pattinare — Italian conjugation
to skate
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 | pattino | I skate |
| tu | pattini | you skate |
| lui/lei | pattina | he/she/it skates |
| noi | pattiniamo | we skate |
| voi | pattinate | you (pl.) skate |
| loro | pattinano | they skate |
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 | pattinai | I skated |
| tu | pattinasti | you skated |
| lui/lei | pattinò | he/she/it skated |
| noi | pattinammo | we skated |
| voi | pattinaste | you (pl.) skated |
| loro | pattinarono | they skated |
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 | pattinavo |
| tu | pattinavi |
| lui/lei | pattinava |
| noi | pattinavamo |
| voi | pattinavate |
| loro | pattinavano |
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 | pattinerei | I would skate |
| tu | pattineresti | you would skate |
| lui/lei | pattinerebbe | he/she/it would skate |
| noi | pattineremmo | we would skate |
| voi | pattinereste | you (pl.) would skate |
| loro | pattinerebbero | they would skate |
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 | pattinerò | I will skate |
| tu | pattinerai | you will skate |
| lui/lei | pattinerà | he/she/it will skate |
| noi | pattineremo | we will skate |
| voi | pattinerete | you (pl.) will skate |
| loro | pattineranno | they will skate |
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 pattinato | I have skated |
| tu | hai pattinato | you have skated |
| lui/lei | ha pattinato | he/she/it has skated |
| noi | abbiamo pattinato | we have skated |
| voi | avete pattinato | you (pl.) have skated |
| loro | hanno pattinato | they have skated |
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 pattinato | I had skated |
| tu | avevi pattinato | you had skated |
| lui/lei | aveva pattinato | he/she/it had skated |
| noi | avevamo pattinato | we had skated |
| voi | avevate pattinato | you (pl.) had skated |
| loro | avevano pattinato | they had skated |
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 pattinato |
| tu | avresti pattinato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe pattinato |
| noi | avremmo pattinato |
| voi | avreste pattinato |
| loro | avrebbero pattinato |
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 pattinato | I will have skated |
| tu | avrai pattinato | you will have skated |
| lui/lei | avrà pattinato | he/she/it will have skated |
| noi | avremo pattinato | we will have skated |
| voi | avrete pattinato | you (pl.) will have skated |
| loro | avranno pattinato | they will have skated |
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 | pattini |
| tu | pattini |
| lui/lei | pattini |
| noi | pattiniamo |
| voi | pattiniate |
| loro | pattinino |
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 | pattinassi |
| tu | pattinassi |
| lui/lei | pattinasse |
| noi | pattinassimo |
| voi | pattinaste |
| loro | pattinassero |
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 | pattina |
| lui/lei | pattini |
| noi | pattiniamo |
| voi | pattinate |
| loro | pattinino |
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 pattinare |
| lui/lei | non pattini |
| noi | non pattiniamo |
| voi | non pattinate |
| loro | non pattinino |