porgere — Italian conjugation
to offer
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 | porgo | I offer |
| tu | porgi | you offer |
| lui/lei | porge | he/she/it offers |
| noi | porgiamo | we offer |
| voi | porgete | you (pl.) offer |
| loro | porgono | they offer |
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 | porsi | I offered |
| tu | porgesti | you offered |
| lui/lei | porse | he/she/it offered |
| noi | porgemmo | we offered |
| voi | porgeste | you (pl.) offered |
| loro | porsero | they offered |
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 | porgevo |
| tu | porgevi |
| lui/lei | porgeva |
| noi | porgevamo |
| voi | porgevate |
| loro | porgevano |
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 | porgerei | I would offer |
| tu | porgeresti | you would offer |
| lui/lei | porgerebbe | he/she/it would offer |
| noi | porgeremmo | we would offer |
| voi | porgereste | you (pl.) would offer |
| loro | porgerebbero | they would offer |
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 | porgerò | I will offer |
| tu | porgerai | you will offer |
| lui/lei | porgerà | he/she/it will offer |
| noi | porgeremo | we will offer |
| voi | porgerete | you (pl.) will offer |
| loro | porgeranno | they will offer |
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 porto | I have offered |
| tu | hai porto | you have offered |
| lui/lei | ha porto | he/she/it has offered |
| noi | abbiamo porto | we have offered |
| voi | avete porto | you (pl.) have offered |
| loro | hanno porto | they have offered |
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 porto | I had offered |
| tu | avevi porto | you had offered |
| lui/lei | aveva porto | he/she/it had offered |
| noi | avevamo porto | we had offered |
| voi | avevate porto | you (pl.) had offered |
| loro | avevano porto | they had offered |
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 porto |
| tu | avresti porto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe porto |
| noi | avremmo porto |
| voi | avreste porto |
| loro | avrebbero porto |
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 porto | I will have offered |
| tu | avrai porto | you will have offered |
| lui/lei | avrà porto | he/she/it will have offered |
| noi | avremo porto | we will have offered |
| voi | avrete porto | you (pl.) will have offered |
| loro | avranno porto | they will have offered |
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 | porga |
| tu | porga |
| lui/lei | porga |
| noi | porgiamo |
| voi | porgiate |
| loro | porgano |
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 | porgessi |
| tu | porgessi |
| lui/lei | porgesse |
| noi | porgessimo |
| voi | porgeste |
| loro | porgessero |
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 | porgi |
| lui/lei | porga |
| noi | porgiamo |
| voi | porgete |
| loro | porgano |
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 porgere |
| lui/lei | non porga |
| noi | non porgiamo |
| voi | non porgete |
| loro | non porgano |