frignare — Italian conjugation
to whine
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 | frigno | I whine |
| tu | frigni | you whine |
| lui/lei | frigna | he/she/it whines |
| noi | frigniamo | we whine |
| voi | frignate | you (pl.) whine |
| loro | frignano | they whine |
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 | frignai | I whined |
| tu | frignasti | you whined |
| lui/lei | frignò | he/she/it whined |
| noi | frignammo | we whined |
| voi | frignaste | you (pl.) whined |
| loro | frignarono | they whined |
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 | frignavo |
| tu | frignavi |
| lui/lei | frignava |
| noi | frignavamo |
| voi | frignavate |
| loro | frignavano |
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 | frignerei | I would whine |
| tu | frigneresti | you would whine |
| lui/lei | frignerebbe | he/she/it would whine |
| noi | frigneremmo | we would whine |
| voi | frignereste | you (pl.) would whine |
| loro | frignerebbero | they would whine |
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 | frignerò | I will whine |
| tu | frignerai | you will whine |
| lui/lei | frignerà | he/she/it will whine |
| noi | frigneremo | we will whine |
| voi | frignerete | you (pl.) will whine |
| loro | frigneranno | they will whine |
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 frignato | I have whined |
| tu | hai frignato | you have whined |
| lui/lei | ha frignato | he/she/it has whined |
| noi | abbiamo frignato | we have whined |
| voi | avete frignato | you (pl.) have whined |
| loro | hanno frignato | they have whined |
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 frignato | I had whined |
| tu | avevi frignato | you had whined |
| lui/lei | aveva frignato | he/she/it had whined |
| noi | avevamo frignato | we had whined |
| voi | avevate frignato | you (pl.) had whined |
| loro | avevano frignato | they had whined |
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 frignato |
| tu | avresti frignato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe frignato |
| noi | avremmo frignato |
| voi | avreste frignato |
| loro | avrebbero frignato |
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 frignato | I will have whined |
| tu | avrai frignato | you will have whined |
| lui/lei | avrà frignato | he/she/it will have whined |
| noi | avremo frignato | we will have whined |
| voi | avrete frignato | you (pl.) will have whined |
| loro | avranno frignato | they will have whined |
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 | frigni |
| tu | frigni |
| lui/lei | frigni |
| noi | frigniamo |
| voi | frigniate |
| loro | frignino |
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 | frignassi |
| tu | frignassi |
| lui/lei | frignasse |
| noi | frignassimo |
| voi | frignaste |
| loro | frignassero |
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 | frigna |
| lui/lei | frigni |
| noi | frigniamo |
| voi | frignate |
| loro | frignino |
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 frignare |
| lui/lei | non frigni |
| noi | non frigniamo |
| voi | non frignate |
| loro | non frignino |