Chapter9 PRESENT PROGRESSIVES AND POSSESSIVES ysing the Verbs Potere, Volere, and Dovere Puoi venire alla festa, Maria? Voglio venire, ma non posso. Devo studiare. Can you come to the party, Mary? I want to come, but T cannot T have to study. “These sentences are constructed with the verbs potere (to be able 1), volere (to want, 10 want to), and dovere (to have 10). Like other verbs you have learned in previous chapters, these verbs are iregular verbs. This means of course, that you will have to memorize their conjugations. The following shows the present indicative conjugation of each of these verbs: potere to be able to (i0) posso. Tam able to (I can) (tu) puoi you are able to (you cari) (familiar) (Lei) pud ‘you are able 10 (you can) (polite) (luife’) puo he/she is able to (he/she cart) {noi) possiamo _we are able to (we can) (voi) potete ‘you are able to (you can) (farniliar plural) (Loro) possono you are able to (you can) (polite plural) (loro) possono they are able to (they can) vyolere 10 want to (io) voslio T want to (tu) vaoi ‘you want to (familiar) (Lei) vuole ‘you want to (polite) (lui/lei) vuole he/she wants to (noi) vogliamo we want to (voi) volete ‘you want to (Familiar plural) (Loro) vogliono you ivant to (polite plural) (loro) vogliono they want to dovere to have to (io) devo Thave 10 (tu) devi ‘you have to (Familiar) (Lei) deve ‘you have to (polite) (lui/lei) deve he/she has to (noi) dobbiamo we have to (voi) dovete ‘you have to (familiar plural) (Lore) devono you have to (polite plural) (loro) devono they have toSTALIAN. DeMYSTIPIeD | | 2 ‘stall Struggling s Forthelasttime, tive forms does not fall on the last syllable. So, possono, vo are pronounced péssono, végliono, and dévono. E loro che cosa devono fare? Loro devono studiare. Oral Practice remember that the stress on third-person plural present indica~ ‘And what do they have to do? They have to study. liono, and deveno Practice saying the following sentences out loud. Marco, tu puoi venire alla festa? No, non posso venire. Marco e Maria, potete uscire stasera? Si, possiamo uscire. ‘Anche loro possono venir, vero? Maria, che cosa vuoi? ‘Voglio un altro panino. Che cosa vuole fare la tua amica? E voi due, che cosa volete? Noi vogtiamo mangiare gli spaghetti. E loro che cosa vogliono? Maria, che cosa devi fare ogi? Oggi devo studiare. E la tua amica che cosa deve fare? Marco e Maria, che cosa dovete fare? Non dobbiamo fare niente. E loro che cosa devono fare? ‘Loro devono studiare Mark, can you come to the party? No, [ cannot come. ‘Mark and Mary, can you go out tonight? Yes, we can go out. They can also come, right? Mary, what do you want? Twant another sandwich What does your friend want to do? ‘And what do the two of you want? We want to eat spaghetti. And what do they want? Mary, what do you have to do today? Today T have to study. ‘And what does your friend have to do? Mark and Mary, what do you have to do? We do not have to do anything. ‘And what do they have to do? They have to study.Chapter 9 PRESENT PROGRESSIVES AND POSSESSIVES 177 Written Practice 2 fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of the suggested verbs. 1. Maria, tu ____venire in centro? Mary, can you come : downtown? = Si, oggi —______——— venire. Yes, today I can come. 2, Tuo fratello non uuscire, vero? Your brother cannot go out, right? Non é vero, Jui_____—uscire oggi. It is not true, he can go out today. 3. Franco e Bruno, __uscire oggi? Frank and Bruno, can ‘you go out today? $i, _____—_useire. Yes, we can go out 4. E anche loro uscire, vero? They can also go out, right? $i, loro — ‘uscire. Yes, they can go out 5. Giovanni, che cosa 2 John, what do you want? =e un piatto di ravioli, I want a plate of raviol. 6. Che cosa — Lui i professore? What does the professor want? un panino, He wanis a sandwich. 7. E voi due che cosa — _? And what do the two of you want? Noi non niente. We do not want anything 8. E loro che cosa 2 And what do they want? Loro li gnocchi. They want dumplings 9. Maria, dove ______—andare ogg? Mary, where do you have to go today? Ossi andare in centro. Today I have to go downtown. 10. E la tua amica dove — andare? And where does your friend have to go? Aache lei andare in centro, She also has to go downtown.