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lilypass
10 ene 2018

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When should we use each verb:

Explain please with examples:
1-sia
2-è

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sofi-ofy
11 ene 2018

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@lilypass They are the same verb but in different tenses. "È" is the present form of "to be" in the 3rd person. The whole conjugation of "Essere" (to be) at the present form (tempo/forma presente) is: I am - Io sono you are - tu sei he/she/it is - lui/lei/esso è (or egli/ella/esso è) we are - noi siamo you are - voi siete they are - loro sono •"La casa è blu" •"The house is blue" •"Lily is hungry" •"Lily è affamata" "Sia" is the verb "Essere" (to be) in a specific form that doesn't exist in English that we call "Congiuntivo" ("Subjunctive" in English, I think). It refers to possible, hypothetical or theoretical situations. It's really hard to use even for some italians who haven't learned it properly when they were young. It's even more tricky for foreigners because it often has the same form for more than one person in the conjugation. The Whole conjugation of "Essere" (to be) in the present form of subjunctive (tempo congiuntivo) : (che) io sia (che) tu sia (che) lui/lei/esso sia (che) noi siamo (the only part that is the same with the present italian form) (che) voi siate (che) loro siano ------------ To learn it at school we often use the "che" before every person while we repeat because in the sentences when we have to use the Congiuntivo, "che" is often present in that position. It doesn't have a specific meaning, it's more like a supportive word for the form, I wouldn't know how to describe it otherwise. In fact in other sentences It has a totally different meaning: it can be used as a relative pronoun. •"The dog that I saw yesterday was cute" •"Il cane che ho visto ieri era carino" ------------- •"It is necessary that Lily is present during the event" •"È necessario che Lily sia presente durante l'evento"

@lilypass
They are the same verb but in different tenses.
"È" is the present form of "to be" in the 3rd person.

The whole conjugation of "Essere" (to be) at the present form (tempo/forma presente) is:
I am - Io sono
you are - tu sei
he/she/it is - lui/lei/esso è
(or egli/ella/esso è)
we are - noi siamo
you are - voi siete
they are - loro sono

•"La casa è blu"
•"The house is blue"

•"Lily is hungry"
•"Lily è affamata"


"Sia" is the verb "Essere" (to be) in a specific form that doesn't exist in English that we call "Congiuntivo" ("Subjunctive" in English, I think). It refers to possible, hypothetical or theoretical situations. It's really hard to use even for some italians who haven't learned it properly when they were young. It's even more tricky for foreigners because it often has the same form for more than one person in the conjugation.

The Whole conjugation of "Essere" (to be) in the present form of subjunctive (tempo congiuntivo) :
(che) io sia
(che) tu sia
(che) lui/lei/esso sia
(che) noi siamo (the only part that is the same with the present italian form)
(che) voi siate
(che) loro siano

------------
To learn it at school we often use the "che" before every person while we repeat because in the sentences when we have to use the Congiuntivo, "che" is often present in that position. It doesn't have a specific meaning, it's more like a supportive word for the form, I wouldn't know how to describe it otherwise. In fact in other sentences It has a totally different meaning: it can be used as a relative pronoun.
•"The dog that I saw yesterday was cute"
•"Il cane che ho visto ieri era carino"
-------------

•"It is necessary that Lily is present during the event"
•"È necessario che Lily sia presente durante l'evento"

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lilypass
12 ene 2018

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@sofi-ofy so how we should make a verb after "che" for subjunctive form? Could you please explain this a bit?
sofi-ofy
12 ene 2018

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@lilypass Here are some common/simple verbs in the Subjunctive form (I'll only show you the present form of the Subjunctive even though there are 3 other forms) >Mangiare< (to eat) che io mang-i che tu mang-i che lui mang-i che noi mang-iamo che voi mang-iate che loro mang-ino >Aprire< (to open) che io apr-a che tu apr-a che lui apr-a che noi apr-iamo che voi apr-iate che loro apr-ano You can see that the first 3 (io, tu, lui) are the same but the last part changes depending on the verb (I actually don't know if there's a reason/grammatical rule of why one ends with an I and one with an A). The first plural (noi) is always the same as the present: •che noi guard-iamo (from the infinitive form of the verb "Guard-are", to look) •che noi facciamo (from the .... of "F-are", to do) The second plural (voi) is similiar to the present too but usually ends with "iate": •che voi ved-iate (from the Infinitive form of the verb "Ved-ere", to see) •che voi sent-iate (from the infinitive form of the verb "Sent-ire", to hear) For the third plural (loro) you have to use the vowel of the singular (io, tu, lui) and add a "no": •if I say "che io bac-i" (to kiss) in the 1st singular person you'll also have to say "che loro bac-ino" (3rd plural person) Of course I'm trying to tell you a global rule but I'm not a teacher so it's kind of general and I don't think it's correct for ALL the verbs out there. It's difficult to learn even because the first part of verbs in the conjugation of the Subjunctive form is not always the same as the one in the Infinitive form (F-are at the infinitive, che io Facc-ia at the Subjuctive form) so you kinda get used when you start knowing the words and you start categorize some of them (as in english you'll understand that a verb that ends with double L will probably follow a similiar rule as another verb with double L in the conjugation for the past form/tense).

@lilypass
Here are some common/simple verbs in the Subjunctive form (I'll only show you the present form of the Subjunctive even though there are 3 other forms)

>Mangiare< (to eat)
che io mang-i
che tu mang-i
che lui mang-i
che noi mang-iamo
che voi mang-iate
che loro mang-ino

>Aprire< (to open)
che io apr-a
che tu apr-a
che lui apr-a
che noi apr-iamo
che voi apr-iate
che loro apr-ano

You can see that the first 3 (io, tu, lui) are the same but the last part changes depending on the verb (I actually don't know if there's a reason/grammatical rule of why one ends with an I and one with an A).

The first plural (noi) is always the same as the present:
•che noi guard-iamo (from the infinitive form of the verb "Guard-are", to look)
•che noi facciamo (from the .... of "F-are", to do)

The second plural (voi) is similiar to the present too but usually ends with "iate":
•che voi ved-iate (from the Infinitive form of the verb "Ved-ere", to see)
•che voi sent-iate (from the infinitive form of the verb "Sent-ire", to hear)

For the third plural (loro) you have to use the vowel of the singular (io, tu, lui) and add a "no":
•if I say "che io bac-i" (to kiss) in the 1st singular person you'll also have to say "che loro bac-ino" (3rd plural person)

Of course I'm trying to tell you a global rule but I'm not a teacher so it's kind of general and I don't think it's correct for ALL the verbs out there.

It's difficult to learn even because the first part of verbs in the conjugation of the Subjunctive form is not always the same as the one in the Infinitive form (F-are at the infinitive, che io Facc-ia at the Subjuctive form) so you kinda get used when you start knowing the words and you start categorize some of them (as in english you'll understand that a verb that ends with double L will probably follow a similiar rule as another verb with double L in the conjugation for the past form/tense).

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