campare — Italian conjugation
to survive
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 | campo | I survive |
| tu | campi | you survive |
| lui/lei | campa | he/she/it survives |
| noi | campiamo | we survive |
| voi | campate | you (pl.) survive |
| loro | campano | they survive |
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 | campai | I survived |
| tu | campasti | you survived |
| lui/lei | campò | he/she/it survived |
| noi | campammo | we survived |
| voi | campaste | you (pl.) survived |
| loro | camparono | they survived |
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 | campavo |
| tu | campavi |
| lui/lei | campava |
| noi | campavamo |
| voi | campavate |
| loro | campavano |
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 | camperei | I would survive |
| tu | camperesti | you would survive |
| lui/lei | camperebbe | he/she/it would survive |
| noi | camperemmo | we would survive |
| voi | campereste | you (pl.) would survive |
| loro | camperebbero | they would survive |
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 | camperò | I will survive |
| tu | camperai | you will survive |
| lui/lei | camperà | he/she/it will survive |
| noi | camperemo | we will survive |
| voi | camperete | you (pl.) will survive |
| loro | camperanno | they will survive |
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 | sono campato/a | I have survived |
| tu | sei campato/a | you have survived |
| lui/lei | è campato/a | he/she/it has survived |
| noi | siamo campati/e | we have survived |
| voi | siete campati/e | you (pl.) have survived |
| loro | sono campati/e | they have survived |
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 | ero campato/a | I had survived |
| tu | eri campato/a | you had survived |
| lui/lei | era campato/a | he/she/it had survived |
| noi | eravamo campati/e | we had survived |
| voi | eravate campati/e | you (pl.) had survived |
| loro | erano campati/e | they had survived |
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 | sarei campato/a |
| tu | saresti campato/a |
| lui/lei | sarebbe campato/a |
| noi | saremmo campati/e |
| voi | sareste campati/e |
| loro | sarebbero campati/e |
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 | sarò campato/a | I will have survived |
| tu | sarai campato/a | you will have survived |
| lui/lei | sarà campato/a | he/she/it will have survived |
| noi | saremo campati/e | we will have survived |
| voi | sarete campati/e | you (pl.) will have survived |
| loro | saranno campati/e | they will have survived |
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 | campi |
| tu | campi |
| lui/lei | campi |
| noi | campiamo |
| voi | campiate |
| loro | campino |
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 | campassi |
| tu | campassi |
| lui/lei | campasse |
| noi | campassimo |
| voi | campaste |
| loro | campassero |
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 | campa |
| lui/lei | campi |
| noi | campiamo |
| voi | campate |
| loro | campino |
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 campare |
| lui/lei | non campi |
| noi | non campiamo |
| voi | non campate |
| loro | non campino |