5 things you didn't know about the verb 'dovere' in Italian
4/27/20267 min
Francesca goes beyond the textbook meaning of "dovere" and explores five nuances of this everyday Italian verb. You'll look at double conjugations, two different auxiliaries in the past tense, the less familiar meaning of "to owe", and the noun "il dovere". How many of these did you already know?
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[outro music] Salve, come va? Io sono Francesca di Coffee Break Italian. And up next, we are going to explore some interesting facts about the modal verb dovere, to have to or must. Allora, io sono pronta, quindi come sempre, dai, cominciamo. [intro music] Numero uno. Did you know that for some forms of the verb, you can choose between two possible spellings? I'm talking about the simple present of the verb dovere, where for I have to or I must, you can either say devo or debbo. And for they have to or they must, you can choose between the two alternatives, devono or debbono. Interessante, vero? Numero due. Have you ever wondered which auxiliary verb to use when conjugating dovere in a compound tense? For example, in the passato prossimo. Should you say, ho dovuto or sono