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Jan 2022
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#14: How to Conjugate Verbs in Italian

ITALIAN MATTERS
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In this episode, we learn how to conjugate verbs in Italian. In linguistics, to conjugate means to change the base form of the verb so that it agrees with the subject, the tense, the mood, and the voice.


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