assassinare — Italian conjugation
to murder, to kill, to assassinate, to massacre
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 | assassino | I murder |
| tu | assassini | you murder |
| lui/lei | assassina | he/she/it murders |
| noi | assassiniamo | we murder |
| voi | assassinate | you (pl.) murder |
| loro | assassinano | they murder |
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 | assassinai | I murdered |
| tu | assassinasti | you murdered |
| lui/lei | assassinò | he/she/it murdered |
| noi | assassinammo | we murdered |
| voi | assassinaste | you (pl.) murdered |
| loro | assassinarono | they murdered |
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 | assassinavo |
| tu | assassinavi |
| lui/lei | assassinava |
| noi | assassinavamo |
| voi | assassinavate |
| loro | assassinavano |
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 | assassinerei | I would murder |
| tu | assassineresti | you would murder |
| lui/lei | assassinerebbe | he/she/it would murder |
| noi | assassineremmo | we would murder |
| voi | assassinereste | you (pl.) would murder |
| loro | assassinerebbero | they would murder |
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 | assassinerò | I will murder |
| tu | assassinerai | you will murder |
| lui/lei | assassinerà | he/she/it will murder |
| noi | assassineremo | we will murder |
| voi | assassinerete | you (pl.) will murder |
| loro | assassineranno | they will murder |
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 assassinato | I have murdered |
| tu | hai assassinato | you have murdered |
| lui/lei | ha assassinato | he/she/it has murdered |
| noi | abbiamo assassinato | we have murdered |
| voi | avete assassinato | you (pl.) have murdered |
| loro | hanno assassinato | they have murdered |
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 assassinato | I had murdered |
| tu | avevi assassinato | you had murdered |
| lui/lei | aveva assassinato | he/she/it had murdered |
| noi | avevamo assassinato | we had murdered |
| voi | avevate assassinato | you (pl.) had murdered |
| loro | avevano assassinato | they had murdered |
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 assassinato |
| tu | avresti assassinato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe assassinato |
| noi | avremmo assassinato |
| voi | avreste assassinato |
| loro | avrebbero assassinato |
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 assassinato | I will have murdered |
| tu | avrai assassinato | you will have murdered |
| lui/lei | avrà assassinato | he/she/it will have murdered |
| noi | avremo assassinato | we will have murdered |
| voi | avrete assassinato | you (pl.) will have murdered |
| loro | avranno assassinato | they will have murdered |
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 | assassini |
| tu | assassini |
| lui/lei | assassini |
| noi | assassiniamo |
| voi | assassiniate |
| loro | assassinino |
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 | assassinassi |
| tu | assassinassi |
| lui/lei | assassinasse |
| noi | assassinassimo |
| voi | assassinaste |
| loro | assassinassero |
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 | assassina |
| lui/lei | assassini |
| noi | assassiniamo |
| voi | assassinate |
| loro | assassinino |
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 assassinare |
| lui/lei | non assassini |
| noi | non assassiniamo |
| voi | non assassinate |
| loro | non assassinino |