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INTRODUCTION

ebster’s New World 575+ Italian Verbs is an invaluable tool that well help you
Wmaster Italian verbs and acquire an in-depth command of the Italian lan-
guage. This book provides a quick and easy reference to 575 of the most frequently
used Italian verbs. The verbs are fully conjugated, with straightforward examples
that illustrate their everyday, colloquial, and idiomatic usage. The examples dis-
play a variety of different moods and tenses and are translated into English. Web-
ster’s New World 575+ Italian Verbs is divided in three distinct sections: Verb Usage
Review, which fosters an in-depth understanding of the Italian verb system, its
regular and irregular conjugations, and the usages of the moods and tenses; verb
charts, with 575 fully conjugated verbs and numerous example sentences trans-
lated into English; and four appendices with 1,500 fully cross-referenced Italian
verbs, an irregular verbs index, a verb-preposition list, as well as an essential index
of English and Italian verbs.

Verb Usage Review

This section provides a comprehensive review of Italian verbs. It helps you under-
stand the Italian verb system and how it differs from the English verb system. It
also offers suggestions that will help you memorize the regular and irregular con-
jugations, as well as the use of the correct mood and tense.
The “Subject Pronouns” section introduces the Italian subject pronouns and their
corresponding English subject pronouns. Being able to use the correct pronoun
and/or its corresponding verb form, in any context, is essential. Unlike in English,
Italian verb endings almost always vary from subject to subject. Each verb chart is
divided into two columns:
Singular Plural
io (I) noi (we)
tu (you) voi (you)
lui (he), lei (she), Lei (you, formal) loro (they)

The “Basics on Verbs” section helps you identify the basic structure of an Italian
verb, root, and verb ending, as well as recognize the main groups into which Ital-
ian verbs are classified.
The “Italian Moods and Tenses” section explains what Italian moods and tenses
are. To help you quickly identify which mood and tense to use when translating
from English, it shows how the seven Italian moods and their simple and com-
pound tenses relate to those in English. The “Compound Tenses” section supplies
the necessary tools to form a compound tense: how the past participle is formed,
and how to choose the appropriate auxiliary verb.
The “Indicative Mood” section explains when to use its four simple and four cor-
responding compound tenses. Examples of the usage of these tenses are provided.