How to Conjugate Guarire
Writing in a foreign language takes practice and memorization. Verbs generally start with an infinitive and have separate spellings based on the verb tense and the personal pronoun. In Italian, the verb "guarire" means "to heal," "to recover" or "to cure." Each form of "guarire" uses the same stem. The roots vary depending on the verb tense and the personal pronoun.
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Instructions
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List the personal pronouns in a column. Italian's personal pronouns are: io ("I"); tu ("you," familiar); lei ("you," polite); lui or lei ("him" or "her"); esso ("it," masculine) and essa ("it," feminine).
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Write the stem for "guarire" next to each pronoun in the column. Each conjugate of "guarire" uses the stem "guar."
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Form the present tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -isco, -isci, -isce, -isce, -iamo, -ite, -iscono, -iscono. "You heal," therefore, would be "Tu guarisci."
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Form the imperfect tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -ivo, -ivi, -iva, -iva, -ivama, -ivate, ivano, ivano. "I recovered," therefore, becomes "Io guarivo."
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Form the remote past tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -ii, -isti, -i, -i, -immo, -iste, -irono, -irono. "They recovered," therefore, becomes "Noi guarimmo." Note that the final "i" in the --i must have a gave diacritical mark.
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Form the future tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -iro, -irai, -ira, -iremo, -irete, -iranno. Note that the final "o" in the "io" form and the final "a" in the third person pronouns require a gave diacritical mark.
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Create the condition present tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -irei, -iresti, -irebbe, -irebbe, -iremmo, -iresete, -ireebbero.
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Create the conjunctive present tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -isca, -isca, -isca, -isca, -iamo, -iate, -iscano.
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Create the conjunctive imperfect tense by adding the following roots to your stem: -issi, -issi, -isse, -isse, -issimo, -iste, -issero.
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Write "tu guarisci" and "voi guarite" for the imperative mood.
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Use "guarito" as the past participle when forming compound tenses. To form the compound tense, conjugate the appropriate form of "essere" or "avere" and add "guarito" to the end. "I had recovered," for example, is conjugated as "Io ho guarito" and "I will have recovered" is conjugated as "Io avro guarito."
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