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Grammar Lesson 95:

The Italian verb: the three conjugations

In Italian, verbs are divided in three classes (conjugations), according to their ending in the infinitive form: verbs in -are, -ere, -ire.

Examples:

Mangiare / To eat —> 1st conjugation

Temere / To fear —> 2nd conjugation

Partire / To leave —> 3rd conjugation

All verbs belonging to each conjugation – except for the so-called irregular verbs – follow a specific pattern of inflection (an inflectional paradigm).

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