It is impossible to understand what the Italians are talking about without parts of speech that mean action. stare's verb Italian in this sense, too, plays a special role. In particular, in the southern part of Italy (sometimes in some others) it even replaces the fundamental essere ("to be"). In addition to the fact that it belongs to the group of incorrect ones, many phrases and expressions, including stable ones, have been built with its help. There are several most common translations of the verb stare - to stay; stop; be; live; feel; fit in; relate.

If the particle si is added to it, it will give the word more expressiveness, when adding ne - the absence of action, calmness. Let's say Starsene ozioso - in the meaning of idle, literal translation - to be idle. In addition, the verb stare in Italian also changes its meaning depending on the preposition. For example, stare a qualcosa (translated as rely on, adhere to something;), or stare su qualcosa - attach importance to something, listen. There are also forms stare a qualcuno (befits, should), stare con qualcuno (to be with someone, to agree), etc.

In other words, if you change or inflect the word in this way, you can indicate the location, position of the body (lie down, stand), your state (body or soul).

Italian verb stare conjugation

The conjugation of the verb stare in Italian is special, like a number of other parts of speech, the basic rules will simply have to be memorized. So, depending on the pronoun present, the phrases will be built as follows:

• io (me) + sto = I am, I feel myself;
• lui (he) / lei (she) / Lei (you) + sta = he/she is, stands, feels, etc.

When we are talking about the negation of something, the conjugation of the verb stare takes into account the presence of the “non” particle that comes before the word: loro + non stanno = they are not located, feel themselves, stand (and so for all pronouns). A specific example is Non sto a casa - I'm not at home. If you need to formulate a question, you need to add the appropriate intonation. Also quite common is the construction “stare per with an infinitive. It denotes an intention, an action that has not yet begun, but it has to be done.

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Let's start with a couple of words about current status language, it is obvious that Italian is official language in Italy, the Vatican (simultaneously with Latin), in San Marino, but also in Switzerland (in its Italian part, the canton of Ticino) and in several districts in Croatia and Slovenia, where a large Italian-speaking population lives, Italian is also spoken by some of the inhabitants on the island of Malta.

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Origins - in ancient Rome, everything was in the Roman language, commonly known as Latin, which at that time was the official state language of the Roman Empire. In the future, from Latin, in fact, the Italian language and many other languages ​​\u200b\u200bof Europe arose.
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In 476, the last Roman emperor Romulus-Augustula abdicated, after the capture of Rome by the leader of the Germans Odoacar, this date is considered the end of the Great Roman Empire.
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According to one of the versions, ancient rome by this time, along with Latin, it was already common colloquial and it is from this folk language of Rome that the Italian that we know as Italian of the 16th century comes from, according to the second version, in connection with the invasion of the barbarians, Latin mixed with various barbarian languages ​​and dialects, and it is from this synthesis that the Italian language already originates .

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960 is considered the birthday of the Italian language. Associated with this date is the first document where this "proto- vernacular"- vulgare, these are court papers related to the land litigation of the Benedictine abbey, the witnesses used this particular version of the language so that the testimony was understandable to as many people as possible, until now we can only see Latin in all official papers.
And then there was a gradual spread in the ubiquitous life of the vulgare language, which translates as a folk language, which became the prototype of the modern Italian language.
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The verb stare is one of the basic verbs of the Italian language.

A lot can be expressed with this verb. It will help us to point to our or someone else's location, to describe the position of the body (lying, standing, sitting ...) the state of mind and health, finally.

This verb is very often used instead of the verb essere, and it can be translated as " be – be in some place, in some state.

The verb stare refers to irregular verbs and conjugates not according to the rules. You need to remember its conjugation:

stare
io	sto
Tu	stay
Lei / lei, Lui	sta
noi	stiamo
Voi	state
loro	stanno

In what situations is this verb used?

When we want to characterize the position of the body:

stare in piedi - to be on your feet
stare sdraiato- be in a supine position

Describe behavior:

stare zitto - be silent
stare attento- be on the lookout

To express the state of mind:

stare in ansia be in a flurry
stare in armonia be in harmony

When we want to describe the state of health:

stare bene- be in good health
stare male- be in poor health

To express an order, appeal, advice:

Stay seduto! - Sit!
State comodi! - Settle down!
Stay zitto! - Shut up!

To indicate some specific place finding an object or person:

Le calze stanno nell "armadio. - Stockings are in the closet.

How is the verb stare different from the verb essere?

Let's look at examples:

Le forbici sono nel secondo cassetto vicino al lavello.

Here we use the verb essere. With this verb, we indicate the location of the scissors at the moment. But, it is not at all necessary that this is their usual location.

Le forbici stanno nel secondo casseto vicino al lavello.

Here we use the verb stare. Now we are talking about the usual location of the scissors - they lie in their place.

The same thing happens when we talk about a person:

Sei in albergo. - You are in a hotel (at this particular moment you are there and will not stay long).
Stay in albergo. - You are in a hotel (stopped at a hotel and will stay there for a certain period of time).

Let's take a look at some special constructions with the stare verbs that you will often see.

stare per + infinito

This construction helps us to say that we are ready for some kind of action.

For example:

Stiamo per uscire. - We're about to go out.
Sto per dormire. - I'm going to sleep.
Pino sta per partire. - Pino is about to leave.

star + gerundio

This construction is used when we talk about an action that is happening at the moment.

For example:

Adesso sto lavorando. - I am working right now.
Loro stanno dormendo. - They are sleeping now.

starci

This form deserves attention, as it is very common in colloquial speech.

Starci translates as " agree with something, take part in something".

For example:

Chi vuole andare a prendere una birra al bar? Io ci sto. - Who wants to go have a beer at a bar? I agree (I will go).

You can read more about the particle ci in the topic Pronominal verbs.

Set expressions with this verb:

The verb dare is another irregular verb to which you should pay attention.

Its conjugation also needs to be remembered:

dare
io	do
Tu	dai
Lei / lei, Lui	da
noi	diamo
Voi	date
loro	Danno

Note that in the third person In the number of the verb, the vowel is stressed. This is done in order not to confuse the verb of this form with the preposition da.

Set expressions with the verb dare :

dare da pensare	give food for thought
dare alla testa	hit on the head (champagne hit on the head, sunstroke)
dare nell "occhio	catch one's eye
dare carta bianca a qualquno	–we say "give the green light"
dare per scontato	discount something, underestimate something
dare spiegazioni	give explanations
dare una punizione	assign a punishment
dare consigli	give advice
dare inizio	start something
dare sui nervous	get on the nerves
dare fuoco	set fire to
dare la mano	lend a helping hand (help)

Exist set expressions and with reflexive verbs.

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