The future tense of verbs that end in -care and -gare
Verbs that end in -care and -gare, like giocare (to play), nevicare (to snow), navigare (to navigate), pagare (to pay), etc., follow a particular structure in the future tense and they are conjugated with the insertion of an h after the c or the g for all persons in order to maintain the hard ca and ga sounds, like this:
Tu giocherai
Lui/lei giocherà
Noi giocheremo
Voi giocherete
Loro giocheranno
Tu pagherai
Lui/lei pagherà
Noi pagheremo
Voi pagherete
Loro pagheranno
Tu navigherai
Lui/lei navigherà
Noi navigheremo
Voi navigherete
Loro navigheranno
Domani giocheremo al parco.
We will play at the park tomorrow.
Pagherò da sola il mio viaggio.
I will pay for my trip myself.
Other verbs that are conjugated like this are nevicare (to snow) nevicare, futuro sporcare (to get something dirty, to soil) sporcare, futuro, pregare (to plead, to pray) pregare, futuro, caricare (to load, to charge) caricare, futuro, piegare (to fold, to bend) piegare, futuro, and elencare (to list) elencare, futuro.
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