Practice Verbs in Italian | Word Match Game

Verbs: Lesson Guide

Verbs are the action words that drive communication. Here are the most essential ones in Italian.

Language & Cultural Tips

Conjugations: Italian verbs in their dictionary form (infinitive) end in either -are (parlare), -ere (leggere), or -ire (dormire). This ending tells you how to conjugate the verb.

Dropping Pronouns: In Italian, the verb conjugation usually tells you who is doing the action. For this reason, subject pronouns (io, tu, lui/lei) are frequently dropped in everyday speech unless you want to emphasize who is doing the action.

Key Vocabulary List

English	Italian
to be	essere
to have	avere
to do / to make	fare
to go	andare
to come	venire
to eat	mangiare
to drink	bere
to sleep	dormire
to speak / to talk	parlare
to say / to tell	dire
to see	vedere
to hear / to feel	sentire
to understand	capire
to know (a fact / how to)	sapere
to know (a person / place)	conoscere
to work	lavorare
to study	studiare
to live	vivere
to die	morire
to be born	nascere
to open	aprire
to close	chiudere
to take	prendere
to give	dare
to write	scrivere
to read	leggere
to want	volere
to be able (can)	potere
to have to (must / should)	dovere
to like / to be pleasing	piacere
to look for / to search	cercare
to find	trovare
to wait	aspettare
to enter	entrare
to exit / to go out	uscire
to play	giocare
to pay	pagare
to help	aiutare
to listen	ascoltare
to watch / to look at	guardare
to walk	camminare
to run	correre
to jump	saltare
to swim	nuotare
to drive	guidare
to travel	viaggiare
to call (on the phone)	telefonare
to answer	rispondere
to ask	domandare / chiedere
to teach	insegnare
to learn	imparare
to forget	dimenticare
to remember	ricordare
to believe	credere
to think	pensare
to hear	sentire (udito)
to touch	toccare
to love	amare
to hate	odiare
to hope	sperare
to fear	temere
to fall	cadere
to get up	alzarsi
to sit down	sedersi
to wash	lavare
to clean	pulire
to cook	cucinare
to buy	comprare
to sell	vendere

Verbs Practice

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Verbs: Lesson Guide