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be

was / were

been

essere

👤

become

became

become

diventare

🔄

begin

began

begun

iniziare

🚀

break

broke

broken

rompere

💥

bring

brought

brought

portare

🎁

build

built

built

costruire

🧱

buy

bought

bought

comprare

🛒

choose

chose

chosen

scegliere

🎯

come

came

come

venire

🚶‍♂️

do

did

done

fare

🛠️

drink

drank

drunk

bere

🥤

eat

ate

eaten

mangiare

🍽️

fall

fell

fallen

cadere

🍂

feel

felt

felt

sentire/provare

❤️

find

found

found

trovare

🔍

get

got

got/gotten

ottenere

📦

give

gave

given

dare

🎁

go

went

gone

andare

🏃‍♂️

have

had

had

avere

🤲

know

knew

known

sapere/conoscere

🧠

leave

left

left

lasciare/partire

✈️

make

made

made

fare/costruire

🧩

meet

met

met

incontrare

🤝

read

read /rɛd/

read

leggere

📚

run

ran

run

correre

🏃

say

said

said

dire

💬

see

saw

seen

vedere

👀

send

sent

sent

inviare

📩

sit

sat

sat

sedersi

🪑

speak

spoke

spoken

parlare

🗣️

take

took

taken

prendere

✋

teach

taught

taught

insegnare

👩‍🏫

tell

told

told

dire/raccontare

📖

think

thought

thought

pensare

💭

write

wrote

written

scrivere

✍️





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