praticare — Italian conjugation
to practice
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | pratico | I practise |
| tu | pratichi | you practise |
| lui/lei | pratica | he/she/it practises |
| noi | pratichiamo | we practise |
| voi | praticate | you (pl.) practise |
| loro | praticano | they practise |
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 | praticai | I practised |
| tu | praticasti | you practised |
| lui/lei | praticò | he/she/it practised |
| noi | praticammo | we practised |
| voi | praticaste | you (pl.) practised |
| loro | praticarono | they practised |
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 | praticavo |
| tu | praticavi |
| lui/lei | praticava |
| noi | praticavamo |
| voi | praticavate |
| loro | praticavano |
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 | praticherei | I would practise |
| tu | praticheresti | you would practise |
| lui/lei | praticherebbe | he/she/it would practise |
| noi | praticheremmo | we would practise |
| voi | pratichereste | you (pl.) would practise |
| loro | praticherebbero | they would practise |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|
| io | praticherò | I will practise |
| tu | praticherai | you will practise |
| lui/lei | praticherà | he/she/it will practise |
| noi | praticheremo | we will practise |
| voi | praticherete | you (pl.) will practise |
| loro | praticheranno | they will practise |
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 praticato | I have practised |
| tu | hai praticato | you have practised |
| lui/lei | ha praticato | he/she/it has practised |
| noi | abbiamo praticato | we have practised |
| voi | avete praticato | you (pl.) have practised |
| loro | hanno praticato | they have practised |
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 praticato | I had practised |
| tu | avevi praticato | you had practised |
| lui/lei | aveva praticato | he/she/it had practised |
| noi | avevamo praticato | we had practised |
| voi | avevate praticato | you (pl.) had practised |
| loro | avevano praticato | they had practised |
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 praticato |
| tu | avresti praticato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe praticato |
| noi | avremmo praticato |
| voi | avreste praticato |
| loro | avrebbero praticato |
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 praticato | I will have practised |
| tu | avrai praticato | you will have practised |
| lui/lei | avrà praticato | he/she/it will have practised |
| noi | avremo praticato | we will have practised |
| voi | avrete praticato | you (pl.) will have practised |
| loro | avranno praticato | they will have practised |
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.
| Pronoun | Italian |
|---|---|
| io | pratichi |
| tu | pratichi |
| lui/lei | pratichi |
| noi | pratichiamo |
| voi | pratichiate |
| loro | pratichino |
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 | praticassi |
| tu | praticassi |
| lui/lei | praticasse |
| noi | praticassimo |
| voi | praticaste |
| loro | praticassero |
Other forms
Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo) Irregular
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 | pratica |
| lui/lei | pratichi |
| noi | pratichiamo |
| voi | praticate |
| loro | pratichino |
Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Irregular
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 praticare |
| lui/lei | non pratichi |
| noi | non pratichiamo |
| voi | non praticate |
| loro | non pratichino |