Irregular verb stems
What Irregular verb stems means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Irregular verbs have irregular stems but use the same endings, such as essere becoming sarò and avere becoming avrò.
Common irregular stems such as 'sar-' for essere, 'avr-' for avere and 'andr-' for andare must be recognised.
The conditional uses all irregular stems, such as sar-, avr- and andr-, the same stems as the future tense.
Topics that use Irregular verb stems
- Verbs (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Auxiliary verbs
- Auxiliary verbs in the imperfect
- Compound tenses
- Conditional perfect
- Descriptive language
- Everyday conversational phrases
- Expressing desires and wishes
- Formal and informal registers
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