Conjugations

There are three...

Italian has three conjugations (le coniugazioni):

• first: -are verbs

• second: -ere verbs

• third: -ire verbs¹

Verbs that end in -arre, -irre, and -urre belong to the second conjugation of verbs.

The stress on the infinitive:

• Falls on the suffix of the verb: amàre, cadère, preferìre

• But, for some -ere verbs, the stress falls within the stem: crèdere, prèndere, difèn…