Essere and Avere

BUONGIORNO! Today I want to speak about the verbs ESSERE=to be and AVERE=to have, which are useful both to speak about jobs, nationalities and age and to form the composed tensed of all the verbs. 

Here is the verb ESSERE=to be

IO SONO = I am

TU SEI = you are

LUI/LEI/LEI E' = he/she is/you are (courtesy form)

NOI SIAMO = we are

VOI SIETE = you are

LORO SONO = they are

Here is the verb AVERE=to have 

IO HO = I have 

TU HAI = you have

LUI/LEI/LEI HA = he/she has/you have (courtesy form)

NOI ABBIAMO = we have

VOI AVETE = you have

LORO HANNO = they have