rifornire — Italian conjugation
to supply
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 | rifornisco | I supply |
| tu | rifornisci | you supply |
| lui/lei | rifornisce | he/she/it supplies |
| noi | riforniamo | we supply |
| voi | rifornite | you (pl.) supply |
| loro | riforniscono | they supply |
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 | rifornii | I supplied |
| tu | rifornisti | you supplied |
| lui/lei | rifornì | he/she/it supplied |
| noi | rifornimmo | we supplied |
| voi | riforniste | you (pl.) supplied |
| loro | rifornirono | they supplied |
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 | rifornivo |
| tu | rifornivi |
| lui/lei | riforniva |
| noi | rifornivamo |
| voi | rifornivate |
| loro | rifornivano |
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 | rifornirei | I would supply |
| tu | riforniresti | you would supply |
| lui/lei | rifornirebbe | he/she/it would supply |
| noi | riforniremmo | we would supply |
| voi | rifornireste | you (pl.) would supply |
| loro | rifornirebbero | they would supply |
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 | rifornirò | I will supply |
| tu | rifornirai | you will supply |
| lui/lei | rifornirà | he/she/it will supply |
| noi | riforniremo | we will supply |
| voi | rifornirete | you (pl.) will supply |
| loro | riforniranno | they will supply |
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 rifornito | I have supplied |
| tu | hai rifornito | you have supplied |
| lui/lei | ha rifornito | he/she/it has supplied |
| noi | abbiamo rifornito | we have supplied |
| voi | avete rifornito | you (pl.) have supplied |
| loro | hanno rifornito | they have supplied |
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 rifornito | I had supplied |
| tu | avevi rifornito | you had supplied |
| lui/lei | aveva rifornito | he/she/it had supplied |
| noi | avevamo rifornito | we had supplied |
| voi | avevate rifornito | you (pl.) had supplied |
| loro | avevano rifornito | they had supplied |
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 rifornito |
| tu | avresti rifornito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe rifornito |
| noi | avremmo rifornito |
| voi | avreste rifornito |
| loro | avrebbero rifornito |
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 rifornito | I will have supplied |
| tu | avrai rifornito | you will have supplied |
| lui/lei | avrà rifornito | he/she/it will have supplied |
| noi | avremo rifornito | we will have supplied |
| voi | avrete rifornito | you (pl.) will have supplied |
| loro | avranno rifornito | they will have supplied |
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 | rifornisca |
| tu | rifornisca |
| lui/lei | rifornisca |
| noi | riforniamo |
| voi | riforniate |
| loro | riforniscano |
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 | rifornissi |
| tu | rifornissi |
| lui/lei | rifornisse |
| noi | rifornissimo |
| voi | riforniste |
| loro | rifornissero |
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 | rifornisci |
| lui/lei | rifornisca |
| noi | riforniamo |
| voi | rifornite |
| loro | riforniscano |
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 rifornire |
| lui/lei | non rifornisca |
| noi | non riforniamo |
| voi | non rifornite |
| loro | non riforniscano |