marinare — Italian conjugation
to marinate
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 | marino | I marinate |
| tu | marini | you marinate |
| lui/lei | marina | he/she/it marinates |
| noi | mariniamo | we marinate |
| voi | marinate | you (pl.) marinate |
| loro | marinano | they marinate |
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 | marinai | I marinated |
| tu | marinasti | you marinated |
| lui/lei | marinò | he/she/it marinated |
| noi | marinammo | we marinated |
| voi | marinaste | you (pl.) marinated |
| loro | marinarono | they marinated |
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 | marinavo |
| tu | marinavi |
| lui/lei | marinava |
| noi | marinavamo |
| voi | marinavate |
| loro | marinavano |
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 | marinerei | I would marinate |
| tu | marineresti | you would marinate |
| lui/lei | marinerebbe | he/she/it would marinate |
| noi | marineremmo | we would marinate |
| voi | marinereste | you (pl.) would marinate |
| loro | marinerebbero | they would marinate |
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 | marinerò | I will marinate |
| tu | marinerai | you will marinate |
| lui/lei | marinerà | he/she/it will marinate |
| noi | marineremo | we will marinate |
| voi | marinerete | you (pl.) will marinate |
| loro | marineranno | they will marinate |
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 marinato | I have marinated |
| tu | hai marinato | you have marinated |
| lui/lei | ha marinato | he/she/it has marinated |
| noi | abbiamo marinato | we have marinated |
| voi | avete marinato | you (pl.) have marinated |
| loro | hanno marinato | they have marinated |
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 marinato | I had marinated |
| tu | avevi marinato | you had marinated |
| lui/lei | aveva marinato | he/she/it had marinated |
| noi | avevamo marinato | we had marinated |
| voi | avevate marinato | you (pl.) had marinated |
| loro | avevano marinato | they had marinated |
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 marinato |
| tu | avresti marinato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe marinato |
| noi | avremmo marinato |
| voi | avreste marinato |
| loro | avrebbero marinato |
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 marinato | I will have marinated |
| tu | avrai marinato | you will have marinated |
| lui/lei | avrà marinato | he/she/it will have marinated |
| noi | avremo marinato | we will have marinated |
| voi | avrete marinato | you (pl.) will have marinated |
| loro | avranno marinato | they will have marinated |
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 | marini |
| tu | marini |
| lui/lei | marini |
| noi | mariniamo |
| voi | mariniate |
| loro | marinino |
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 | marinassi |
| tu | marinassi |
| lui/lei | marinasse |
| noi | marinassimo |
| voi | marinaste |
| loro | marinassero |
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 | marina |
| lui/lei | marini |
| noi | mariniamo |
| voi | marinate |
| loro | marinino |
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 marinare |
| lui/lei | non marini |
| noi | non mariniamo |
| voi | non marinate |
| loro | non marinino |