educare — Italian conjugation
to educate
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 | educo | I educate |
| tu | educhi | you educate |
| lui/lei | educa | he/she/it educates |
| noi | educhiamo | we educate |
| voi | educate | you (pl.) educate |
| loro | educano | they educate |
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 | educai | I educated |
| tu | educasti | you educated |
| lui/lei | educò | he/she/it educated |
| noi | educammo | we educated |
| voi | educaste | you (pl.) educated |
| loro | educarono | they educated |
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 | educavo |
| tu | educavi |
| lui/lei | educava |
| noi | educavamo |
| voi | educavate |
| loro | educavano |
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 | educherei | I would educate |
| tu | educheresti | you would educate |
| lui/lei | educherebbe | he/she/it would educate |
| noi | educheremmo | we would educate |
| voi | educhereste | you (pl.) would educate |
| loro | educherebbero | they would educate |
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 | educherò | I will educate |
| tu | educherai | you will educate |
| lui/lei | educherà | he/she/it will educate |
| noi | educheremo | we will educate |
| voi | educherete | you (pl.) will educate |
| loro | educheranno | they will educate |
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 educato | I have educated |
| tu | hai educato | you have educated |
| lui/lei | ha educato | he/she/it has educated |
| noi | abbiamo educato | we have educated |
| voi | avete educato | you (pl.) have educated |
| loro | hanno educato | they have educated |
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 educato | I had educated |
| tu | avevi educato | you had educated |
| lui/lei | aveva educato | he/she/it had educated |
| noi | avevamo educato | we had educated |
| voi | avevate educato | you (pl.) had educated |
| loro | avevano educato | they had educated |
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 educato |
| tu | avresti educato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe educato |
| noi | avremmo educato |
| voi | avreste educato |
| loro | avrebbero educato |
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 educato | I will have educated |
| tu | avrai educato | you will have educated |
| lui/lei | avrà educato | he/she/it will have educated |
| noi | avremo educato | we will have educated |
| voi | avrete educato | you (pl.) will have educated |
| loro | avranno educato | they will have educated |
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 | educhi |
| tu | educhi |
| lui/lei | educhi |
| noi | educhiamo |
| voi | educhiate |
| loro | educhino |
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 | educassi |
| tu | educassi |
| lui/lei | educasse |
| noi | educassimo |
| voi | educaste |
| loro | educassero |
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 | educa |
| lui/lei | educhi |
| noi | educhiamo |
| voi | educate |
| loro | educhino |
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 educare |
| lui/lei | non educhi |
| noi | non educhiamo |
| voi | non educate |
| loro | non educhino |