mandare — Italian conjugation
to send
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 | mando | I send |
| tu | mandi | you send |
| lui/lei | manda | he/she/it sends |
| noi | mandiamo | we send |
| voi | mandate | you (pl.) send |
| loro | mandano | they send |
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 | mandai | I sent |
| tu | mandasti | you sent |
| lui/lei | mandò | he/she/it sent |
| noi | mandammo | we sent |
| voi | mandaste | you (pl.) sent |
| loro | mandarono | they sent |
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 | mandavo |
| tu | mandavi |
| lui/lei | mandava |
| noi | mandavamo |
| voi | mandavate |
| loro | mandavano |
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 | manderei | I would send |
| tu | manderesti | you would send |
| lui/lei | manderebbe | he/she/it would send |
| noi | manderemmo | we would send |
| voi | mandereste | you (pl.) would send |
| loro | manderebbero | they would send |
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 | manderò | I will send |
| tu | manderai | you will send |
| lui/lei | manderà | he/she/it will send |
| noi | manderemo | we will send |
| voi | manderete | you (pl.) will send |
| loro | manderanno | they will send |
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 mandato | I have sent |
| tu | hai mandato | you have sent |
| lui/lei | ha mandato | he/she/it has sent |
| noi | abbiamo mandato | we have sent |
| voi | avete mandato | you (pl.) have sent |
| loro | hanno mandato | they have sent |
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 mandato | I had sent |
| tu | avevi mandato | you had sent |
| lui/lei | aveva mandato | he/she/it had sent |
| noi | avevamo mandato | we had sent |
| voi | avevate mandato | you (pl.) had sent |
| loro | avevano mandato | they had sent |
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 mandato |
| tu | avresti mandato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe mandato |
| noi | avremmo mandato |
| voi | avreste mandato |
| loro | avrebbero mandato |
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 mandato | I will have sent |
| tu | avrai mandato | you will have sent |
| lui/lei | avrà mandato | he/she/it will have sent |
| noi | avremo mandato | we will have sent |
| voi | avrete mandato | you (pl.) will have sent |
| loro | avranno mandato | they will have sent |
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 | mandi |
| tu | mandi |
| lui/lei | mandi |
| noi | mandiamo |
| voi | mandiate |
| loro | mandino |
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 | mandassi |
| tu | mandassi |
| lui/lei | mandasse |
| noi | mandassimo |
| voi | mandaste |
| loro | mandassero |
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 | manda |
| lui/lei | mandi |
| noi | mandiamo |
| voi | mandate |
| loro | mandino |
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 mandare |
| lui/lei | non mandi |
| noi | non mandiamo |
| voi | non mandate |
| loro | non mandino |