Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for change is cambiare
The Italian verb for change is the irregular -ARE verb cambiare.... imagine you change a CAN BEER with A RAY!
Cambiare can also mean: to exchange, to replace; to alter, to shift.
Related words include:
- cambiarsi (vr) : to get changed.
- cambiare idea / treno / casa : to change one's mind / trains / to move house.
- il cambiamento (di) (nm) : change (of) / il cambio (nm) : exchange, swap.
Note: la moneta / il resto : change (money).
These verbs ending in -iare are irregular because they drop the ii to i in the Present and Present Subjunctive tenses. Verbs conjugated in this way include : assediare, cambiare, copiare, raddoppiare, finanziare, gonfiare, graffiare, mischiare.
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Imagine you change a CAN BEER with A RAY!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente change |
cambio | cambi | cambia | cambiamo | cambiate | cambiano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto changed |
cambiavo | cambiavi | cambiava | cambiavamo | cambiavate | cambiavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto changed |
cambiai | cambiasti | cambiò | cambiammo | cambiaste | cambiarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will change |
cambierò | cambierai | cambierà | cambieremo | cambierete | cambieranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would change |
cambierei | cambieresti | cambierebbe | cambieremmo | cambiereste | cambierebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may change |
cambi | cambi | cambi | cambiamo | cambiate | cambino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have changed |
ho cambiato | hai cambiato | ha cambiato | abbiamo cambiato | avete cambiato | hanno cambiato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had changed |
avevo cambiato | avevi cambiato | aveva cambiato | avevamo cambiato | avevate cambiato | avevano cambiato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have changed |
avrò cambiato | avrai cambiato | avrà cambiato | avremo cambiato | avrete cambiato | avranno cambiato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have changed |
avrei cambiato | avresti cambiato | avrebbe cambiato | avremmo cambiato | avreste cambiato | avrebbero cambiato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have changed |
abbia cambiato | abbia cambiato | abbia cambiato | abbiamo cambiato | abbiate cambiato | abbiano cambiato |
| Imperative Imperativo change! |
cambia! non cambiare! |
(non) cambi! | (non) cambiamo! | (non) cambiate! | (non) cambino! | |
✔ Cambiare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
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