To serve, to be useful, to need in Italian 🇮🇹

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Tips to Remember the Verb:
• Associate “servire” with the English word “serve” and “service.” Visualize a waiter serving food or a tool that “serves” a purpose.
• Remember that in Italian “servire” can mean both “to serve someone” (like a waiter) and “to be needed” or “to be useful” (e.g., “Ti serve una penna?” means “Do you need a pen?”).

Explanations:
• “Servire” is used when talking about providing a service, being useful, or even expressing necessity.
• It can describe an action (to serve someone) as well as the idea that something is needed or useful.

Synonyms/Similar Expressions:
• For “to serve” (in the sense of providing service): “assistere” or “aiutare.”
• For “to be useful/needed”: “essere utile” or “essere necessario.”

Conjugations:

Infinitive: servire

Present Tense:
 io servo    (I serve / it is useful to me)
 tu servi    (you serve / it is useful to you)
 lui/lei serve  (he/she serves / it serves him/her)
 noi serviamo  (we serve)
 voi servite   (you all serve)
 loro servono  (they serve)

Passato Prossimo (Present Perfect):
 io ho servito   (I have served)
 tu hai servito   (you have served)
 lui/lei ha servito  (he/she has served)
 noi abbiamo servito (we have served)
 voi avete servito  (you all have served)
 loro hanno servito  (they have served)

Imperfect Tense:
 io servivo   (I was serving/it was useful)
 tu servivi   (you were serving)
 lui/lei serviva (they were serving / it was useful to him/her)
 noi servivamo (we were serving)
 voi servivate (you all were serving)
 loro servivano (they were serving)

Future Tense:
 io servirò   (I will serve)
 tu servirai   (you will serve)
 lui/lei servirà  (he/she will serve)
 noi serviremo  (we will serve)
 voi servirete  (you all will serve)
 loro serviranno  (they will serve)

Conditional:
 io servirei   (I would serve)
 tu serviresti  (you would serve)
 lui/lei servirebbe (he/she would serve)
 noi serviremmo (we would serve)
 voi servireste (you all would serve)
 loro servirebbero (they would serve)

Present Subjunctive:
 che io serva
 che tu servi
 che lui/lei serva
 che noi serviamo
 che voi serviate
 che loro servano

Examples of Sentences:
1. "Il cameriere serve i clienti con molta cortesia."
 Translation: "The waiter serves the customers very courteously."
2. "Mi serve un po' di aiuto con questo compito."
 Translation: "I need some help with this task."
3. "Questo strumento serve a misurare la temperatura."
 Translation: "This tool is used to measure temperature."
4. "Se servisse, potremmo organizzare una festa."
 Translation: "If needed, we could organize a party."

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