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## The forms of the present tense 

4 Italian verbs are divided into three main groups, the conjugations. The conjugation a verb belongs to is determined by the ending of its in fi nitive: 

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The forms of the present depend on which conjugation the verb belongs to. The present is formed by changing the ending of the in fi nitive, as follows: 

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5 Regular verbs in -are  are conjugated as follows: 

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* As we saw in Unit 4, the subject pronoun is normally omitted in the conju- gation of Italian verbs. 

