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. 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 3. Mangiare To eat To travel Why do we need to conjugate? We need to know WHO is completing the action In English, we add pronouns: I jump You jump He or She jumps We jump You (all) jump They jump In Italian, we add special endings to verbs: Io –o Tu –i Lui or Lei –a Noi –iamo Voi –ate Loro –ano Come facciamo? Procedures to conjugating an –ARE Verb Step 1: Cross off the –ARE (click) Parlare Step 2: Add the ending you need that tells us who did the action Parl Io parlo Noi parliamo Tu parli Voi parlate Lui/Lei parl a Loro parl ano Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: 1. Do you need help? Io _______________ (travel) all’Italia ogni estate. viaggiate viaggio viaggi 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 Parl 5 6 Io parlo Noi parliamo 7 Tu parli Voi parlate 8 Lui/Lei parl a Loro parl ano Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 2. Lui ______________ (speaks) al telefono con Silvia. parla parliamo parli Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 3. Lei ______________ (walks) al parco durante il giorno. cammini camminano cammina Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 4. Noi ______________ (travel) a Florida inverno prossimo. viaggiate viaggi viaggiamo Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 5. Voi _______________ (eat) tanto al ristorante italiano. mangi mangiate mangio Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 6. Loro _______________ (walk) alla scuola ogni mattina. camminano camminate cammina Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 7. Tu ______________ (eat) spaghetti e polpetti stasera. mangiamo mangia mangi Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVO! Great job! Click ProfessoreToto for the next question… Pratichiamo! Let’s Practice! Click the correct conjugation for the given sentence: Do you need help? 8. Io _________________ (speak) italiano e inglese. parlate parlo parlano Sei sicuri? Are you sure? Click Professor Toto to go back the question… BRAVISSIMO! Sei laureati dei congiugazioni –ARE… Great job! You’ve graduated from –ARE verb conjugations… 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 Standard 1: Students will be able to use a language other than English for communication. 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. Performance Indicators--Students will: Checkpoint A 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. Resources: Google Images ProfessoreToto Languages Other Than English (LOTE) NYS Standards