bloggare — Italian conjugation

to blog

Frequency#979Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
iobloggoI blog
tublogghiyou blog
lui/leibloggahe/she/it blogs
noiblogghiamowe blog
voibloggateyou (pl.) blog
loroblogganothey blog

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
iobloggaiI blogged
tubloggastiyou blogged
lui/leibloggòhe/she/it blogged
noibloggammowe blogged
voibloggasteyou (pl.) blogged
lorobloggaronothey blogged

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
iobloggavo
tubloggavi
lui/leibloggava
noibloggavamo
voibloggavate
lorobloggavano

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
ioblogghereiI would blog
tubloggherestiyou would blog
lui/leibloggherebbehe/she/it would blog
noibloggheremmowe would blog
voibloggheresteyou (pl.) would blog
lorobloggherebberothey would blog

Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular

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
iobloggheròI will blog
tubloggheraiyou will blog
lui/leibloggheràhe/she/it will blog
noibloggheremowe will blog
voiblogghereteyou (pl.) will blog
lorobloggherannothey will blog

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 bloggatoI have blogged
tuhai bloggatoyou have blogged
lui/leiha bloggatohe/she/it has blogged
noiabbiamo bloggatowe have blogged
voiavete bloggatoyou (pl.) have blogged
lorohanno bloggatothey have blogged

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 bloggatoI had blogged
tuavevi bloggatoyou had blogged
lui/leiaveva bloggatohe/she/it had blogged
noiavevamo bloggatowe had blogged
voiavevate bloggatoyou (pl.) had blogged
loroavevano bloggatothey had blogged

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 bloggato
tuavresti bloggato
lui/leiavrebbe bloggato
noiavremmo bloggato
voiavreste bloggato
loroavrebbero bloggato

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 bloggatoI will have blogged
tuavrai bloggatoyou will have blogged
lui/leiavrà bloggatohe/she/it will have blogged
noiavremo bloggatowe will have blogged
voiavrete bloggatoyou (pl.) will have blogged
loroavranno bloggatothey will have blogged

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

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
ioblogghi
tublogghi
lui/leiblogghi
noiblogghiamo
voiblogghiate
loroblogghino

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
iobloggassi
tubloggassi
lui/leibloggasse
noibloggassimo
voibloggaste
lorobloggassero

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
tublogga
lui/leiblogghi
noiblogghiamo
voibloggate
loroblogghino

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 bloggare
lui/leinon blogghi
noinon blogghiamo
voinon bloggate
loronon blogghino