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    The Italian present tense (presente) is happening right now. It's a simple tense—that is, the verb form consists of one word only. The present tense of a regular Italian verb is formed by dropping the infinitive ending and adding the appropriate endings to the resulting stem.
    The present tense of a regular -are verb is formed by dropping the infinitive ending -are and adding the appropriate endings to the resulting stem (-o, -i, -a, -iamo, -ate, -ano). See the table below for a sample conjugation of amare (to love).
    
    PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATION OF AMARE (TO LOVE)
    PERSON
    SINGULAR
    PLURAL
    
    I
    (io) amo (I love)
    (noi) amiamo (we love)
    II
    (tu) ami (you love, familiar)
    (voi) amate (you love, familiar)
    III
    (Lei) ama (you love, formal)
    (Loro) amano (you love, formal)
    (lui/lei) ama (he/she loves)
    (loro) amano (they love)
    The infinitive of first-conjugation Italian verbs (those ending in -are) and the conjugated forms of the present tense are pronounced like most Italian words: the stress falls on the next-to-last syllable. The one exception is the third person plural form amano, which is pronounced AH-mah-noh, with stress falling on the first syllable. A few first-conjugation verbs are listed in the following table.
    
    COMMON FIRST-CONJUGATION VERBS
    
    accendere
    to put out, extinguish
    arrivare
    to arrive
    ascoltare
    to listen
    aspettare
    to wait
    ballare
    to dance
    camminare
    to walk
    cantare
    to sing
    dimenticare
    to forget
    guidare
    to drive
    imparare
    to learn
    insegnare
    to teach
    lavorare
    to work
    nuotare
    to swim
    parlare
    to speak
    pranzare
    to dine, to have lunch
    suonare
    to play (a musical instrument)
    telefonare
    to telephone
    visitare
    to visit
    Italian verbs with infinitives ending in -ere are called second-conjugation (seconda coniugazione) or -ere verbs. The present tense of a regular -ere verb is formed by dropping the infinitive ending and adding the appropriate endings (-o, -i, -e, -iamo, -ete, -ono) to the stem. For an example on how to conjugate a regular second-conjugation verb, take a look the following table.
    
    PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATION OF SCRIVERE (TO WRITE)
    PERSON
    SINGULAR
    PLURAL
    
    I
    (io) scrivo (I write)
    (noi) scriviamo (we write)
    II
    (tu) scrivi (you write, familiar)
    (voi) scrivete (you write, familiar)
    III
    (Lei) scrive (you write, formal)
    (Loro) scrivono (you write, formal)
    (lui/lei) scrive (he/she writes)
    (loro) scrivono (they write)
    Second-conjugation (-ere) verbs account for approximately one-quarter of all Italian verbs. Although many have some sort of irregular structure, there are also many regular verbs (see the following table for examples) which are conjugated in the same way as scrivere.
    
    COMMON SECOND-CONJUGATION VERBS
    
    accendere
    to put out, extinguish
    battere
    to beat, to hit
    cadere
    to fall
    chiedere
    to ask
    conoscere
    to know
    correre
    to run
    credere
    to believe
    descrivere
    to describe
    eleggere
    to elect
    leggere
    to read
    mettere
    to put, to place
    mordere
    to bite
    nascere
    to be born
    offendere
    to offend
    perdere
    to lose
    rimanere
    to remain, to stay
    ridere
    to laugh
    rompere
    to break
    vendere
    to sell
    sopravvivere
    to survive
    While the infinitive forms of both first- and third-conjugation Italian verbs always have the accent on the final -are or -ire, second-conjugation verbs are often pronounced with the accent on the third-to-last syllable, as in prendere (PREHN-deh-ray).
    If there are first-conjugation and second-conjugation verbs, then it stands to reason there are third-conjugation verbs (terza coniugazione)! This final group contains verbs that end in -ire in the infinitive. The present tense of a regular -ire verb is formed by dropping the infinitive ending and adding the appropriate endings (-o, -i, -e, -iamo, -ite, -ono) to the resulting stem. Note that, except for the voi form, these endings are the same as for regular second-conjugation (-ere) verbs. For an example of how to conjugate a regular -ire verb, see the table below, which conjugates sentire (to hear, to feel, to smell).
    
    PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATION OF SENTIRE (TO HEAR, TO FEEL, TO SMELL)
    PERSON
    SINGULAR
    PLURAL
    
    I
    (io) sento (I feel)
    (noi) sentiamo (we feel)
    II
    (tu) senti (you feel, familiar)
    (voi) sentite (you feel, familiar)
    III
    (Lei) sente (you feel, formal)
    (Loro) sentono (you feel, formal)
    (lui/lei) sente (he/she feels)
    (loro) sentono (they feel)
    Other common -ire third-conjugation regular verbs are listed below.
    
    COMMON THIRD-CONJUGATION VERBS
    
    acconsentire
    to agree, to acquiesce
    assorbire
    to soak
    aprire
    to open
    bollire
    to boil
    coprire
    to cover
    cucire
    to sew
    dormire
    to sleep
    fuggire
    to flee
    mentire
    to lie
    morire
    to die
    offrire
    to offer
    partire
    to leave
    riaprire
    to reopen
    scoprire
    to discover, to uncover
    sequire
    to follow
    sentire
    to hear, to feel, to smell
    servire
    to serve
    sfuggire
    to escape
    soffrire
    to suffer
    vestire
    to dress, to wear