piagnucolare — Italian conjugation

to whine

Frequency#1365Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iopiagnucoloI whine
tupiagnucoliyou whine
lui/leipiagnucolahe/she/it whines
noipiagnucoliamowe whine
voipiagnucolateyou (pl.) whine
loropiagnucolanothey whine

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iopiagnucolaiI whined
tupiagnucolastiyou whined
lui/leipiagnucolòhe/she/it whined
noipiagnucolammowe whined
voipiagnucolasteyou (pl.) whined
loropiagnucolaronothey whined

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.

PronounItalian
iopiagnucolavo
tupiagnucolavi
lui/leipiagnucolava
noipiagnucolavamo
voipiagnucolavate
loropiagnucolavano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
iopiagnucolereiI would whine
tupiagnucolerestiyou would whine
lui/leipiagnucolerebbehe/she/it would whine
noipiagnucoleremmowe would whine
voipiagnucoleresteyou (pl.) would whine
loropiagnucolerebberothey would whine

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iopiagnucoleròI will whine
tupiagnucoleraiyou will whine
lui/leipiagnucoleràhe/she/it will whine
noipiagnucoleremowe will whine
voipiagnucolereteyou (pl.) will whine
loropiagnucolerannothey will whine

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho piagnucolatoI have whined
tuhai piagnucolatoyou have whined
lui/leiha piagnucolatohe/she/it has whined
noiabbiamo piagnucolatowe have whined
voiavete piagnucolatoyou (pl.) have whined
lorohanno piagnucolatothey have whined

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo piagnucolatoI had whined
tuavevi piagnucolatoyou had whined
lui/leiaveva piagnucolatohe/she/it had whined
noiavevamo piagnucolatowe had whined
voiavevate piagnucolatoyou (pl.) had whined
loroavevano piagnucolatothey had whined

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei piagnucolato
tuavresti piagnucolato
lui/leiavrebbe piagnucolato
noiavremmo piagnucolato
voiavreste piagnucolato
loroavrebbero piagnucolato

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò piagnucolatoI will have whined
tuavrai piagnucolatoyou will have whined
lui/leiavrà piagnucolatohe/she/it will have whined
noiavremo piagnucolatowe will have whined
voiavrete piagnucolatoyou (pl.) will have whined
loroavranno piagnucolatothey will have whined

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.

PronounItalian
iopiagnucoli
tupiagnucoli
lui/leipiagnucoli
noipiagnucoliamo
voipiagnucoliate
loropiagnucolino

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.

PronounItalian
iopiagnucolassi
tupiagnucolassi
lui/leipiagnucolasse
noipiagnucolassimo
voipiagnucolaste
loropiagnucolassero

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.

PronounItalian
tupiagnucola
lui/leipiagnucoli
noipiagnucoliamo
voipiagnucolate
loropiagnucolino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon piagnucolare
lui/leinon piagnucoli
noinon piagnucoliamo
voinon piagnucolate
loronon piagnucolino