Verbs / Verbi - Learn Italian with Polly Lingual

Introduction Introduzione

Verbs convey actions, occurances, or states of being. They conjugate and combine with other verbs based on person, tense, mood and aspect. In English, verbs like "run" and "be" are two examples.

Examples Esempi

andare

to work to move to go

vivere

to live

capire

to comprehend to understand

essere

to be essential

cenare

to have dinner to dine

stare

to be temporal to stay

bere

to drink

scusare

to forgive to excuse

mangiare

to eat

vedere

to see

avere

to own to have

suggerire

to advise to tell to suggest

portare

to wear to take to carry to lead to bring

arrivare

to arrive

guardare

to watch to look

mentire

to lie

aspettare

to expect to wait for

fare colazione

to have breakfast

lavorare

to work

imparare

to learn

pranzare

to lunch

pensare

to believe to imagine to think

ricordare

to look like to remind to recall to remember

pulire

to wash to clean

preferire

to choose to prefer

tornare

to work out, turn out to return, go back

prendere

to buy to catch to get to take

chiudere

to put off, turn off to close, shut

abitare

to inhabit to live in, dwell in

camminare

to go, work to walk

Related Lessons

Lezioni correlate

Common Irregular Verbs

Verbi Irregulari Comuni

-ire Verbs

I Verbi di -ire

Ordering in a Restaurant

Ordinare al Ristorante

Parts of Speech

Parti del discorso