percorrere — Italian conjugation
to travel (through)
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 | percorro | I travel |
| tu | percorri | you travel |
| lui/lei | percorre | he/she/it travels |
| noi | percorriamo | we travel |
| voi | percorrete | you (pl.) travel |
| loro | percorrono | they travel |
Simple past (Passato remoto) Irregular
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 | percorsi | I travelled |
| tu | percorresti | you travelled |
| lui/lei | percorse | he/she/it travelled |
| noi | percorremmo | we travelled |
| voi | percorreste | you (pl.) travelled |
| loro | percorsero | they travelled |
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 | percorrevo |
| tu | percorrevi |
| lui/lei | percorreva |
| noi | percorrevamo |
| voi | percorrevate |
| loro | percorrevano |
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 | percorrerei | I would travel |
| tu | percorreresti | you would travel |
| lui/lei | percorrerebbe | he/she/it would travel |
| noi | percorreremmo | we would travel |
| voi | percorrereste | you (pl.) would travel |
| loro | percorrerebbero | they would travel |
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 | percorrerò | I will travel |
| tu | percorrerai | you will travel |
| lui/lei | percorrerà | he/she/it will travel |
| noi | percorreremo | we will travel |
| voi | percorrerete | you (pl.) will travel |
| loro | percorreranno | they will travel |
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 percorso | I have travelled |
| tu | hai percorso | you have travelled |
| lui/lei | ha percorso | he/she/it has travelled |
| noi | abbiamo percorso | we have travelled |
| voi | avete percorso | you (pl.) have travelled |
| loro | hanno percorso | they have travelled |
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 percorso | I had travelled |
| tu | avevi percorso | you had travelled |
| lui/lei | aveva percorso | he/she/it had travelled |
| noi | avevamo percorso | we had travelled |
| voi | avevate percorso | you (pl.) had travelled |
| loro | avevano percorso | they had travelled |
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 percorso |
| tu | avresti percorso |
| lui/lei | avrebbe percorso |
| noi | avremmo percorso |
| voi | avreste percorso |
| loro | avrebbero percorso |
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 percorso | I will have travelled |
| tu | avrai percorso | you will have travelled |
| lui/lei | avrà percorso | he/she/it will have travelled |
| noi | avremo percorso | we will have travelled |
| voi | avrete percorso | you (pl.) will have travelled |
| loro | avranno percorso | they will have travelled |
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 | percorra |
| tu | percorra |
| lui/lei | percorra |
| noi | percorriamo |
| voi | percorriate |
| loro | percorrano |
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 | percorressi |
| tu | percorressi |
| lui/lei | percorresse |
| noi | percorressimo |
| voi | percorreste |
| loro | percorressero |
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 | percorri |
| lui/lei | percorra |
| noi | percorriamo |
| voi | percorrete |
| loro | percorrano |
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 percorrere |
| lui/lei | non percorra |
| noi | non percorriamo |
| voi | non percorrete |
| loro | non percorrano |