{"id":11559,"date":"2016-05-02T21:52:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=11559"},"modified":"2016-05-02T21:52:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T19:52:39","slug":"i-must-study-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/i-must-study-italian\/","title":{"rendered":"I Must Study Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devo studiare l’italiano<\/b> (I must study Italian), is something that we hear a lot from you, dear readers. We sympathise, trying to learn a foreign language when you don’t live in situ is really tough! We’re also aware that we do quite a lot of high level grammar articles, such as the compound constructions<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that we focussed on last week.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps it’s time to take a few steps back and study some fundamental verb conjugations. This will be the first in a series of articles covering the three\u00a0very important verbi modali <\/b>(modal verbs<\/a><\/span><\/strong>): dovere<\/b> (to have to), volere<\/b> (to want) and potere<\/b> (to be able).<\/p>\n

Let’s begin with the irregular verb dovere<\/b>. We’ll examine its basic conjugations and its usage in everyday speech:<\/p>\n

Indicativo Presente<\/span><\/strong> (present indicative):<\/span><\/span>
\nio devo, tu devi, lui\/lei deve, noi dobbiamo, voi dovete, loro devono<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Examples:
\noggi devo<\/span> fare la spesa<\/strong> = today I must\/have to do the shopping
\nLucia deve<\/span> studiare per l’esame<\/strong> = Lucia must\/has to study for her test
\npurtroppo Mario e Lucia devono<\/span> andare via presto<\/strong> = unfortunately Mario and Lucia must\/have to leave early<\/p>\n

Indicativo Imperfetto<\/span><\/strong> (imperfect indicative):<\/span>
\nio dovevo, tu dovevi, lui\/lei doveva, noi dovevamo, voi dovevate, loro dovevano<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Examples:
\nnon sono venuta perch\u00e9 dovevo<\/span> scrivere un articolo<\/strong> = I didn’t come because I had to write an article
\npurtroppo Mario e Lucia dovevano<\/span> andare via presto<\/strong> = unfortunately Mario and Lucia had to leave early
\nquando eravamo bambini dovevamo<\/span> tornare a casa prima che facesse buio<\/strong> = when we were children we had to get back home before dark<\/p>\n

To find out more about the imperfect indicative see this post: Indicativo Imperfetto<\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

Indicativo Futuro<\/span><\/strong> (future indicative):<\/span><\/span>
\nio dovr\u00f2, tu dovrai, lui\/lei dovr\u00e0, noi dovremo, voi dovrete, loro dovranno<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Examples:
\nse vuoi passare l’esame dovrai<\/span> studiare di pi\u00f9<\/strong> = you’ll have to study more if you want to pass your exam
\nper andare a Bologna dovrete<\/span> cambiare treno a Prato<\/strong> = to get to Bologna you’ll have to change train in Prato
\nMario e Lucia dovranno<\/span> alzarsi presto per essere all’aeroporto in tempo<\/strong> = Mario and Lucia will have to get up early to be at the airport on time<\/p>\n

To find out more about the future indicative see this post: Indicativo Futuro<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Condizionale Presente<\/span><\/strong> (present conditional):<\/span><\/span>
\nio dovrei, tu dovresti, lui\/lei dovrebbe, noi dovremmo, voi dovreste, loro dovrebbero<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Examples:
\noggi dovrei<\/span> fare la spesa<\/strong> = I should do the shopping today
\nse vuole passare l’esame Lucia dovrebbe<\/span> studiare di pi\u00f9<\/strong> = Lucia ought to\/should study more if she wants to pass her test
\ndovremmo<\/span> tornare a casa prima che faccia buio<\/strong> = we ought to\/should get back home before dark<\/p>\n

To find out more about the present conditional see this post: Condizionale Presente<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Congiuntivo Presente<\/span><\/strong> (present subjunctive):<\/span><\/span>
\nio debba, tu debba, lui\/lei debba, noi dobbiamo, voi dobbiate, loro debbano<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Examples:
\npenso che tu debba<\/span> chiederle scusa<\/strong> = I think you ought to\/should apologize to her
\ncredo che Lucia debba<\/span> studiare di pi\u00f9<\/strong> = I believe Lucia ought to\/should study more
\nnon c’\u00e8 ragione per cui dobbiate<\/span> partire cos\u00ec presto<\/strong> = there’s no reason why you should leave so early<\/p>\n

To find out more about the present subjunctive see this post: Congiuntivo Presente<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Congiuntivo Imperfetto<\/strong> (imperfect subjunctive):
\n<\/span>io dovessi, tu dovessi, lui\/lei dovesse, noi dovessimo, voi doveste, loro dovessero<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Examples:
\npensavo che tu dovessi<\/span> finire di scrivere l’articolo<\/strong> = I thought you had to finish writing the article
\ncredevo che Mario dovesse<\/span> restare a Bologna per due giorni<\/strong> = I believed that Mario had to stay in Bologna for two days
\nse per caso dovessimo<\/span> andare a\u00a0Firenze potremmo fare una tappa a\u00a0 Siena <\/strong>= if by chance we had to go to Florence we could stop off in\u00a0Siena<\/p>\n

To find out more about the imperfect subjunctive see this post: Congiuntivo Imperfetto<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Next time I’ll be looking at the conjugation and use of dovere<\/strong> when used with the auxiliary verbs essere<\/strong> (to be) and avere<\/strong> (to have).<\/p>\n

A presto!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Devo studiare l’italiano (I must study Italian), is something that we hear a lot from you, dear readers. We sympathise, trying to learn a foreign language when you don’t live in situ is really tough! We’re also aware that we do quite a lot of high level grammar articles, such as the compound constructions that…<\/p>\n

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