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Irregular verbs fare and porre

Fare – basic, most common meanings: to make, to do

Present tense: faccio (or fo), fai, fa, facciamo, fate, fanno

Imperfect: facevo, etc.

Past absolute: feci, facesti, fece, facemmo, faceste, fecero

Past participle: fatto

Porre — basic, most common meanings: to put, to place; to suppose

Present tense: pongo, poni, pone, poniamo, ponete, pongono

Imperfect: ponevo, etc.

Past absolute: posi, ponesti, pose, ponemmo, poneste, posero

Past participle: posto

Verbs conjugated like porre: comporre (to compose), esporre (to expose), imporre (to impose), proporre (to propose), supporre (to suppose), trasporre (to transpose)

NOTE: Many irregular verbs follow the same pattern as these two in the past absolute; namely, they have one stem for the first, third, and sixth forms, and a different stem for the second, fourth, and fifth forms. To these are added the endings –i, –esti, –e, –emmo, –este, –ero. Avere also follows this same pattern. These endings are just slightly different from those of the past absolute of second-conjugation regular verbs.

For special uses of fare, see Unit 12.

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