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Essere, avere & -are verbs.
Today's lesson is the grammar foundation — essere (to be) for identity, avere (to have) for possessions/age/hunger (same as Hindi), the -are verb pattern that covers half of all Italian verbs, and how to combine them into real SVO sentences with adjectives AFTER the noun.
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01Essere (to be)
Sono, sei, è, siamo, siete, sono. Identity, location, nationality. Drop the subject pronoun.
7–9 min
02Avere (to have)
Ho, hai, ha, abbiamo, avete, hanno. Used for age (ho 21 anni), hunger, cold — same as Hindi.
7–9 min
03-are verb pattern
Endings -o, -i, -a, -iamo, -ate, -ano. Half of all Italian verbs follow this pattern.
8–10 min
04Building sentences
Italian SVO. Adjectives AFTER the noun (una macchina rossa, NOT una rossa macchina).
8–10 min
Avere for age, hunger, cold — not essere
English says 'I AM hungry / cold / 22 years old.' Italian uses AVERE (to have): Ho fame, Ho freddo, Ho 22 anni. This maps to Hindi perfectly: मुझे भूख है literally means 'hunger is to me' — Italian 'ho fame' is the same logic. Don't say 'sono 22 anni' (common learner error).
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