collegare — Italian conjugation
to connect, to join together, to link, to link up
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | collego | I connect |
| tu | colleghi | you connect |
| lui/lei | collega | he/she/it connects |
| noi | colleghiamo | we connect |
| voi | collegate | you (pl.) connect |
| loro | collegano | they connect |
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 | collegai | I connected |
| tu | collegasti | you connected |
| lui/lei | collegò | he/she/it connected |
| noi | collegammo | we connected |
| voi | collegaste | you (pl.) connected |
| loro | collegarono | they connected |
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 | collegavo |
| tu | collegavi |
| lui/lei | collegava |
| noi | collegavamo |
| voi | collegavate |
| loro | collegavano |
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 | collegherei | I would connect |
| tu | collegheresti | you would connect |
| lui/lei | collegherebbe | he/she/it would connect |
| noi | collegheremmo | we would connect |
| voi | colleghereste | you (pl.) would connect |
| loro | collegherebbero | they would connect |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | collegherò | I will connect |
| tu | collegherai | you will connect |
| lui/lei | collegherà | he/she/it will connect |
| noi | collegheremo | we will connect |
| voi | collegherete | you (pl.) will connect |
| loro | collegheranno | they will connect |
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 collegato | I have connected |
| tu | hai collegato | you have connected |
| lui/lei | ha collegato | he/she/it has connected |
| noi | abbiamo collegato | we have connected |
| voi | avete collegato | you (pl.) have connected |
| loro | hanno collegato | they have connected |
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 collegato | I had connected |
| tu | avevi collegato | you had connected |
| lui/lei | aveva collegato | he/she/it had connected |
| noi | avevamo collegato | we had connected |
| voi | avevate collegato | you (pl.) had connected |
| loro | avevano collegato | they had connected |
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 collegato |
| tu | avresti collegato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe collegato |
| noi | avremmo collegato |
| voi | avreste collegato |
| loro | avrebbero collegato |
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 collegato | I will have connected |
| tu | avrai collegato | you will have connected |
| lui/lei | avrà collegato | he/she/it will have connected |
| noi | avremo collegato | we will have connected |
| voi | avrete collegato | you (pl.) will have connected |
| loro | avranno collegato | they will have connected |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | colleghi |
| tu | colleghi |
| lui/lei | colleghi |
| noi | colleghiamo |
| voi | colleghiate |
| loro | colleghino |
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 | collegassi |
| tu | collegassi |
| lui/lei | collegasse |
| noi | collegassimo |
| voi | collegaste |
| loro | collegassero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular
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 | collega |
| lui/lei | colleghi |
| noi | colleghiamo |
| voi | collegate |
| loro | colleghino |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular
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 collegare |
| lui/lei | non colleghi |
| noi | non colleghiamo |
| voi | non collegate |
| loro | non colleghino |