notare — Italian conjugation
to note
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 | noto | I note |
| tu | noti | you note |
| lui/lei | nota | he/she/it notes |
| noi | notiamo | we note |
| voi | notate | you (pl.) note |
| loro | notano | they note |
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 | notai | I noted |
| tu | notasti | you noted |
| lui/lei | notò | he/she/it noted |
| noi | notammo | we noted |
| voi | notaste | you (pl.) noted |
| loro | notarono | they noted |
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 | notavo |
| tu | notavi |
| lui/lei | notava |
| noi | notavamo |
| voi | notavate |
| loro | notavano |
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 | noterei | I would note |
| tu | noteresti | you would note |
| lui/lei | noterebbe | he/she/it would note |
| noi | noteremmo | we would note |
| voi | notereste | you (pl.) would note |
| loro | noterebbero | they would note |
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 | noterò | I will note |
| tu | noterai | you will note |
| lui/lei | noterà | he/she/it will note |
| noi | noteremo | we will note |
| voi | noterete | you (pl.) will note |
| loro | noteranno | they will note |
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 notato | I have noted |
| tu | hai notato | you have noted |
| lui/lei | ha notato | he/she/it has noted |
| noi | abbiamo notato | we have noted |
| voi | avete notato | you (pl.) have noted |
| loro | hanno notato | they have noted |
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 notato | I had noted |
| tu | avevi notato | you had noted |
| lui/lei | aveva notato | he/she/it had noted |
| noi | avevamo notato | we had noted |
| voi | avevate notato | you (pl.) had noted |
| loro | avevano notato | they had noted |
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 notato |
| tu | avresti notato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe notato |
| noi | avremmo notato |
| voi | avreste notato |
| loro | avrebbero notato |
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 notato | I will have noted |
| tu | avrai notato | you will have noted |
| lui/lei | avrà notato | he/she/it will have noted |
| noi | avremo notato | we will have noted |
| voi | avrete notato | you (pl.) will have noted |
| loro | avranno notato | they will have noted |
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 | noti |
| tu | noti |
| lui/lei | noti |
| noi | notiamo |
| voi | notiate |
| loro | notino |
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 | notassi |
| tu | notassi |
| lui/lei | notasse |
| noi | notassimo |
| voi | notaste |
| loro | notassero |
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 | nota |
| lui/lei | noti |
| noi | notiamo |
| voi | notate |
| loro | notino |
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 notare |
| lui/lei | non noti |
| noi | non notiamo |
| voi | non notate |
| loro | non notino |