Italian Course Beginner Series Lesson 47: The Verb POTERE Video Lecture | Learn Italian Language: For Beginners and Travellers

hello and welcome to another Italian
tutorial today we are going to tackle
the auxiliar verb can in baraboo Patera
now we've seen how verbs work in Italian
and if you don't know this then go and
watch the introduction to verbs
basically we've seen that verbs come in
three different flavors are a type herbs
area type herbs and ear type verbs and
this depends on how they're ending is
for instance portator ends in E or e so
we would say that
Patera is an area type herb however it's
very useful but it's irregular therefore
it doesn't behave like the other area
type herbs it has a different
conjugation this verb is not used in the
same way as it's used in English so
we've seen that in English the verb to
want once the infinitive form after it
so I want to go I want to go you have
your subject the verb to want and then
the verb conjugated in the infinitive
form it's the same in Italian now when
we talk about the verb can things are a
little bit different in Italian you
still have the same exact structure
subject plus the verb can plus the verb
in its infinitive form but in English
you don't in English you have I can
drive you don't say I can to drive this
is what you say in Italian law so in
Italian translating literally what you
do is you have your subject you have the
verb can conjugated in the right tense
in the right person in this case in the
present simple and then you have the
verb in its infinitive form
so I can drive an Italian would be I
will translate literally I can to drive
let's see how you would translate I can
drive in Italian well first of all we
need the subject pronoun I here then we
need the right conjugation of the verb
Patera pasa pasa boy pah-pah-pah sciama
potato personal so I can yo pasa now
drive drive is we dad the verb to drive
cuidado
therefore we leave it in its infinitive
form it's an added type verb but we
don't have to conjugate it all we do is
we keep it in its infinitive form and we
have expressed the thought I can drive
he'll pass up without normally in
Italian you wouldn't have your subject
because that's usually omitted so it
would be posture without a possibly that
means I can drive if we want to make it
a question we add a question mark and
then we change the intonation possib
without it this means can I Drive you
could ask - I don't know you could ask
your dad can I Drive
this is a perfect example possibly Dada
this is how you use the auxiliary verb
can in Italian so in Italian it doesn't
actually act as an auxiliary verb but
it's just an irregular verb that wants
the infinitive form and therefore we
could say that it's constructed in the
same way as the verb to want ball era
which we've already looked at if you
don't know that verb go and watch the
video on the verb Moliere
to want we've had a look at one of the
most important verbs in the whole entire
language and we've seen that it's quite
easy to understand the construction so
we need a subject
we need the conjugation of the verb
Patera in the right tense the right
person and then we have the verb that we
need in its infinitive form that follows
the verb can Patera I can you can he can
she can etc hope you enjoyed the video
and found it helpful
I will see you guys in the next one take
care and see you soon