cooperare — Italian conjugation
to cooperate
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 | coopero | I cooperate |
| tu | cooperi | you cooperate |
| lui/lei | coopera | he/she/it cooperates |
| noi | cooperiamo | we cooperate |
| voi | cooperate | you (pl.) cooperate |
| loro | cooperano | they cooperate |
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 | cooperai | I cooperated |
| tu | cooperasti | you cooperated |
| lui/lei | cooperò | he/she/it cooperated |
| noi | cooperammo | we cooperated |
| voi | cooperaste | you (pl.) cooperated |
| loro | cooperarono | they cooperated |
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 | cooperavo |
| tu | cooperavi |
| lui/lei | cooperava |
| noi | cooperavamo |
| voi | cooperavate |
| loro | cooperavano |
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 | coopererei | I would cooperate |
| tu | coopereresti | you would cooperate |
| lui/lei | coopererebbe | he/she/it would cooperate |
| noi | coopereremmo | we would cooperate |
| voi | cooperereste | you (pl.) would cooperate |
| loro | coopererebbero | they would cooperate |
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 | coopererò | I will cooperate |
| tu | coopererai | you will cooperate |
| lui/lei | coopererà | he/she/it will cooperate |
| noi | coopereremo | we will cooperate |
| voi | coopererete | you (pl.) will cooperate |
| loro | coopereranno | they will cooperate |
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 cooperato | I have cooperated |
| tu | hai cooperato | you have cooperated |
| lui/lei | ha cooperato | he/she/it has cooperated |
| noi | abbiamo cooperato | we have cooperated |
| voi | avete cooperato | you (pl.) have cooperated |
| loro | hanno cooperato | they have cooperated |
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 cooperato | I had cooperated |
| tu | avevi cooperato | you had cooperated |
| lui/lei | aveva cooperato | he/she/it had cooperated |
| noi | avevamo cooperato | we had cooperated |
| voi | avevate cooperato | you (pl.) had cooperated |
| loro | avevano cooperato | they had cooperated |
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 cooperato |
| tu | avresti cooperato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe cooperato |
| noi | avremmo cooperato |
| voi | avreste cooperato |
| loro | avrebbero cooperato |
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 cooperato | I will have cooperated |
| tu | avrai cooperato | you will have cooperated |
| lui/lei | avrà cooperato | he/she/it will have cooperated |
| noi | avremo cooperato | we will have cooperated |
| voi | avrete cooperato | you (pl.) will have cooperated |
| loro | avranno cooperato | they will have cooperated |
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 | cooperi |
| tu | cooperi |
| lui/lei | cooperi |
| noi | cooperiamo |
| voi | cooperiate |
| loro | cooperino |
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 | cooperassi |
| tu | cooperassi |
| lui/lei | cooperasse |
| noi | cooperassimo |
| voi | cooperaste |
| loro | cooperassero |
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 | coopera |
| lui/lei | cooperi |
| noi | cooperiamo |
| voi | cooperate |
| loro | cooperino |
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 cooperare |
| lui/lei | non cooperi |
| noi | non cooperiamo |
| voi | non cooperate |
| loro | non cooperino |