# ammare
## Neapolitan
### Alternative forms

* ammà (alt. spelling)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin amāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Naples) IPA: [amˈma]

### Verb

ammare
* to love

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | ammà | ammà | ammà | ammà | ammà |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | ammanno | ammanno | ammanno | ammanno | ammanno |
| present participle | present participle | present participle | ammante | ammante | ammante | ammante | ammante |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | ammato | ammato | ammato | ammato | ammato |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | je/i' | tu | isso/essa | nuje | vuje | lloro |
| indicative | present | ammo | amme | amma | ammammo | ammate | ammano |
| indicative | imperfect | ammavo | ammave | ammava | ammavamo | ammavate | ammavano |
| indicative | passato remòto | ammaje | ammaste | ammaje | ammajemo | ammastevo | ammajeno |
| indicative | future | ammarraggio | ammarraje | ammarrà | ammarrimmo | ammarrite | ammarranno |
| indicative | conditional | ammarria | ammarrisse | ammarria | ammarrissemo | ammarrissevo | ammarriano |
| compound tenses | passato pròssimo | Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the present tense of avè plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | trapasato pròssimo | Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the imperfect tense of avè plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | trapasato remòto | Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the passato remòto tense of avè plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | futuro anteriore | Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the future tense of avè plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | cunnizziunale passato | Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle | Use the conditional tense of avè plus the past participle |
| imperfect subjunctive | imperfect subjunctive | ca je/i' | ca tu | ca isso/ca essa | ca nuje | ca vuje | ca lloro |
| imperfect subjunctive | imperfect subjunctive | ammasse | ammasse | ammasse | ammassemo | ammassevo | ammassero |
| imperative | imperative | - | tu | isso/essa | nuje | vuje | lloro |
| imperative | imperative | | amma | amma | ammammo | ammate | ammeno |

#### Related terms

* ammore

### References

* Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “ammare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano