occupare — Italian conjugation
to occupy
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 | occupo | I occupy |
| tu | occupi | you occupy |
| lui/lei | occupa | he/she/it occupies |
| noi | occupiamo | we occupy |
| voi | occupate | you (pl.) occupy |
| loro | occupano | they occupy |
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 | occupai | I occupied |
| tu | occupasti | you occupied |
| lui/lei | occupò | he/she/it occupied |
| noi | occupammo | we occupied |
| voi | occupaste | you (pl.) occupied |
| loro | occuparono | they occupied |
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 | occupavo |
| tu | occupavi |
| lui/lei | occupava |
| noi | occupavamo |
| voi | occupavate |
| loro | occupavano |
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 | occuperei | I would occupy |
| tu | occuperesti | you would occupy |
| lui/lei | occuperebbe | he/she/it would occupy |
| noi | occuperemmo | we would occupy |
| voi | occupereste | you (pl.) would occupy |
| loro | occuperebbero | they would occupy |
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 | occuperò | I will occupy |
| tu | occuperai | you will occupy |
| lui/lei | occuperà | he/she/it will occupy |
| noi | occuperemo | we will occupy |
| voi | occuperete | you (pl.) will occupy |
| loro | occuperanno | they will occupy |
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 occupato | I have occupied |
| tu | hai occupato | you have occupied |
| lui/lei | ha occupato | he/she/it has occupied |
| noi | abbiamo occupato | we have occupied |
| voi | avete occupato | you (pl.) have occupied |
| loro | hanno occupato | they have occupied |
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 occupato | I had occupied |
| tu | avevi occupato | you had occupied |
| lui/lei | aveva occupato | he/she/it had occupied |
| noi | avevamo occupato | we had occupied |
| voi | avevate occupato | you (pl.) had occupied |
| loro | avevano occupato | they had occupied |
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 occupato |
| tu | avresti occupato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe occupato |
| noi | avremmo occupato |
| voi | avreste occupato |
| loro | avrebbero occupato |
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 occupato | I will have occupied |
| tu | avrai occupato | you will have occupied |
| lui/lei | avrà occupato | he/she/it will have occupied |
| noi | avremo occupato | we will have occupied |
| voi | avrete occupato | you (pl.) will have occupied |
| loro | avranno occupato | they will have occupied |
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 | occupi |
| tu | occupi |
| lui/lei | occupi |
| noi | occupiamo |
| voi | occupiate |
| loro | occupino |
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 | occupassi |
| tu | occupassi |
| lui/lei | occupasse |
| noi | occupassimo |
| voi | occupaste |
| loro | occupassero |
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 | occupa |
| lui/lei | occupi |
| noi | occupiamo |
| voi | occupate |
| loro | occupino |
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 occupare |
| lui/lei | non occupi |
| noi | non occupiamo |
| voi | non occupate |
| loro | non occupino |