montare — Italian conjugation
to mount
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 | monto | I mount |
| tu | monti | you mount |
| lui/lei | monta | he/she/it mounts |
| noi | montiamo | we mount |
| voi | montate | you (pl.) mount |
| loro | montano | they mount |
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 | montai | I mounted |
| tu | montasti | you mounted |
| lui/lei | montò | he/she/it mounted |
| noi | montammo | we mounted |
| voi | montaste | you (pl.) mounted |
| loro | montarono | they mounted |
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 | montavo |
| tu | montavi |
| lui/lei | montava |
| noi | montavamo |
| voi | montavate |
| loro | montavano |
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 | monterei | I would mount |
| tu | monteresti | you would mount |
| lui/lei | monterebbe | he/she/it would mount |
| noi | monteremmo | we would mount |
| voi | montereste | you (pl.) would mount |
| loro | monterebbero | they would mount |
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 | monterò | I will mount |
| tu | monterai | you will mount |
| lui/lei | monterà | he/she/it will mount |
| noi | monteremo | we will mount |
| voi | monterete | you (pl.) will mount |
| loro | monteranno | they will mount |
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 montato | I have mounted |
| tu | hai montato | you have mounted |
| lui/lei | ha montato | he/she/it has mounted |
| noi | abbiamo montato | we have mounted |
| voi | avete montato | you (pl.) have mounted |
| loro | hanno montato | they have mounted |
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 montato | I had mounted |
| tu | avevi montato | you had mounted |
| lui/lei | aveva montato | he/she/it had mounted |
| noi | avevamo montato | we had mounted |
| voi | avevate montato | you (pl.) had mounted |
| loro | avevano montato | they had mounted |
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 montato |
| tu | avresti montato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe montato |
| noi | avremmo montato |
| voi | avreste montato |
| loro | avrebbero montato |
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 montato | I will have mounted |
| tu | avrai montato | you will have mounted |
| lui/lei | avrà montato | he/she/it will have mounted |
| noi | avremo montato | we will have mounted |
| voi | avrete montato | you (pl.) will have mounted |
| loro | avranno montato | they will have mounted |
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 | monti |
| tu | monti |
| lui/lei | monti |
| noi | montiamo |
| voi | montiate |
| loro | montino |
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 | montassi |
| tu | montassi |
| lui/lei | montasse |
| noi | montassimo |
| voi | montaste |
| loro | montassero |
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 | monta |
| lui/lei | monti |
| noi | montiamo |
| voi | montate |
| loro | montino |
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 montare |
| lui/lei | non monti |
| noi | non montiamo |
| voi | non montate |
| loro | non montino |