fornire — Italian conjugation
to provide
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 | fornisco | I provide |
| tu | fornisci | you provide |
| lui/lei | fornisce | he/she/it provides |
| noi | forniamo | we provide |
| voi | fornite | you (pl.) provide |
| loro | forniscono | they provide |
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 | fornii | I provided |
| tu | fornisti | you provided |
| lui/lei | fornì | he/she/it provided |
| noi | fornimmo | we provided |
| voi | forniste | you (pl.) provided |
| loro | fornirono | they provided |
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 | fornivo |
| tu | fornivi |
| lui/lei | forniva |
| noi | fornivamo |
| voi | fornivate |
| loro | fornivano |
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 | fornirei | I would provide |
| tu | forniresti | you would provide |
| lui/lei | fornirebbe | he/she/it would provide |
| noi | forniremmo | we would provide |
| voi | fornireste | you (pl.) would provide |
| loro | fornirebbero | they would provide |
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 | fornirò | I will provide |
| tu | fornirai | you will provide |
| lui/lei | fornirà | he/she/it will provide |
| noi | forniremo | we will provide |
| voi | fornirete | you (pl.) will provide |
| loro | forniranno | they will provide |
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 fornito | I have provided |
| tu | hai fornito | you have provided |
| lui/lei | ha fornito | he/she/it has provided |
| noi | abbiamo fornito | we have provided |
| voi | avete fornito | you (pl.) have provided |
| loro | hanno fornito | they have provided |
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 fornito | I had provided |
| tu | avevi fornito | you had provided |
| lui/lei | aveva fornito | he/she/it had provided |
| noi | avevamo fornito | we had provided |
| voi | avevate fornito | you (pl.) had provided |
| loro | avevano fornito | they had provided |
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 fornito |
| tu | avresti fornito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe fornito |
| noi | avremmo fornito |
| voi | avreste fornito |
| loro | avrebbero fornito |
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 fornito | I will have provided |
| tu | avrai fornito | you will have provided |
| lui/lei | avrà fornito | he/she/it will have provided |
| noi | avremo fornito | we will have provided |
| voi | avrete fornito | you (pl.) will have provided |
| loro | avranno fornito | they will have provided |
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 | fornisca |
| tu | fornisca |
| lui/lei | fornisca |
| noi | forniamo |
| voi | forniate |
| loro | forniscano |
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 | fornissi |
| tu | fornissi |
| lui/lei | fornisse |
| noi | fornissimo |
| voi | forniste |
| loro | fornissero |
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 | fornisci |
| lui/lei | fornisca |
| noi | forniamo |
| voi | fornite |
| loro | forniscano |
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 fornire |
| lui/lei | non fornisca |
| noi | non forniamo |
| voi | non fornite |
| loro | non forniscano |