fumare — Italian conjugation
to smoke
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 | fumo | I smoke |
| tu | fumi | you smoke |
| lui/lei | fuma | he/she/it smokes |
| noi | fumiamo | we smoke |
| voi | fumate | you (pl.) smoke |
| loro | fumano | they smoke |
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 | fumai | I smoked |
| tu | fumasti | you smoked |
| lui/lei | fumò | he/she/it smoked |
| noi | fumammo | we smoked |
| voi | fumaste | you (pl.) smoked |
| loro | fumarono | they smoked |
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 | fumavo |
| tu | fumavi |
| lui/lei | fumava |
| noi | fumavamo |
| voi | fumavate |
| loro | fumavano |
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 | fumerei | I would smoke |
| tu | fumeresti | you would smoke |
| lui/lei | fumerebbe | he/she/it would smoke |
| noi | fumeremmo | we would smoke |
| voi | fumereste | you (pl.) would smoke |
| loro | fumerebbero | they would smoke |
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 | fumerò | I will smoke |
| tu | fumerai | you will smoke |
| lui/lei | fumerà | he/she/it will smoke |
| noi | fumeremo | we will smoke |
| voi | fumerete | you (pl.) will smoke |
| loro | fumeranno | they will smoke |
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 fumato | I have smoked |
| tu | hai fumato | you have smoked |
| lui/lei | ha fumato | he/she/it has smoked |
| noi | abbiamo fumato | we have smoked |
| voi | avete fumato | you (pl.) have smoked |
| loro | hanno fumato | they have smoked |
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 fumato | I had smoked |
| tu | avevi fumato | you had smoked |
| lui/lei | aveva fumato | he/she/it had smoked |
| noi | avevamo fumato | we had smoked |
| voi | avevate fumato | you (pl.) had smoked |
| loro | avevano fumato | they had smoked |
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 fumato |
| tu | avresti fumato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe fumato |
| noi | avremmo fumato |
| voi | avreste fumato |
| loro | avrebbero fumato |
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 fumato | I will have smoked |
| tu | avrai fumato | you will have smoked |
| lui/lei | avrà fumato | he/she/it will have smoked |
| noi | avremo fumato | we will have smoked |
| voi | avrete fumato | you (pl.) will have smoked |
| loro | avranno fumato | they will have smoked |
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 | fumi |
| tu | fumi |
| lui/lei | fumi |
| noi | fumiamo |
| voi | fumiate |
| loro | fumino |
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 | fumassi |
| tu | fumassi |
| lui/lei | fumasse |
| noi | fumassimo |
| voi | fumaste |
| loro | fumassero |
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 | fuma |
| lui/lei | fumi |
| noi | fumiamo |
| voi | fumate |
| loro | fumino |
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 fumare |
| lui/lei | non fumi |
| noi | non fumiamo |
| voi | non fumate |
| loro | non fumino |