Conjugating Italian Verbs: With the help of: What is a verb conjugation? Why do we conjugate? Common –ARE Verbs Come facciamo? How do we do it? Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice!

What is a conjugation? A conjugation is used when we take a Verb (Action word) in its Infinitive form and change it to say who did the action. Infinitive verbs are verbs that are not changed/do not have a “who” completing the action In English, an infinitive is to read or to jump. Add “to” to any action word In Italian, an infinitive has an –ARE, –ERE, or –IRE at the end of it. An example would be “Guardare” (to watch) We will be exploring Regular –ARE verbs today Some Italian verbs are irregular and are not conjugated in the pattern we will learn today Verbs can also be irregular in English. An example is “to be” which is conjugated into I am, you are, he/she is, etc.

2. Camminare 1. Parlare 4. Viaggiare 3. Mangiare Common Italian ARE Verbs: Che significano? Click each graphic to reveal the English translation 2. Camminare To walk 1. Parlare To talk/speak 4. Viaggiare To travel 3. Mangiare To eat

Why do we need to conjugate? We need to know WHO is completing the action In English, we add pronouns: I jump We jump You jump You (all) jump He or She jumps They jump In Italian, we add special endings to verbs: Io –o Noi –iamo Tu –i Voi –ate Lui or Lei –a Loro –ano

Come facciamo? Procedures to conjugating an –ARE Verb Forgot the endings? Click me to go back to the last slide! Step 1: Cross off the –ARE (click) Parlare Step 2: Add the ending you need that tells us who did the action Parl Io parl Noi parl Tu parl Voi parl Lui/Lei parl Loro parl o iamo Quiz yourself on the endings., then click each pronoun to reveal the answer! i ate a ano

Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Io _______________ (travel) all’Italia ogni estate. viaggiate viaggio viaggi

Come facciamo? Procedures to conjugating an –ARE Verb Click the question number you were working on to try again! Come facciamo? Procedures to conjugating an –ARE Verb 1 Step 1: Cross off the –ARE (click) 2 Parlare 3 4 Step 2: Add the ending you need that tells us who did the action 5 Parl 6 Io parl Noi parl Tu parl Voi parl Lui/Lei parl Loro parl o iamo 7 i ate 8 a ano

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Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 2. Lui ______________ (speaks) al telefono con Silvia. parla parliamo parli

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BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question… Click for sound! BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question…

Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 3. Lei ______________ (walks) al parco durante il giorno. cammini camminano cammina

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Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 4. Noi ______________ (travel) a Florida inverno prossimo. viaggiate viaggi viaggiamo

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BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question… Click for sound! BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question…

Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 5. Voi _______________ (eat) tanto al ristorante italiano. mangi mangiate mangio

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BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question… Click for sound! BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question…

Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 6. Loro _______________ (walk) alla scuola ogni mattina. camminano camminate cammina

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BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question… Click for sound! BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question…

Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 7. Tu ______________ (eat) spaghetti e polpetti stasera. mangiamo mangia mangi

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BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question… Click for sound! BRAVO! Great job! Click Professore Toto for the next question…

Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Do you need help? Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 8. Io _________________ (speak) italiano e inglese. parlate parlo parlano

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BRAVISSIMO. Sei laureati dei congiugazioni –ARE… Great job BRAVISSIMO! Sei laureati dei congiugazioni –ARE… Great job! You’ve graduated from –ARE verb conjugations… Click for sound!

Teacher Page NYS Standards for a Modern Foreign Language Listening & Speaking Standard 1: Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication. Key Idea: LISTENING & SPEAKING are primary communicative goals in modern language learning. These skills are used for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action. Performance Indicators--Students will: Checkpoint A comprehend language consisting of simple vocabulary and structures in face-to-face conversation with peers and familiar adults comprehend the main idea of more extended conversations with some unfamiliar vocabulary and structures as well as cognates of English words call upon repetition, rephrasing, and nonverbal cues to derive or convey meaning from a language other than English use appropriate strategies to initiate and engage in simple conversations with more fluent or native speakers of the same age group, familiar adults, and providers of common public services Reading & Writing Key Idea: READING & WRITING are used in languages other than English for the purposes of socializing, providing and acquiring information, expressing personal feelings and opinions, and getting others to adopt a course of action. understand the main idea and some details of simple informative materials written for native speakers compose short, informal notes and messages to exchange information with members of the target culture This is an introductory Italian grammar lesson presents basic information on how to conjugate common, regular –ARE verbs. Students have just begun more advanced conversation and are learning to alter verbs in order to express who is completing the action. With this information, students will be able to write complete, Italian sentences with a recognizable subject and correctly conjugated verb.

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