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Appendix A
The structure of the Italian verb system based on the infinitive.
Infinitive
|______ conditional tense : __for –are verbs, replace the a with the final e, and add the conditional endings
|______________________for –ere and –ire verbs, drop the final e, add the conditional endings (see pages 31-33)
|______ future tense :______for –are verbs, replace the a with the final e, and add the future endings
|______________________for –ere and –ire verbs, drop the final e, add the future endings (see pages 29-30)
|______imperfect tense :____for –are, -ere, -ire verbs, drop the –re, add the imperfect endings (see pages 25-26)
|______________________for –rre verbs, replace the –rre with –ce, and add the imperfect endings (see pages 25-26)
|______________________for porre and its compounds, replace the -rre with -ne, and add the imperfect endings (see pages 25-26)
|______gerund :__________for all verbs, take the stem of 2nd person singular of the imperfect tense, and add the gerundial endings (see pages 27-28)
|______present participle :__for all verbs, take the stem of the 2nd person singular of the imperfect tense, and add the participial endings (see page 28)
|______past subjunctive tense : for all verbs, take the stem of the 1st person singular of the imperfect, and add the past subjunctive endings (see page 49)|
|______past participle : drop the –are, -ere, -ire, or -rre add the participial endings * (see pages 53-58)
|__ compound forms : active forms of avere, èssere + past participle = (see pages 50-52)
|______past tense : ________for all verbs, drop the –are, -ere, -ire, or -rre add the past endings (see pages 39-44)
|______present tense : ______for all verbs, drop the –are, -ere, -ire, or -rre add the present endings (see pages 33-38)
|__present subjunctive tense : for all verbs, take the stem of the 1st person singular of the present tense, and add the present subjunctive endings (pp 44-49)
* The past participle of about 400 verbs in group 2 is formed from the first person singular of the simple past tense. (see pages 53-58).
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