richiedere — Italian conjugation

to require

Frequency#205Irregular

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
iorichiedoI require
turichiediyou require
lui/leirichiedehe/she/it requires
noirichiediamowe require
voirichiedeteyou (pl.) require
lororichiedonothey require

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iorichiesiI required
turichiedestiyou required
lui/leirichiesehe/she/it required
noirichiedemmowe required
voirichiedesteyou (pl.) required
lororichieserothey required

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
iorichiedevo
turichiedevi
lui/leirichiedeva
noirichiedevamo
voirichiedevate
lororichiedevano

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
iorichiedereiI would require
turichiederestiyou would require
lui/leirichiederebbehe/she/it would require
noirichiederemmowe would require
voirichiederesteyou (pl.) would require
lororichiederebberothey would require

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
iorichiederòI will require
turichiederaiyou will require
lui/leirichiederàhe/she/it will require
noirichiederemowe will require
voirichiedereteyou (pl.) will require
lororichiederannothey will require

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 richiestoI have required
tuhai richiestoyou have required
lui/leiha richiestohe/she/it has required
noiabbiamo richiestowe have required
voiavete richiestoyou (pl.) have required
lorohanno richiestothey have required

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 richiestoI had required
tuavevi richiestoyou had required
lui/leiaveva richiestohe/she/it had required
noiavevamo richiestowe had required
voiavevate richiestoyou (pl.) had required
loroavevano richiestothey had required

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 richiesto
tuavresti richiesto
lui/leiavrebbe richiesto
noiavremmo richiesto
voiavreste richiesto
loroavrebbero richiesto

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 richiestoI will have required
tuavrai richiestoyou will have required
lui/leiavrà richiestohe/she/it will have required
noiavremo richiestowe will have required
voiavrete richiestoyou (pl.) will have required
loroavranno richiestothey will have required

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
iorichieda
turichieda
lui/leirichieda
noirichiediamo
voirichiediate
lororichiedano

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
iorichiedessi
turichiedessi
lui/leirichiedesse
noirichiedessimo
voirichiedeste
lororichiedessero

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
turichiedi
lui/leirichieda
noirichiediamo
voirichiedete
lororichiedano

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 richiedere
lui/leinon richieda
noinon richiediamo
voinon richiedete
loronon richiedano