emendare — Italian conjugation
to amend
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 | emendo | I amend |
| tu | emendi | you amend |
| lui/lei | emenda | he/she/it amends |
| noi | emendiamo | we amend |
| voi | emendate | you (pl.) amend |
| loro | emendano | they amend |
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 | emendai | I amended |
| tu | emendasti | you amended |
| lui/lei | emendò | he/she/it amended |
| noi | emendammo | we amended |
| voi | emendaste | you (pl.) amended |
| loro | emendarono | they amended |
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 | emendavo |
| tu | emendavi |
| lui/lei | emendava |
| noi | emendavamo |
| voi | emendavate |
| loro | emendavano |
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 | emenderei | I would amend |
| tu | emenderesti | you would amend |
| lui/lei | emenderebbe | he/she/it would amend |
| noi | emenderemmo | we would amend |
| voi | emendereste | you (pl.) would amend |
| loro | emenderebbero | they would amend |
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 | emenderò | I will amend |
| tu | emenderai | you will amend |
| lui/lei | emenderà | he/she/it will amend |
| noi | emenderemo | we will amend |
| voi | emenderete | you (pl.) will amend |
| loro | emenderanno | they will amend |
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 emendato | I have amended |
| tu | hai emendato | you have amended |
| lui/lei | ha emendato | he/she/it has amended |
| noi | abbiamo emendato | we have amended |
| voi | avete emendato | you (pl.) have amended |
| loro | hanno emendato | they have amended |
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 emendato | I had amended |
| tu | avevi emendato | you had amended |
| lui/lei | aveva emendato | he/she/it had amended |
| noi | avevamo emendato | we had amended |
| voi | avevate emendato | you (pl.) had amended |
| loro | avevano emendato | they had amended |
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 emendato |
| tu | avresti emendato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe emendato |
| noi | avremmo emendato |
| voi | avreste emendato |
| loro | avrebbero emendato |
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 emendato | I will have amended |
| tu | avrai emendato | you will have amended |
| lui/lei | avrà emendato | he/she/it will have amended |
| noi | avremo emendato | we will have amended |
| voi | avrete emendato | you (pl.) will have amended |
| loro | avranno emendato | they will have amended |
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 | emendi |
| tu | emendi |
| lui/lei | emendi |
| noi | emendiamo |
| voi | emendiate |
| loro | emendino |
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 | emendassi |
| tu | emendassi |
| lui/lei | emendasse |
| noi | emendassimo |
| voi | emendaste |
| loro | emendassero |
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 | emenda |
| lui/lei | emendi |
| noi | emendiamo |
| voi | emendate |
| loro | emendino |
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 emendare |
| lui/lei | non emendi |
| noi | non emendiamo |
| voi | non emendate |
| loro | non emendino |