alzare — Italian conjugation

to raise

Frequency#114Regular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The presente covers habits, ongoing situations, and plans about to start — much like English “I study” and “I am studying”. One present tense does both in Italian.

Lavora da casa tre giorni a settimana.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioalzoI raise
tualziyou raise
lui/leialzahe/she/it raises
noialziamowe raise
voialzateyou (pl.) raise
loroalzanothey raise

Simple past (Passato remoto) Regular

The passato remoto tells a completed, narrative past, especially in the south and in literature. The passato prossimo is the normal spoken past in the north, so you choose register and region, not a difference in time alone.

Quella sera arrivò tardi, senza alibi.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioalzaiI raised
tualzastiyou raised
lui/leialzòhe/she/it raised
noialzammowe raised
voialzasteyou (pl.) raised
loroalzaronothey raised

Imperfect (Imperfetto) Regular

The imperfetto is for incomplete past actions, context, and repeated or habitual situations without a clear end. The passato prossimo, not the remoto, is its usual “event” partner in speech.

Da bambina passavo le estati al mare.

PronounItalian
ioalzavo
tualzavi
lui/leialzava
noialzavamo
voialzavate
loroalzavano

Conditional (Condizionale) Regular

The condizionale is for polite “would you…”, first-condition hypotheticals, and reported future from a past point of view. The classic if-chain is se + imperfetto → condizionale.

Potresti alzare un poco la voce?

PronounItalianEnglish
ioalzereiI would raise
tualzerestiyou would raise
lui/leialzerebbehe/she/it would raise
noialzeremmowe would raise
voialzeresteyou (pl.) would raise
loroalzerebberothey would raise

Future (Futuro semplice) Regular

The futuro semplice is for predictions and far decisions. In speech you often hear the present (with a time adverb) or a paraphrase, and a famous trick is the futuro di probabilità for a present guess: saranno le tre.

Domani partiremo all'alba.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioalzeròI will raise
tualzeraiyou will raise
lui/leialzeràhe/she/it will raise
noialzeremowe will raise
voialzereteyou (pl.) will raise
loroalzerannothey will raise

Present perfect (Passato prossimo) Regular

The passato prossimo is the workhorse preterit-like past in the north and in everyday Italian: avere/essere + participle, essere for reflexives, motion, and other change-of-state patterns.

Siamo andati a piedi, poi abbiamo preso l'autobus.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho alzatoI have raised
tuhai alzatoyou have raised
lui/leiha alzatohe/she/it has raised
noiabbiamo alzatowe have raised
voiavete alzatoyou (pl.) have raised
lorohanno alzatothey have raised

Pluperfect (Trapassato prossimo) Regular

The trapassato prossimo is “further in the past than another past” — the Italian pluperfect. It pairs with a main past clause to mark sequence.

Avevamo già mangiato quando suonò il telefono.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo alzatoI had raised
tuavevi alzatoyou had raised
lui/leiaveva alzatohe/she/it had raised
noiavevamo alzatowe had raised
voiavevate alzatoyou (pl.) had raised
loroavevano alzatothey had raised

Conditional perfect (Condizionale passato) Regular

The condizionale passato is for unreal or missed past results and often appears with se + trapassato prossimo in the protasis.

Avrei accettato, se mi avessero avvisato in tempo.

PronounItalian
ioavrei alzato
tuavresti alzato
lui/leiavrebbe alzato
noiavremmo alzato
voiavreste alzato
loroavrebbero alzato

Future perfect (Futuro anteriore) Regular

The futuro anteriore says something will already be over before a still-later future, or, like the French, can express a logical guess about a past result.

Entro le cinque, avrà già lasciato l'ufficio.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò alzatoI will have raised
tuavrai alzatoyou will have raised
lui/leiavrà alzatohe/she/it will have raised
noiavremo alzatowe will have raised
voiavrete alzatoyou (pl.) will have raised
loroavranno alzatothey will have raised

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Regular

The congiuntivo presente is required after many verbs and fixed phrases of will, fear, purpose, and doubt. Impersonal and semi-impersonal triggers (è importante che) also force the subjunctive mood.

Penso che sia la scelta giusta.

PronounItalian
ioalzi
tualzi
lui/leialzi
noialziamo
voialziate
loroalzino

Imperfect subjunctive (Congiuntivo imperfetto) Regular

The congiuntivo imperfetto is the past of the congiuntivo system after a past matrix clause and in se + congi. imperf. → condizionale with unreal conditions.

Se avessi più tempo, viaggerei ogni mese.

PronounItalian
ioalzassi
tualzassi
lui/leialzasse
noialzassimo
voialzaste
loroalzassero

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Regular

The affirmative imperativo reuses the tu form as 3sg for -are verbs, while other conjugations use the normal tu present. It is the direct command register.

Raccontami com'è andata l'esame.

PronounItalian
tualza
lui/leialzi
noialziamo
voialzate
loroalzino

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use non + full infinitive in modern Italian, which is a distinctive rule compared to other Romance languages. Polite or indirect “please don’t” can still soften the tone in context.

Non aprire quella finestra, per favore.

PronounItalian
tunon alzare
lui/leinon alzi
noinon alziamo
voinon alzate
loronon alzino