nominare — Italian conjugation

to name

Frequency#507Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ionominoI name
tunominiyou name
lui/leinominahe/she/it names
noinominiamowe name
voinominateyou (pl.) name
loronominanothey name

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ionominaiI named
tunominastiyou named
lui/leinominòhe/she/it named
noinominammowe named
voinominasteyou (pl.) named
loronominaronothey named

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.

PronounItalian
ionominavo
tunominavi
lui/leinominava
noinominavamo
voinominavate
loronominavano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
ionominereiI would name
tunominerestiyou would name
lui/leinominerebbehe/she/it would name
noinomineremmowe would name
voinomineresteyou (pl.) would name
loronominerebberothey would name

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ionomineròI will name
tunomineraiyou will name
lui/leinomineràhe/she/it will name
noinomineremowe will name
voinominereteyou (pl.) will name
loronominerannothey will name

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho nominatoI have named
tuhai nominatoyou have named
lui/leiha nominatohe/she/it has named
noiabbiamo nominatowe have named
voiavete nominatoyou (pl.) have named
lorohanno nominatothey have named

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo nominatoI had named
tuavevi nominatoyou had named
lui/leiaveva nominatohe/she/it had named
noiavevamo nominatowe had named
voiavevate nominatoyou (pl.) had named
loroavevano nominatothey had named

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei nominato
tuavresti nominato
lui/leiavrebbe nominato
noiavremmo nominato
voiavreste nominato
loroavrebbero nominato

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò nominatoI will have named
tuavrai nominatoyou will have named
lui/leiavrà nominatohe/she/it will have named
noiavremo nominatowe will have named
voiavrete nominatoyou (pl.) will have named
loroavranno nominatothey will have named

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.

PronounItalian
ionomini
tunomini
lui/leinomini
noinominiamo
voinominiate
loronominino

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.

PronounItalian
ionominassi
tunominassi
lui/leinominasse
noinominassimo
voinominaste
loronominassero

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.

PronounItalian
tunomina
lui/leinomini
noinominiamo
voinominate
loronominino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon nominare
lui/leinon nomini
noinon nominiamo
voinon nominate
loronon nominino