ornare — Italian conjugation
to adorn
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 | orno | I adorn |
| tu | orni | you adorn |
| lui/lei | orna | he/she/it adorns |
| noi | orniamo | we adorn |
| voi | ornate | you (pl.) adorn |
| loro | ornano | they adorn |
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 | ornai | I adorned |
| tu | ornasti | you adorned |
| lui/lei | ornò | he/she/it adorned |
| noi | ornammo | we adorned |
| voi | ornaste | you (pl.) adorned |
| loro | ornarono | they adorned |
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 | ornavo |
| tu | ornavi |
| lui/lei | ornava |
| noi | ornavamo |
| voi | ornavate |
| loro | ornavano |
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 | ornerei | I would adorn |
| tu | orneresti | you would adorn |
| lui/lei | ornerebbe | he/she/it would adorn |
| noi | orneremmo | we would adorn |
| voi | ornereste | you (pl.) would adorn |
| loro | ornerebbero | they would adorn |
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 | ornerò | I will adorn |
| tu | ornerai | you will adorn |
| lui/lei | ornerà | he/she/it will adorn |
| noi | orneremo | we will adorn |
| voi | ornerete | you (pl.) will adorn |
| loro | orneranno | they will adorn |
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 ornato | I have adorned |
| tu | hai ornato | you have adorned |
| lui/lei | ha ornato | he/she/it has adorned |
| noi | abbiamo ornato | we have adorned |
| voi | avete ornato | you (pl.) have adorned |
| loro | hanno ornato | they have adorned |
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 ornato | I had adorned |
| tu | avevi ornato | you had adorned |
| lui/lei | aveva ornato | he/she/it had adorned |
| noi | avevamo ornato | we had adorned |
| voi | avevate ornato | you (pl.) had adorned |
| loro | avevano ornato | they had adorned |
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 ornato |
| tu | avresti ornato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe ornato |
| noi | avremmo ornato |
| voi | avreste ornato |
| loro | avrebbero ornato |
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 ornato | I will have adorned |
| tu | avrai ornato | you will have adorned |
| lui/lei | avrà ornato | he/she/it will have adorned |
| noi | avremo ornato | we will have adorned |
| voi | avrete ornato | you (pl.) will have adorned |
| loro | avranno ornato | they will have adorned |
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 | orni |
| tu | orni |
| lui/lei | orni |
| noi | orniamo |
| voi | orniate |
| loro | ornino |
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 | ornassi |
| tu | ornassi |
| lui/lei | ornasse |
| noi | ornassimo |
| voi | ornaste |
| loro | ornassero |
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 | orna |
| lui/lei | orni |
| noi | orniamo |
| voi | ornate |
| loro | ornino |
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 ornare |
| lui/lei | non orni |
| noi | non orniamo |
| voi | non ornate |
| loro | non ornino |