condannare — Italian conjugation

to condemn

Frequency#508Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iocondannoI condemn
tucondanniyou condemn
lui/leicondannahe/she/it condemns
noicondanniamowe condemn
voicondannateyou (pl.) condemn
lorocondannanothey condemn

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
iocondannaiI condemned
tucondannastiyou condemned
lui/leicondannòhe/she/it condemned
noicondannammowe condemned
voicondannasteyou (pl.) condemned
lorocondannaronothey condemned

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
iocondannavo
tucondannavi
lui/leicondannava
noicondannavamo
voicondannavate
lorocondannavano

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
iocondannereiI would condemn
tucondannerestiyou would condemn
lui/leicondannerebbehe/she/it would condemn
noicondanneremmowe would condemn
voicondanneresteyou (pl.) would condemn
lorocondannerebberothey would condemn

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iocondanneròI will condemn
tucondanneraiyou will condemn
lui/leicondanneràhe/she/it will condemn
noicondanneremowe will condemn
voicondannereteyou (pl.) will condemn
lorocondannerannothey will condemn

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 condannatoI have condemned
tuhai condannatoyou have condemned
lui/leiha condannatohe/she/it has condemned
noiabbiamo condannatowe have condemned
voiavete condannatoyou (pl.) have condemned
lorohanno condannatothey have condemned

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 condannatoI had condemned
tuavevi condannatoyou had condemned
lui/leiaveva condannatohe/she/it had condemned
noiavevamo condannatowe had condemned
voiavevate condannatoyou (pl.) had condemned
loroavevano condannatothey had condemned

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 condannato
tuavresti condannato
lui/leiavrebbe condannato
noiavremmo condannato
voiavreste condannato
loroavrebbero condannato

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 condannatoI will have condemned
tuavrai condannatoyou will have condemned
lui/leiavrà condannatohe/she/it will have condemned
noiavremo condannatowe will have condemned
voiavrete condannatoyou (pl.) will have condemned
loroavranno condannatothey will have condemned

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.

PronounItalian
iocondanni
tucondanni
lui/leicondanni
noicondanniamo
voicondanniate
lorocondannino

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
iocondannassi
tucondannassi
lui/leicondannasse
noicondannassimo
voicondannaste
lorocondannassero

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
tucondanna
lui/leicondanni
noicondanniamo
voicondannate
lorocondannino

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 condannare
lui/leinon condanni
noinon condanniamo
voinon condannate
loronon condannino