Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for water is annaffiare
The Italian verb for water is the irregular -ARE verb annaffiare.... imagine ANNA having an AFFAIR with HARRY while watering the plants!
Annaffiare can also mean: to rinse/wash down, to hose.
Related words include:
- l'annaffiatura (nf) : watering.
- l'annaffiatoio (nf) : watering can.
- annacquare (v) : to water down, dilute.
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, annaffiare, raddoppiare, finanziare, gonfiare, graffiare, mischiare.
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Imagine ANNA having an AFFAIR with HARRY
while watering the plants!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente water |
annaffio | annaffi | annaffia | annaffiamo | annaffiate | annaffiano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto watered |
annaffiavo | annaffiavi | annaffiava | annaffiavamo | annaffiavate | annaffiavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto watered |
annaffiai | annaffiasti | annaffiò | annaffiammo | annaffiaste | annaffiarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will water |
annaffierò | annaffierai | annaffierà | annaffieremo | annaffierete | annaffieranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would water |
annaffierei | annaffieresti | annaffierebbe | annaffieremmo | annaffiereste | annaffierebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may water |
annaffi | annaffi | annaffi | annaffiamo | annaffiate | annaffino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have watered |
ho annaffiato | hai annaffiato | ha annaffiato | abbiamo annaffiato | avete annaffiato | hanno annaffiato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had watered |
avevo annaffiato | avevi annaffiato | aveva annaffiato | avevamo annaffiato | avevate annaffiato | avevano annaffiato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have watered |
avrò annaffiato | avrai annaffiato | avrà annaffiato | avremo annaffiato | avrete annaffiato | avranno annaffiato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have watered |
avrei annaffiato | avresti annaffiato | avrebbe annaffiato | avremmo annaffiato | avreste annaffiato | avrebbero annaffiato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have watered |
abbia annaffiato | abbia annaffiato | abbia annaffiato | abbiamo annaffiato | abbiate annaffiato | abbiano annaffiato |
| Imperative Imperativo water! |
annaffia! non annaffiare! |
(non) annaffi! | (non) annaffiamo! | (non) annaffiate! | (non) annaffino! | |
✔ Annaffiare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
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