innovare — Italian conjugation
to innovate
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 | innovo | I innovate |
| tu | innovi | you innovate |
| lui/lei | innova | he/she/it innovates |
| noi | innoviamo | we innovate |
| voi | innovate | you (pl.) innovate |
| loro | innovano | they innovate |
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 | innovai | I innovated |
| tu | innovasti | you innovated |
| lui/lei | innovò | he/she/it innovated |
| noi | innovammo | we innovated |
| voi | innovaste | you (pl.) innovated |
| loro | innovarono | they innovated |
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 | innovavo |
| tu | innovavi |
| lui/lei | innovava |
| noi | innovavamo |
| voi | innovavate |
| loro | innovavano |
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 | innoverei | I would innovate |
| tu | innoveresti | you would innovate |
| lui/lei | innoverebbe | he/she/it would innovate |
| noi | innoveremmo | we would innovate |
| voi | innovereste | you (pl.) would innovate |
| loro | innoverebbero | they would innovate |
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 | innoverò | I will innovate |
| tu | innoverai | you will innovate |
| lui/lei | innoverà | he/she/it will innovate |
| noi | innoveremo | we will innovate |
| voi | innoverete | you (pl.) will innovate |
| loro | innoveranno | they will innovate |
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 innovato | I have innovated |
| tu | hai innovato | you have innovated |
| lui/lei | ha innovato | he/she/it has innovated |
| noi | abbiamo innovato | we have innovated |
| voi | avete innovato | you (pl.) have innovated |
| loro | hanno innovato | they have innovated |
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 innovato | I had innovated |
| tu | avevi innovato | you had innovated |
| lui/lei | aveva innovato | he/she/it had innovated |
| noi | avevamo innovato | we had innovated |
| voi | avevate innovato | you (pl.) had innovated |
| loro | avevano innovato | they had innovated |
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 innovato |
| tu | avresti innovato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe innovato |
| noi | avremmo innovato |
| voi | avreste innovato |
| loro | avrebbero innovato |
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 innovato | I will have innovated |
| tu | avrai innovato | you will have innovated |
| lui/lei | avrà innovato | he/she/it will have innovated |
| noi | avremo innovato | we will have innovated |
| voi | avrete innovato | you (pl.) will have innovated |
| loro | avranno innovato | they will have innovated |
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 | innovi |
| tu | innovi |
| lui/lei | innovi |
| noi | innoviamo |
| voi | innoviate |
| loro | innovino |
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 | innovassi |
| tu | innovassi |
| lui/lei | innovasse |
| noi | innovassimo |
| voi | innovaste |
| loro | innovassero |
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 | innova |
| lui/lei | innovi |
| noi | innoviamo |
| voi | innovate |
| loro | innovino |
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 innovare |
| lui/lei | non innovi |
| noi | non innoviamo |
| voi | non innovate |
| loro | non innovino |