso

to be born → born        nascere nato- i a  e

to become → become        divnire divenuto-i a e

to become rich  become rich        arricchire arricchito-i a e

to become numb  become numb        addierare  assiderato-i a e

to begin → begun        iniziare iniziato

to beguile → beguiled        illudere  illuso

to be silent → been silent        tacere taciuto

to be sorry → been sorry        rincrescere rincresciuto-i a e

to bet → bet        scommettere scommesso

to be worth → been worth        valere valso

to become → become        divenire divenuto- i a e

to be silent → been silent        ammutolire ammutolito-i a e

to be used to → been used to        solere solito-i a e

to bite → bitten        mordere  morso

to blacken → blackened        annerire annerito o-i a e

to blaze → blazed        avvampare avvvampato-i a e

to bless → blessed        benedire benedetto

to blush → blushed        arrossire arrossito-i a e

to break → broken        rompere rotto

to break → broken        frangere  fratto

to break in → broken in        irrompere  →  irrotto

to burn → burnt        ardere arso

to burst → burst        crepare crepato-i a e

to burst → burst        scoppiare scoppiato-i a e

to burst out → burst out        prorompere prorotto

to burst out → burst out        scoccare scoccato

to bury → buried        seppellire sepolto

to cash in → cashed in        riscuotere riscosso

to cast → cast        fondere  →  fuso

to catch up → caught up        sopraggiundere soprag-

                        giunto-i a e

to cease → ceased        smettere smesso

to choose → chosen        presciegliere prescielto

to climb → climbed        salire salito-i a e

to climb → climbed        salire salito

to close → closed        chiudere chiuso

to come → come        venire venuto- i a e

to commit → committed        commettere commesso

to come → come        venire venuto- i a e

to come out → come out        sbucare sbucato-i a e

to compare → compared        comparire comparso

to compose → composed        comporre composto

to comprehend comprehended        comprendere  → appreso

to compress → compressed        comprimere compresso

to concede → conceded        concedere concesso

to confound → confounded        confondere confuse

to conclude → concluded        conchiudere conchiuso

to consist → consisted        consistere consistito-i a e

to consume → consumed        struggere strutto

to contort → contorted        scontorcere scontorto

to convince → convinced        convincere convinto

to cook → cooked        cuocere cotto

to cost → costed        costare costato-i a e

to cover again → covered again        ricoprire ricoperto

to cure → cured        curare curato

to cure → cured        guarire guarito

to curse → cursed        maledire  →  maledetto

to cut → cut        incidere  →  inciso

to cut → cut        recidere reciso

to daze → dazed        stordire stordito-i a e

to decrease → decreased        decrescere decresciuto-i a

to decay → decayed        decaduto decaduto-i a e

to decide → decided        decidere deciso

to decrease → decreased        decrescere decresciuto-i a

to deduce → deduced        dedurre  → dedotto

to defeat → defeated        sconfiggere sconfitto

to defend → defended        difendere difeso

to delude → deluded        deludere deluso

to detain → detained        trattenere trattenuto

to deny → denied        sconoscere sconosciuto

to depend → depended        dipendere dipeso

to depose → deposed        deporre deposto

to depress → depressed        deprimere depresso

to deride → derided        deridere deriso

to derive → derived        derivare derivato

to describe → described        descrivere descritto

to descend → descended        discendere disceso-i a e

to descend → descended        scendere sceso-i a e

to desist → desisted        ristare ristato-i a e

to destroy → destroyed        distruggere distrutto

to die → died        morire morto- i a e

to diffuse → diffused        diffondere diffuso

to direct → directed        dirigere diretto

to disappear → disappeared        scomparire scomparso-i a e

to disappear → disappeared        sparire sparso-i a e

to disappoint → disappointed        disilludere disilluso

to disarrange → disarranged        scomporre scomposto

to disclose → disclosed        dischiudere dischiuso

to disconnect → disconnected        sconnettere sconnesso       

to discover → discovered        scoprire scoperto

to discuss → discussed        discutere discusso

to disjoin → disjoined        disgiungere disgiunto

to dismount → dismounted        smontare smontato

to disperse → dispersed        disperdere disperso

to displease → displeased        dispiacere dispiaciuto

to displease → displeased        spiacere spiaciuto

to dispose → disposed        disporre disporto

to dissuade → dissuaded        dissuadere dissuaso

to distinguish → distinguished        distinguere distinto

to dissuade → dissuaded        distogliere  distolto

to distract → distracted        distrarre distratto

to divide → divided        dividere diviso

to do → done        fare fatto

to do over → done over        rifare rifatto

to draw → drawn        ritrarre ritratto

to draw up →drawn up        redigere redatto

to drink → drunk        bere bevuto

to drive in  → driven in        configgere confitto

to drown → drowned        affogare affogato

to dry → dried        tergere terso

to dye → dyed        tingere tinto

to earn → earned        campare campato

to elapse → elapsed        deocrre decorso-i a e

to elect → elected        eleggere eletto

to elide → elided        elidere eliso

to elude → eluded        eludere eluso

to emerge → emerged        emergere emerso- i e a

to emit → emitted        emettere emesso

to end → ended        finire finito

to enter → entered        entrare entrato-i a e

to erect → erected        ergere  erto

to escape → escaped        scappare scappato-i a e

to even up → evened up        equivalere valso-i a e

to exact → exacted        esigere  → esato

to exclude → excluded        escludere  → esculso

to exist → existed        esistere  →  esitito- i a e

to expel → expelled        espellere  →  espulso

to explode → exploded        esplodere  →  esploso- i a e

to expose → exposed        esporre  →  esposto

to express → expressed        esprimere  →  espresso

to extend → extended        estendere  → esteso

to extinguish → extinguished        estinguere  →  estinto

to extinguish → extinguished        spegnere spento

to extract → extracted        estrarre  →  estratto

to evade → evaded        evadere  →  evaso- i a e

to fail  → failed        fallire fallito-i a e

to faint → fainted        svenire svenuto-i a e

to fall → fallen        cadere caduto- i a e

to fall → fallen        cascare cascato-i a e

to fall again → fallen again        ricadere ricaduto-i a e

to fall due → fallen due        scadere scaduto-i a e

to fall to ruin → fallen to ruin        rovinare rovinato-i a e

to feign → feigned        fingere  →  finto

to find again → found again        rinvenire rinvenuto-i a e

to fix → fixed        figgere  →  fitto

to flash → flashed        fulminare fulminato

to flee → fled        fuggire fuggito-i a e

to flow → flowed        scorrere scorso-i a e

to flow in → flowed        affluire affluito-i a e

to foresee → foreseen        prevedere previsto

to forewarn → forewarned        prevenire prevenuto

to freeze → frozen        gelare gelato

to freeze → frozen        ghiacciare ghiacciato-i a e

to fry → fried        friggere  →  fritto

to gather → gathered        cogliere colto

to gather → gathered        raccogliere raccolto

to get up → gotten up        sorgere sorto-i a e

to girt → girt        cingere cinto

to give aid → given aid        sovvenire sovvenuto-i a e

to give back → gave back        rendere reso

to go down → gone down        discendere disceso- i a e

to go down → gone down        scendere sceso

to go mad → mad        impazzire impazzito-i a e

to go out → gone out        uscire uscito-i a e

to gnaw → gnawed        rodere roso

to grow → grown        crescere cresciuto-i a e

to grow dark → grown dark        imbrunire imbrunito-i a e

to hail → hailed        grandinare grandinato  

to  hang → hung        appendere appeso

to hang over → hung        sovrastare sovrastato-i a e

to happen → happened        accadere accaduto-i a

to happen → happened        capitare capitato-i a e

to happen → happened        succedere successo

to happen → happened        avvenire avvenuto-i a e

to have → had        avere avuto

to have recourse  had recourse        ricorrere rocorso

to hear → heard        udire udito

to hide → hidden        nascondere  →  nascosto

to hint at → hinted at        sottintendere sottinteso

to hold → held        tenere tenuto

to hold up → held up        sorreggere sorretto

to hurt → hurt        nuocere  →  nociuto

to immerse → immersed        immergere  →  immerse

to import → imported        importare importato  

to impose → imposed        imporre  →  imposto

to imprint → imprinted        imprimere  →  impresso

to improve → improved        migliorare migliorato

to include → included        includere  →  incluso

to increase → increased        aumentare aumentato

to incur → incurred        incorrere  →  incorso

to induce → induced        indurre  →  indotto

to inflict → inflicted        inferire  →  inferto

to inflict → inflicted        infliggere  →  inflitto

to infuse → infused        infondere  →  infuso

to inscribe → inscribed        iscrivere  →  iscritto

to instruct → instructed        istruire  →  istruito       

to intercede → interceded        intercedere  →  interdetto

to interdict → interdicted        interdire  →  interdetto       

to interpose → interposed        frammettere  →  framesso

to interpose → interposed        interporre  →  interposto

to interrupt → interrupted        interrompere  →  interrotto

to intervene → intervened        intervenire  →  intervenuto-i a e

to introduce → introduced        introdurre  →  introdotto

to intrude → intruded        intrudere  →  intruso-i a e

to invade → invaded        invadere  →  invaso       

to issue from → issued from        provenire provenuto-i a e

to kill → killed        uccidere ucciso

to know → known        sapere saputo

to lack  → lacked        mancare mancato

to laugh → laughed        ridere riso

to lead → led        condurre condotto

to lean out → leaned out        sporgere sporto

to lie → lay        giacere  →  giaciuto

to light (up) → lit        accendere acceso

to live → lived        vivere vissuto

to live → lived        campare campato

to live again → lived again        rivivere rivissuto-i  e

to loosen → loosened        sciogliere sciolto

to lose → lost        perdereperso

to make → made        farefatto

to meet → met        incontrare incontrato

to milk→ milked        mungere  →  munto

to miss → missed        mancare mancato-i a e

to mount → mounted        montare montato

to move → moved        muovere mosso

to need → needed        bisognare bisognato  

to need → needed        occorrere  →  occorso

to neglect→ neglected        negligere  →  negletto

to obtain → obtained        ottenenere  →  ottenuto

to offend → offended        offendere  →  offeso

to offer → offered        offrireofferto

to offer → offered        porgere porto

to omit → omitted        omettere  →  omesso

to open → opened        aprire aperto

to open → opened        schiudere schiuso

to oppose → opposed        opporre  →  opposto

to oppress → oppressed        opprimere  →  oppresso

to overtake → overtaken        raggiungere raggiunto

to overturn → overtaken        sconvolgere sconvolso

to paint → painted        dipingere dipinto

to paint → painted        pingere pinto

to pass → passed        passare passato-i a e

to pass → passed        trascorrere trascorso-i a e  

to perceive → perceived        scorgere scorto

to perceive → perceived        percepire  percepito

to perish → perished        perire perito-i a e

to permit → permitted        permettere permesso

to persuade  → persuaded        persuadere persuaso

to pity → pitied        compiangere compianto

to place → placed        porre posto

to postpone → postponed        posporre posposto

to please → pleased        piacere piaciuto

to pour out → poured out        effondere effuso

to predict → predicted        predire predetto

to prefer → preferred        predilegererediletto

to prefer → preferred        preporre preposto

to pour out → poured out        effondere effuso

to prescribe → prescribed        prescrivere prescritto

to presume → presumed        presumere presunto

to pretend → pretended        pretendere preteso

to produce → produced        produrre prodotto

to promise → promised        promettere romesso

to promote → promoted        promuovere promosso

to propose → proposed        proporre proposto

to proscribe → proscribed        proscrivere proscritto

to protect → protected        proteggere protetto

to proceed from → proceeded         provenire provenuto

to pull → pulled        trarre tratto

to push → pushed        sospingere sospinto

to push → pushed        spingere spinto

to push back → pushed back        respingere respinto

to put → put        mettere messo

to put over → put        riporre riposto

to rain → rained        piovere piovuto

to reach → reached        giungere giunto-i a e

to reach → reached        pervenire pervenuto-i a e

to read → read        leggere letto

to rebel → rebelled        ribellare ribellato-i a e

to rebel → rebelled        insorgere insorto-i a e

to receive → received        accogliere accolto

to recognize recognized        riconoscere riconosciuto

to redeem → redeemed        redimere redento

to reduce → reduced        ridurre ridotto

to refract → refracted        rifrangere rifratto

to regret  → regretted        rimpiangere rimpianto

to regret → regretted        rincrescere rincresciuto-i a e

to remain → remained        rimanere rimasto- i a e

to remove → removed        smuovere smosso

to render → rendered        rendere reso

to repent → repented        ravvedere ravviso-i a e

to replace  → replaced        rimettere rimesso

to repress → repressed        reprimere represso

to reproduce → reproduced        riprodurre riprodotto

to request → requested        richiedere richiesto

to require → required        abbisognare abbisognato

to resolve → resolved        risolvere risolto

to result → resulted        risultare risultato

to restrain → restrained        rattenere rattenuto

to restrain → restrained        ristringere ristretto

to result → resulted        risultare risultato-i a e

to retain → retained        ritenere ritenuto

to retake → retaken        riprendere ripreso

to return → returned        ritornare ritornato-i a e

to return → returned        tornare tornado-i a e

to reveal → revealed        trasparire trasparso

to ripen → ripened        maturare matrurato-i a e

to rise → risen        alzare alzato

to rise → risen        sorgere sorto-i a e

to rise up → risen up        risorgere risorto-i a e

to root out → roted out        svellere svelto

to rule → ruled        reggere retto

to run → ran        correre corso

to run again → ran again        ricorrere ricorso

to ruin → ruined        rovinare rovinato

to run over → run over        percorrere  →  percorso

to run through → ran through        trafiggere trafitto

to run toward → ran toward        accorrere accorso-i a e

to say → said        dire ditto

to say again → said again        ridire ridetto

to scatter → scattered        spargere sparso

to see → seen        vedere veduto

to see again → seen again        rivedere riveduto

to see through → seen through        travedere travisto

to seem → seemed        parere  →  parso-i a e

to seem → seemed        sembrare sembrare

to select → selected        scegliere scelto

to semi close → semi closed        socchiudere socchiuso

to separate → separated        scindere scisso

to set → set        tramontare tramontato-i a e

to set out → set out        partire partito-i a e

to shake → shaken        scuotere scosso

to shave → shaved        radere raso

to slide → slid        scivolare scivolato-i a e

to slide → slid        sdrucciolare  sdrucciolato-i a e

to smile → smiled        sorridere sorriso

to snow → snowed        nevicare nevicato

to solve → solved        solvere soluto

to spend → spent        spendere speso

to spend → spent        trascorrere trascorso

to split → split        fendere  →  fesso

to stand → stood        stare stato- i a e

to start → started        incominciare incominciato

to stay → stayed        stare stato-i a e

to stick → stuck        affiggere affisso

to sting → stung        pungere punto

to spread → spread        spandere spanto

to squeeze → squeezed        stringere stretto

to stretch → stretched        distendere disteso

to stretch → stretched        stendere steso

to strike → struck        incutere  →  incusso

to stumble → stumbled        inciampare inciampato-i a e

to submerge → submerged        sommergere sommerso

to submit → submitted        sottomettere sottomesso-i a e

to submit → submitted        sottostare sottostato-i a e

to succeed → succeeded        riuscire riuscito-i a e

to suffer → suffered        soffrire sofferto

to suffice → sufficed        bastare bastato-i a e  

to support → supported        reggere retto

to support → supported        sostenere sostenuto

to suppose → supposed        supporre supposto       

to suppress → suppressed        supprimere compresso

to surprise → surprised        sorprendere sorpreso

to survive → survived        sopravvivere sopravvissuto-i  e

to suspend → suspended        sospendere sospeso

to swell → swollen        gonfiare gonfiato

to take → taken        prendere preso

to take away → taken away        togliere tolto

to talk → talked        discorrere discorso

to tend → tended        tendere teso

to terminate → terminated        terminare terminato

to transcribe → transcribed        trascrivere trascritto

to transmit → transmitted        trasmettere trasmesso

to translate → translated        tradurre tradotto

to tumble → tumbled        capitombolare capitom-

                                bolato-i a e

to turn → turned        volgere volto

to turn → turned        tornare tornado-i a e

to turn to → turned to        rivolgere rivolto

to twist → twisted        scontorcere scontorto

to twist → twisted        storcere torto

to understand → understood        intendere  →  inteso

to undertake →  undertaken        intraprendere  →  intrapeso

to undue → undone        disfare disfatto

to unfold → unfolded        svolgere svolto

to untie → untied        disciogliere disciolto

to utter → uttered        proferire proferito

to vanish → vanished        svnaire svanito-i a e

to want → wanted        volere voluto

to waste away → wasted away        deperire deperito-i a e

to weaken → weakened        indebolire indebolito

to weep → wept        piangere pianto

to whiten → whitened        imbiancare imbiancato

to wither → withered        appassire appassito-i a e

to wither → withered        sbiadire sbiadito-i a e

to win → won        vincere vinto

to worsen → worsened        peggiorare peggiorato

to worsen → worsened        peggiorare peggiorato-i a e

to wrap → wrapped        involgere  →  involto

to wrap up → wrapped up        ravvolgere ravvolto

to wring → wrung        rattorcere rattorto

to write → written        scrivere scritto

to yawn → yawned        sbadigliare sbadigliato