ripassare — Italian conjugation
to review
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 | ripasso | I review |
| tu | ripassi | you review |
| lui/lei | ripassa | he/she/it reviews |
| noi | ripassiamo | we review |
| voi | ripassate | you (pl.) review |
| loro | ripassano | they review |
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 | ripassai | I reviewed |
| tu | ripassasti | you reviewed |
| lui/lei | ripassò | he/she/it reviewed |
| noi | ripassammo | we reviewed |
| voi | ripassaste | you (pl.) reviewed |
| loro | ripassarono | they reviewed |
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 | ripassavo |
| tu | ripassavi |
| lui/lei | ripassava |
| noi | ripassavamo |
| voi | ripassavate |
| loro | ripassavano |
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 | ripasserei | I would review |
| tu | ripasseresti | you would review |
| lui/lei | ripasserebbe | he/she/it would review |
| noi | ripasseremmo | we would review |
| voi | ripassereste | you (pl.) would review |
| loro | ripasserebbero | they would review |
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 | ripasserò | I will review |
| tu | ripasserai | you will review |
| lui/lei | ripasserà | he/she/it will review |
| noi | ripasseremo | we will review |
| voi | ripasserete | you (pl.) will review |
| loro | ripasseranno | they will review |
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 ripassato | I have reviewed |
| tu | hai ripassato | you have reviewed |
| lui/lei | ha ripassato | he/she/it has reviewed |
| noi | abbiamo ripassato | we have reviewed |
| voi | avete ripassato | you (pl.) have reviewed |
| loro | hanno ripassato | they have reviewed |
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 ripassato | I had reviewed |
| tu | avevi ripassato | you had reviewed |
| lui/lei | aveva ripassato | he/she/it had reviewed |
| noi | avevamo ripassato | we had reviewed |
| voi | avevate ripassato | you (pl.) had reviewed |
| loro | avevano ripassato | they had reviewed |
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 ripassato |
| tu | avresti ripassato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe ripassato |
| noi | avremmo ripassato |
| voi | avreste ripassato |
| loro | avrebbero ripassato |
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 ripassato | I will have reviewed |
| tu | avrai ripassato | you will have reviewed |
| lui/lei | avrà ripassato | he/she/it will have reviewed |
| noi | avremo ripassato | we will have reviewed |
| voi | avrete ripassato | you (pl.) will have reviewed |
| loro | avranno ripassato | they will have reviewed |
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 | ripassi |
| tu | ripassi |
| lui/lei | ripassi |
| noi | ripassiamo |
| voi | ripassiate |
| loro | ripassino |
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 | ripassassi |
| tu | ripassassi |
| lui/lei | ripassasse |
| noi | ripassassimo |
| voi | ripassaste |
| loro | ripassassero |
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 | ripassa |
| lui/lei | ripassi |
| noi | ripassiamo |
| voi | ripassate |
| loro | ripassino |
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 ripassare |
| lui/lei | non ripassi |
| noi | non ripassiamo |
| voi | non ripassate |
| loro | non ripassino |