Chapter 5: Regular verbs

Question 1

to rest

This afternoon I reste for an hour.

Answer 1

riposare

Oggi pomeriggio mi riposo per un’ora.

Question 2

2 verbs:

1) enter, 2) knocking

You enter my home without knocking.

Answer 2

1) entrare
2) bussare

Tu entri in mia casa senza bussare.

Question 3

to cry

You (plural) cry when you see a moving film.

Answer 3

piangere

Voi piangete quando vedete un film commovente.

Question 4

to repeat

They always repeat everything twice.

Answer 4

ripetere

Loro ripetono sempre tutto due volte.

Question 5

to cover

You cover the plants because it’s cold.

Answer 5

coprire

Tu copri le piante perché fa freddo.

Question 6

to follow

You take the car and follow David.

Answer 6

seguire

Prendi la macchina e segui David.

Question 7

to discover

Children discover new things every day.

Answer 7

scoprire

I bambini scoprono cose nuove tutti i giorni.

Question 8

to lie

The child lies a lot.

Answer 8

mentire

Il bambino mente/mentisce* molto

*Mentire can be conjugated as a regular IRE verb or an ‘isc, IRE verb

Question 9

to send

We send the package to Italy.

Answer 9

spedire

Noi spediamo* il pacco in Italia.

*spedire is an ‘isc verb. Voi and noi are cojugated same as regulare.

Question 10

to build

They build a house in the country.

Answer 10

costruire

Loro costruiscono una casa in campagna.

Question 11

to obey

Why don’t you (inf) ever obey?

Answer 11

ubbidire

Perchè non ubbidi mai?

Question 12

to return

I return the school books.

Answer 12

restituire

Io restituisco i libri della scuola.

Question 13

to prevent

You prevent everyone from travelling.

Answer 13

impedire

Tu impedisci a tutti di viaggiare.

Question 14

to owe

Carlo owes a lot fo money to the bank.

Answer 14

dovere (same as should)

Carlo deve molti soldi alla banca.

Question 15

to get (also to take or to have)

I will get you a chair.

Answer 15

prendere

Ti prendo una sedia

Question 16

to announce, to summon

The judge summons me to court

Answer 16

chiamare

Il guidice mi chiama in tribunale.

Question 17

to pass by

I pass by here all the time

Answer 17

passare

Passo qui davanti* tutte le volte.

*“davanti” which means in front of, is often used with passare to mean “pass by”

Question 18

to come by

This afternoon I will come by your house.

Answer 18

passare

Oggi pomeriggion passo da te.

Question 19

to spend (time)

I spend the whole day with my grandmother.

Answer 19

passare

Passo tutta la giornata con la nonna.*

*Note possessives not used when possession is obvious from context.

Question 20

another way to say “both”

They are both very beautiful and always elegant.

Answer 20

tutto e due

Sono tutte e due molto belle e sempre eleganti.