⏱️ 2 min practice • 🔥 CEFR A1

stare

Irregular Level A1 ⭐ #5 Most Common

English translation: to stay / be (feeling/health)

Stem Pattern: sto, stai, sta, stiamo, state, stanno / stato

💡 Key Usage Note: Used for greetings: 'Come stai?' (How are you?) and progressive 'stare + gerundio'.

📘 Linguistic Rule: Irregular present indicative; auxiliary in passato prossimo is essere (sono stato).

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Present (Presente)

sto, stai, sta, stiamo, state, stanno.

Subject Pronoun	Conjugation	Audio
io	sto
tu	stai
lui / lei	sta
noi	stiamo
voi	state
loro	stanno

Example Sentences in Context

Sto molto bene, grazie! — I am doing very well, thank you!

Subject Pronoun	Conjugation	Audio
io	sono stato
tu	sei stato
lui / lei	è stato
noi	siamo stati
voi	siete stati
loro	sono stati

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🧠 Memory Trick (Mnemonic)

Cognate with Spanish 'estar' and English 'stay'.

⚠️ Most Common Student Mistake

✗ Don't say: ~~Come sei? (asking about health) ❌~~

✓ Say instead: Come stai? ✅

Why: Health and temporary condition in Italian uses 'stare', not 'essere'.

🗣️ Essential Native Idioms with 'stare'

Stare attento

= To pay attention / be careful

"Stai attento quando attraversi la strada."

Stare per + infinito

= To be about to do something

"Sto per uscire di casa."

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sto

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Question 1 (Present)

Ciao Marco! Come ___ oggi?

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to be

to have

to do / to make

to go

can / to be able to

to see / watch

prendere Irregular

to take / catch / have (food)

dare Irregular 1st Conj

to give

sapere Irregular 2nd Conj

to know (facts, how to)