VERBS Neuter are those Verbs that in the Compound Tenfes, are conjugated by the Auxiliary avére; as bò parlato, hanno tremato, and never by the Auxiliary effere. And Note the Participle always ends in o, be it either Singular or Plural Number, Masculine or Feminine; as, the Queen has fupped, la Regina hà cenato, your Friends have slept, i voftri amici hanno dormitto. Of VERBS IRREGULAR. ΤΗ HE Formation of the Irregular Verbs in Italian does greatly vary, by reafon of the liberty taken by Authors, both in Profe and Poetry; for this caufe I fhall fet down in an Alphabetical Lift, the several Tenfes of these Verbs, according to the different Conjugations; and the Learner will obferve, that altho' the formation of Tenses is from the Infinitive Mood of Verbs, there are frequent variations from this Rule. I. Tenere to keep, Venire to come, take the addition of a g, and make tengo, vengo, and in order to foften the found, the g is also transposed and forms vegno, tegno; dovere to owe, makes devo. II. The letter / in Verbs, takes g before o; as dolere to grieve forms dolgo, and fometimes an i is affumed to foften the found, and makes doglio; valere, to be able, makes vaglio, volere to be willing, voglio. III. The letter r in the penultima of the Infinitive Mood, is frequently changed into i, as of parere to feem, comes paio; of morire to die moio, and fometime muoro. IV. The letter of the fame penultima is doubled, and makes ci; as piacere to please, makes piaccio, &c. V. Those that understand the Latin Tongue will find great ease in forming and conjugating the Verbs Irregular by giving attention particularly_to the Definite Tenfe and the Participle; as for Example, when the Præterit or Definite Tenfe of the Latin is with anx, it is in Italian changed into double fs, as dixi, diffi; if there be two different Confonants, the firft is rendered the fame as the laft, as fcripfi, fcrifi: And the like attention will point out also the Participle; as of fcriptum is feritte; factum, fatto; lectum, lette: But not to dwell longer on thefe Particulars, the different formation of Verbs Irregular will be beft learnt by a due attention to the Verbs themselves, as fet down in the following Lift. Note, the finall Figures before the Tenfes of thefe Verbs following, referr to the like Tenfes in the General Table of Verbs. |