empire — Italian conjugation
to worsen
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 | empio | I worsen |
| tu | empi | you worsen |
| lui/lei | empie | he/she/it worsens |
| noi | empiamo | we worsen |
| voi | empite | you (pl.) worsen |
| loro | empiono | they worsen |
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 | empii | I worsened |
| tu | empisti | you worsened |
| lui/lei | empì | he/she/it worsened |
| noi | empimmo | we worsened |
| voi | empiste | you (pl.) worsened |
| loro | empirono | they worsened |
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 | empivo |
| tu | empivi |
| lui/lei | empiva |
| noi | empivamo |
| voi | empivate |
| loro | empivano |
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 | empirei | I would worsen |
| tu | empiresti | you would worsen |
| lui/lei | empirebbe | he/she/it would worsen |
| noi | empiremmo | we would worsen |
| voi | empireste | you (pl.) would worsen |
| loro | empirebbero | they would worsen |
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 | empirò | I will worsen |
| tu | empirai | you will worsen |
| lui/lei | empirà | he/she/it will worsen |
| noi | empiremo | we will worsen |
| voi | empirete | you (pl.) will worsen |
| loro | empiranno | they will worsen |
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 empito | I have worsened |
| tu | hai empito | you have worsened |
| lui/lei | ha empito | he/she/it has worsened |
| noi | abbiamo empito | we have worsened |
| voi | avete empito | you (pl.) have worsened |
| loro | hanno empito | they have worsened |
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 empito | I had worsened |
| tu | avevi empito | you had worsened |
| lui/lei | aveva empito | he/she/it had worsened |
| noi | avevamo empito | we had worsened |
| voi | avevate empito | you (pl.) had worsened |
| loro | avevano empito | they had worsened |
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 empito |
| tu | avresti empito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe empito |
| noi | avremmo empito |
| voi | avreste empito |
| loro | avrebbero empito |
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 empito | I will have worsened |
| tu | avrai empito | you will have worsened |
| lui/lei | avrà empito | he/she/it will have worsened |
| noi | avremo empito | we will have worsened |
| voi | avrete empito | you (pl.) will have worsened |
| loro | avranno empito | they will have worsened |
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 | empia |
| tu | empia |
| lui/lei | empia |
| noi | empiamo |
| voi | empiate |
| loro | empiano |
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 | empissi |
| tu | empissi |
| lui/lei | empisse |
| noi | empissimo |
| voi | empiste |
| loro | empissero |
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 | empi |
| lui/lei | empia |
| noi | empiamo |
| voi | empite |
| loro | empiano |
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 empire |
| lui/lei | non empia |
| noi | non empiamo |
| voi | non empite |
| loro | non empiano |