remare — Italian conjugation
to row
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 | remo | I row |
| tu | remi | you row |
| lui/lei | rema | he/she/it rows |
| noi | remiamo | we row |
| voi | remate | you (pl.) row |
| loro | remano | they row |
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 | remai | I rowed |
| tu | remasti | you rowed |
| lui/lei | remò | he/she/it rowed |
| noi | remammo | we rowed |
| voi | remaste | you (pl.) rowed |
| loro | remarono | they rowed |
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 | remavo |
| tu | remavi |
| lui/lei | remava |
| noi | remavamo |
| voi | remavate |
| loro | remavano |
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 | remerei | I would row |
| tu | remeresti | you would row |
| lui/lei | remerebbe | he/she/it would row |
| noi | remeremmo | we would row |
| voi | remereste | you (pl.) would row |
| loro | remerebbero | they would row |
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 | remerò | I will row |
| tu | remerai | you will row |
| lui/lei | remerà | he/she/it will row |
| noi | remeremo | we will row |
| voi | remerete | you (pl.) will row |
| loro | remeranno | they will row |
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 remato | I have rowed |
| tu | hai remato | you have rowed |
| lui/lei | ha remato | he/she/it has rowed |
| noi | abbiamo remato | we have rowed |
| voi | avete remato | you (pl.) have rowed |
| loro | hanno remato | they have rowed |
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 remato | I had rowed |
| tu | avevi remato | you had rowed |
| lui/lei | aveva remato | he/she/it had rowed |
| noi | avevamo remato | we had rowed |
| voi | avevate remato | you (pl.) had rowed |
| loro | avevano remato | they had rowed |
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 remato |
| tu | avresti remato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe remato |
| noi | avremmo remato |
| voi | avreste remato |
| loro | avrebbero remato |
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 remato | I will have rowed |
| tu | avrai remato | you will have rowed |
| lui/lei | avrà remato | he/she/it will have rowed |
| noi | avremo remato | we will have rowed |
| voi | avrete remato | you (pl.) will have rowed |
| loro | avranno remato | they will have rowed |
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 | remi |
| tu | remi |
| lui/lei | remi |
| noi | remiamo |
| voi | remiate |
| loro | remino |
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 | remassi |
| tu | remassi |
| lui/lei | remasse |
| noi | remassimo |
| voi | remaste |
| loro | remassero |
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 | rema |
| lui/lei | remi |
| noi | remiamo |
| voi | remate |
| loro | remino |
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 remare |
| lui/lei | non remi |
| noi | non remiamo |
| voi | non remate |
| loro | non remino |