Corsican

Conjugate Verbs

Introduction

Corsican is a Romance language spoken and written on the islands of Corsica (France) and northern Sardinia (Italy). Corsican is the traditional native language of the Corsican people.

Corsican has been recognized as a language by the French government. Speakers also use French but many are not fluent in it. There is a movement for bilingual education.

The verb

The Corsican verb, like the verb in most Romance languages has three conjugations:

• parlà 'to talk' (verbs ending in -à)
• parte 'to leave' (verbs ending in -e)
• capì 'to understand' (verbs ending in -ì)

Depending on the conjugation, the verbs get different sets of personal suffixes in the tenses.

Just like in other Romance languages the verb ésse 'to be' is irregular and doesn't have those suffixes.

Conjugation of the Regular verb 'parlà'

Infinitive	parlà
Present participle	parlendu
Past participle	parlatu

	Indicative				Subjunctive		Conditional	Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Future	Preterite	Present	Imperfect
Sg.1	parlu	parlaia	parlaraghju	parlosti	parli	parléssi	parlarìa	-
Sg.2	parli	parlaii	parlarè	parlésti			parlarìi	parla!
Sg.3	parla	parlaia	parlarà	parlosti			parlarìa	-
Pl.1	parlemu	parlàiami	parlaremu	parlòstimi	parlimi	parléssimi	parlarìami	parlemu
Pl.2	parleti	parlàiati	parlaréti	parlêstiti	parliti	parléssiti	parlarìati	parleti
Pl.3	parlani	parlàiani	parlarani	parlòstini	parlini	parléssini	parlarìani	-

The verb 'aver'

Infinitive	aver, avè
Present participle	avendu
Past participle	avutu

	Indicative		Subjunctive
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Sg.1	aghju	avia	abbia	avissi
Sg.2	(h)ai, ha	avii	abbia	avissi, avisse
Sg.3	hà	avia	abbia	avissi
Pl.1	avemu	aviamu	abbiamu	avissimu
Pl.2	avete	aviate	abbiate	avissite
Pl.3	(h)anu	avianu	abbianu	avissinu

Verblists

• Italian: Corsica
• Corsican Verblist with Translations
• Corsican Verblist