Pizzonese/Éssere

Past participle: state
Gerund: essene

Pizzonese
a Western Abruzzese dialect of the Neapolitan language continuum
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Conjugation of esse’, to be
Conjugation of havè, to have
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• English: to be
• Italian: essere

To form the compound tenses add the auxiliary verb (éssere) + past participle (state)

Indicative tenses

Present tense

ji	singhe
tu	si
isse	jè
éssa	è
nù	séme
ù	séte
isse	sò
chille	sò

Imperfect

ji	séve
tu	sive
isse	séve
éssa	séva
nù	samme
ù	sate
isse	sévene
chille	sévene

Remote past

ji	fu
tu	fušte
isse	fu
éssa	fu
nù	fujéme
ù	fuište
isse	fùjene
chille	fùjene

Simple future

ji	saraja
tu	sarié
isse	sarà
éssa	sarà
nù	saramme
ù	sarate
isse	sariénne
chille	saranne

Conjunctive tenses

Imperfect

ji	fusse
tu	fu
isse	fusse
éssa	fussa
nù	fusséme
ù	fusséte
isse	fùssene
chille	fùssene

Conditional

Present

ji	sarija
tu	sarisse
isse	sarebbe
éssa	sarebba
nù	sarèbbeme
ù	sarèbbeve
isse	sarèbbene
chille	sarèbbane