IRREGULARITY OF THE PRESENT CONDITIONAL

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The present conditional has many irregular forms.
It is possible to identify the verb groups which have a similar behavior.

These are the 2 types of irregularity of the present conditional:

• some verbs lose the vocal stem before the verb ending  (Verbs belonging to the following group: avere, sapere, andare, dovere, potere, godere, sedere, vedere, vivere)

  Example:
  "Domani avrei un incontro con Marco."

• some verbs lose the vocal stem and double the R of the verb ending  (Verbs belonging to the following group: bere, porre, venire, condurre, dolere, parere, rimanere, tenere, trarre, valere, volere)

  Example:
  "Domani Marco verrebbe a casa nostra."

Note:
The same identical irregularity is found in the simple future indicative.
All verbs which are irregular at the conditional are irregular in the same way in the future tense, as well.

Examples:
"Domani avrò un incontro con Marco."
"Domani Marco verrà a casa nostra."

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