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One pattern, hundreds of verbs

Most Italian verbs end in -are, and nearly all of them are regular. Take off -are and add these endings:

Pronoun Ending Parlare (to speak) Camminare (to walk) Comprare (to buy)
io -o parlo cammino compro
tu -i parli cammini compri
lui / lei / Lei -a parla cammina compra
noi -iamo parliamo camminiamo compriamo
voi -ate parlate camminate comprate
loro -ano parlano camminano comprano

Watch the stress in the loro form: it stays on the same syllable as in io, far from the end — PAR-lano, cam-MI-nano, COM-prano. Never “par-LA-no”.