pianificare — Italian conjugation

to plan

Frequency#367Irregular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Irregular

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
iopianificoI plan
tupianifichiyou plan
lui/leipianificahe/she/it plans
noipianifichiamowe plan
voipianificateyou (pl.) plan
loropianificanothey plan

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
iopianificaiI planned
tupianificastiyou planned
lui/leipianificòhe/she/it planned
noipianificammowe planned
voipianificasteyou (pl.) planned
loropianificaronothey planned

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
iopianificavo
tupianificavi
lui/leipianificava
noipianificavamo
voipianificavate
loropianificavano

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
iopianifichereiI would plan
tupianificherestiyou would plan
lui/leipianificherebbehe/she/it would plan
noipianificheremmowe would plan
voipianificheresteyou (pl.) would plan
loropianificherebberothey would plan

Future (Futuro semplice) Irregular

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
iopianificheròI will plan
tupianificheraiyou will plan
lui/leipianificheràhe/she/it will plan
noipianificheremowe will plan
voipianifichereteyou (pl.) will plan
loropianificherannothey will plan

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 pianificatoI have planned
tuhai pianificatoyou have planned
lui/leiha pianificatohe/she/it has planned
noiabbiamo pianificatowe have planned
voiavete pianificatoyou (pl.) have planned
lorohanno pianificatothey have planned

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 pianificatoI had planned
tuavevi pianificatoyou had planned
lui/leiaveva pianificatohe/she/it had planned
noiavevamo pianificatowe had planned
voiavevate pianificatoyou (pl.) had planned
loroavevano pianificatothey had planned

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 pianificato
tuavresti pianificato
lui/leiavrebbe pianificato
noiavremmo pianificato
voiavreste pianificato
loroavrebbero pianificato

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 pianificatoI will have planned
tuavrai pianificatoyou will have planned
lui/leiavrà pianificatohe/she/it will have planned
noiavremo pianificatowe will have planned
voiavrete pianificatoyou (pl.) will have planned
loroavranno pianificatothey will have planned

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Congiuntivo presente) Irregular

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
iopianifichi
tupianifichi
lui/leipianifichi
noipianifichiamo
voipianifichiate
loropianifichino

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
iopianificassi
tupianificassi
lui/leipianificasse
noipianificassimo
voipianificaste
loropianificassero

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
tupianifica
lui/leipianifichi
noipianifichiamo
voipianificate
loropianifichino

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 pianificare
lui/leinon pianifichi
noinon pianifichiamo
voinon pianificate
loronon pianifichino