donare — Italian conjugation
to donate
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 | dono | I donate |
| tu | doni | you donate |
| lui/lei | dona | he/she/it donates |
| noi | doniamo | we donate |
| voi | donate | you (pl.) donate |
| loro | donano | they donate |
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 | donai | I donated |
| tu | donasti | you donated |
| lui/lei | donò | he/she/it donated |
| noi | donammo | we donated |
| voi | donaste | you (pl.) donated |
| loro | donarono | they donated |
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 | donavo |
| tu | donavi |
| lui/lei | donava |
| noi | donavamo |
| voi | donavate |
| loro | donavano |
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 | donerei | I would donate |
| tu | doneresti | you would donate |
| lui/lei | donerebbe | he/she/it would donate |
| noi | doneremmo | we would donate |
| voi | donereste | you (pl.) would donate |
| loro | donerebbero | they would donate |
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 | donerò | I will donate |
| tu | donerai | you will donate |
| lui/lei | donerà | he/she/it will donate |
| noi | doneremo | we will donate |
| voi | donerete | you (pl.) will donate |
| loro | doneranno | they will donate |
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 donato | I have donated |
| tu | hai donato | you have donated |
| lui/lei | ha donato | he/she/it has donated |
| noi | abbiamo donato | we have donated |
| voi | avete donato | you (pl.) have donated |
| loro | hanno donato | they have donated |
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 donato | I had donated |
| tu | avevi donato | you had donated |
| lui/lei | aveva donato | he/she/it had donated |
| noi | avevamo donato | we had donated |
| voi | avevate donato | you (pl.) had donated |
| loro | avevano donato | they had donated |
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 donato |
| tu | avresti donato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe donato |
| noi | avremmo donato |
| voi | avreste donato |
| loro | avrebbero donato |
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 donato | I will have donated |
| tu | avrai donato | you will have donated |
| lui/lei | avrà donato | he/she/it will have donated |
| noi | avremo donato | we will have donated |
| voi | avrete donato | you (pl.) will have donated |
| loro | avranno donato | they will have donated |
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 | doni |
| tu | doni |
| lui/lei | doni |
| noi | doniamo |
| voi | doniate |
| loro | donino |
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 | donassi |
| tu | donassi |
| lui/lei | donasse |
| noi | donassimo |
| voi | donaste |
| loro | donassero |
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 | dona |
| lui/lei | doni |
| noi | doniamo |
| voi | donate |
| loro | donino |
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 donare |
| lui/lei | non doni |
| noi | non doniamo |
| voi | non donate |
| loro | non donino |