Italian Verb Conjugation
Full conjugation tables for the Italian verbs learners use most, in every tense and mood, with the auxiliary, the past participle, the irregular forms marked, and example sentences translated into English.
Italian -ARE Verbs
Italian -ERE Verbs
Italian -IRE Verbs
Italian Irregular Verbs
Italian Reflexive Verbs
All Italian verbs, A to Z
- Abitare Conjugation
- Alzarsi Conjugation
- Andare Conjugation
- Aprire Conjugation
- Arrivare Conjugation
- Ascoltare Conjugation
- Avere Conjugation
- Bere Conjugation
- Capire Conjugation
- Conoscere Conjugation
- Dare Conjugation
- Dire Conjugation
- Dormire Conjugation
- Dovere Conjugation
- Essere Conjugation
- Fare Conjugation
- Finire Conjugation
- Giocare Conjugation
- Lavorare Conjugation
- Leggere Conjugation
- Mangiare Conjugation
- Mettere Conjugation
- Parlare Conjugation
- Partire Conjugation
- Piacere Conjugation
- Potere Conjugation
- Preferire Conjugation
- Prendere Conjugation
- Pulire Conjugation
- Riuscire Conjugation
- Sapere Conjugation
- Scrivere Conjugation
- Stare Conjugation
- Studiare Conjugation
- Svegliarsi Conjugation
- Uscire Conjugation
- Vedere Conjugation
- Venire Conjugation
- Vivere Conjugation
- Volere Conjugation
Italian grammar
Every simple tense comes from the morph-it lexicon and is checked form by form against Wiktionary before a page goes live. Compound tenses are built from the auxiliary and the past participle.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you conjugate Italian verbs?
- Find the infinitive ending (-are, -ere, or -ire), remove it to get the stem, and add the ending for the person and tense: parlare gives parlo, parli, parla, parliamo, parlate, parlano. Compound tenses such as the passato prossimo add essere or avere to the past participle: ho parlato, sono andato.
- What are the three Italian verb groups?
- Italian verbs are grouped by their infinitive ending: -are (parlare), -ere (credere), and -ire (dormire). The -ire group splits in two: verbs like dormire take the plain endings, and verbs like capire add -isc- in most present-tense forms (capisco, capisci).
- Which Italian verbs are irregular?
- The most common verbs are the most irregular: essere, avere, andare, fare, dire, stare, dare, venire, uscire, and the modal verbs volere, potere, and dovere. Many other verbs are regular in the present but have an irregular past participle, such as prendere (preso), vedere (visto), and leggere (letto).
- When do Italian verbs take essere instead of avere?
- Essere is the auxiliary for most verbs of motion and change of state (andare, venire, partire, nascere, diventare), for reflexive verbs, and for essere itself. Most other verbs take avere. With essere, the past participle agrees with the subject: Maria è andata, i ragazzi sono partiti.
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