Forme dei verbi

Verb forms

Italian classifies verbs as having in three distinct forms:

• Active, where the subject of the sentence performs the action: The tractor struck the car.

• Passive, where the subject of the active phrase becomes the patient of the verb, which results in a change of state: The car was struck by¹ the tractor.

• Reflexive, the agent and patient of the verb are the sa…