installare — Italian conjugation
to install, to place
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 | installo | I install |
| tu | installi | you install |
| lui/lei | installa | he/she/it installs |
| noi | installiamo | we install |
| voi | installate | you (pl.) install |
| loro | installano | they install |
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 | installai | I installed |
| tu | installasti | you installed |
| lui/lei | installò | he/she/it installed |
| noi | installammo | we installed |
| voi | installaste | you (pl.) installed |
| loro | installarono | they installed |
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 | installavo |
| tu | installavi |
| lui/lei | installava |
| noi | installavamo |
| voi | installavate |
| loro | installavano |
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 | installerei | I would install |
| tu | installeresti | you would install |
| lui/lei | installerebbe | he/she/it would install |
| noi | installeremmo | we would install |
| voi | installereste | you (pl.) would install |
| loro | installerebbero | they would install |
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 | installerò | I will install |
| tu | installerai | you will install |
| lui/lei | installerà | he/she/it will install |
| noi | installeremo | we will install |
| voi | installerete | you (pl.) will install |
| loro | installeranno | they will install |
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 installato | I have installed |
| tu | hai installato | you have installed |
| lui/lei | ha installato | he/she/it has installed |
| noi | abbiamo installato | we have installed |
| voi | avete installato | you (pl.) have installed |
| loro | hanno installato | they have installed |
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 installato | I had installed |
| tu | avevi installato | you had installed |
| lui/lei | aveva installato | he/she/it had installed |
| noi | avevamo installato | we had installed |
| voi | avevate installato | you (pl.) had installed |
| loro | avevano installato | they had installed |
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 installato |
| tu | avresti installato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe installato |
| noi | avremmo installato |
| voi | avreste installato |
| loro | avrebbero installato |
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 installato | I will have installed |
| tu | avrai installato | you will have installed |
| lui/lei | avrà installato | he/she/it will have installed |
| noi | avremo installato | we will have installed |
| voi | avrete installato | you (pl.) will have installed |
| loro | avranno installato | they will have installed |
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 | installi |
| tu | installi |
| lui/lei | installi |
| noi | installiamo |
| voi | installiate |
| loro | installino |
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 | installassi |
| tu | installassi |
| lui/lei | installasse |
| noi | installassimo |
| voi | installaste |
| loro | installassero |
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 | installa |
| lui/lei | installi |
| noi | installiamo |
| voi | installate |
| loro | installino |
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 installare |
| lui/lei | non installi |
| noi | non installiamo |
| voi | non installate |
| loro | non installino |