animare — Italian conjugation
to animate
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | animo | I animate |
| tu | animi | you animate |
| lui/lei | anima | he/she/it animates |
| noi | animiamo | we animate |
| voi | animate | you (pl.) animate |
| loro | animano | they animate |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | animai | I animated |
| tu | animasti | you animated |
| lui/lei | animò | he/she/it animated |
| noi | animammo | we animated |
| voi | animaste | you (pl.) animated |
| loro | animarono | they animated |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | animavo |
| tu | animavi |
| lui/lei | animava |
| noi | animavamo |
| voi | animavate |
| loro | animavano |
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?
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | animerei | I would animate |
| tu | animeresti | you would animate |
| lui/lei | animerebbe | he/she/it would animate |
| noi | animeremmo | we would animate |
| voi | animereste | you (pl.) would animate |
| loro | animerebbero | they would animate |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | animerò | I will animate |
| tu | animerai | you will animate |
| lui/lei | animerà | he/she/it will animate |
| noi | animeremo | we will animate |
| voi | animerete | you (pl.) will animate |
| loro | animeranno | they will animate |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | ho animato | I have animated |
| tu | hai animato | you have animated |
| lui/lei | ha animato | he/she/it has animated |
| noi | abbiamo animato | we have animated |
| voi | avete animato | you (pl.) have animated |
| loro | hanno animato | they have animated |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avevo animato | I had animated |
| tu | avevi animato | you had animated |
| lui/lei | aveva animato | he/she/it had animated |
| noi | avevamo animato | we had animated |
| voi | avevate animato | you (pl.) had animated |
| loro | avevano animato | they had animated |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | avrei animato |
| tu | avresti animato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe animato |
| noi | avremmo animato |
| voi | avreste animato |
| loro | avrebbero animato |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | avrò animato | I will have animated |
| tu | avrai animato | you will have animated |
| lui/lei | avrà animato | he/she/it will have animated |
| noi | avremo animato | we will have animated |
| voi | avrete animato | you (pl.) will have animated |
| loro | avranno animato | they will have animated |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | animi |
| tu | animi |
| lui/lei | animi |
| noi | animiamo |
| voi | animiate |
| loro | animino |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | animassi |
| tu | animassi |
| lui/lei | animasse |
| noi | animassimo |
| voi | animaste |
| loro | animassero |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | anima |
| lui/lei | animi |
| noi | animiamo |
| voi | animate |
| loro | animino |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| tu | non animare |
| lui/lei | non animi |
| noi | non animiamo |
| voi | non animate |
| loro | non animino |