1. Lesson Two – Secònna Lezzióne.

[s'knn lt'tsjon]

The verb.

Neapolitan has two auxiliary verbs, essere (to be) and avé (to have).

The verb to be.

Essere ['ssr]		to be
Ndicativo presente/ Present tense.	pronunciation	English equivalent
(io) songo/so’	('i) 'song/'so	I am
(tu) sî	(tu) 'si:	you are (singular)
(isso/essa) è	('iss) '	he/she is
(nuje) simmo	('nuj) 'simm	we are
(vuje) site	(vuj') 'sit	you are (plural, or treated as singular when addressing somebody formally)
(lloro) songo/so’	(llr) 'song/'so	they are

Ndicativo Passato prossimo Past tense.	pronunciation	English equivalent
(io) songo/so’ stato	('i) 'song/'so 'stat	I have been
(tu) sî stato	(tu) 'si: 'stat	you have been (singular)
(isso/essa) è stato	('iss) ' 'stat	he/she has been
(nuje) simmo stato	('nuj) 'simm 'stat	we have been
(vuje) site stato	(vuj') 'sit 'stat	you have been (plural, or treated as singular when addressing somebody formally)
(lloro) songo/so’ stato	(llr) 'song/'so 'stat	they have been

Ndicativo Mperfetto Imperfect.	pronunciation	English equivalent
(io) ero	('i) 'r	I was
(tu) ire	(tu) 'ir	you were (singular)
(isso/essa) era	('iss) 'r	he/shewas
(nuje) èramo	('nuj) 'ram	we were
(vuje) íreve	(vuj') 'irv	you were (plural, or treated as singular when addressing somebody formally)
(lloro) èrano	(llr) 'ran	they were

Ndicativo Trapassato prossimo Past imperfect.	pronunciation	English equivalent
(io) ero/so’ stato	('i) 'r 'stat	I had been
(tu) sî stato	(tu) 'ir 'stat	you had been (singular)
(isso/essa) è stato	('iss) 'r 'stat	he/she had been
(nuje) simmo stato	('('nuj) 'ram 'stat	we had been
(vuje) site stato	(vuj') 'irv 'stat	you had been (plural, or treated as singular when addressing somebody formally)
(lloro) songo/so’ stato	(llr) 'ran 'stat	they had been

Ndicativo Passato remoto Past.	pronunciation	English equivalent
(io) fuje	('i) 'fuj	I was
(tu) fuste	(tu) 'fust	you were (singular)
(isso/essa) fuje	('iss) 'fuj	he/shewas
(nuje) fújemo/fúimo	('nuj) 'fujm / 'fujm	we were
(vuje) fústeve	(vuj') 'fustv	you were (plural, or treated as singular when addressing somebody formally)
(lloro) fújeno	(llr) 'fujn	they were

Ndicativo Futuro Future.	pronunciation	English equivalent
(io) sarràggio	('i) sar'radd	I shall be
(tu) sarràje	(tu) sar'raj	you will be (singular)
(isso/essa) sarrà	('iss) sar'ra	he/shewill be
(nuje) sarràmmo	('nuj) sar'ramm	we shall be
(vuje) sarràte	(vuj') sar'rat	you will be (plural, or treated as singular when addressing somebody formally)
(lloro) sarrànno	(llr) sar'rann	they will be