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The present subjunctive: irregular verbs
by Alessio · teacher of Italian as a foreign language, ITALS master’s
Conjugate the irregular verbs in the present subjunctive, one at a time: write every person, then check.
What's in this exercise
“The present subjunctive: irregular verbs” is an Italian exercise at B1 level with 10 verbs to conjugate. All the forms are listed below in Italian, with the English translation of each verb.
Verbs, forms and the English translation (10)
- venireto come
- venga · veniamo · veniate · vengano
- volereto want
- voglia · vogliamo · vogliate · vogliano
- poterecan (to be able to)
- possa · possiamo · possiate · possano
- doveremust (to have to)
- debba · dobbiamo · dobbiate · debbano
- sapereto know
- sappia · sappiamo · sappiate · sappiano
- stareto stay, to be
- stia · stiamo · stiate · stiano
- fareto do (to make)
- faccia · facciamo · facciate · facciano
- andareto go
- vada · andiamo · andiate · vadano
- avereto have
- abbia · abbiamo · abbiate · abbiano
- essereto be
- sia · siamo · siate · siano
The rule: the present subjunctive
The subjunctive is not a monster: it is a signal. It says that what follows passes through a point of view: penso che sia un capolavoro does not state a fact, it states my opinion. It switches on after verbs of opinion, emotion, doubt and will.
The forms
| parl-ARE | prend-ERE | fin-IRE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| io / tu / lui / lei | parli | prenda | finisca |
| noi | parliamo | prendiamo | finiamo |
| voi | parliate | prendiate | finiate |
| loro | parlino | prendano | finiscano |

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