riporre — Italian conjugation
to put away
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 | ripongo | I put away |
| tu | riponi | you put away |
| lui/lei | ripone | he/she/it puts away |
| noi | riponiamo | we put away |
| voi | riponete | you (pl.) put away |
| loro | ripongono | they put away |
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 | riposi | I put away |
| tu | riponesti | you put away |
| lui/lei | ripose | he/she/it put away |
| noi | riponemmo | we put away |
| voi | riponeste | you (pl.) put away |
| loro | riposero | they put away |
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 | riponevo |
| tu | riponevi |
| lui/lei | riponeva |
| noi | riponevamo |
| voi | riponevate |
| loro | riponevano |
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 | riporrei | I would put away |
| tu | riporresti | you would put away |
| lui/lei | riporrebbe | he/she/it would put away |
| noi | riporremmo | we would put away |
| voi | riporreste | you (pl.) would put away |
| loro | riporrebbero | they would put away |
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 | riporrò | I will put away |
| tu | riporrai | you will put away |
| lui/lei | riporrà | he/she/it will put away |
| noi | riporremo | we will put away |
| voi | riporrete | you (pl.) will put away |
| loro | riporranno | they will put away |
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 riposto | I have put away |
| tu | hai riposto | you have put away |
| lui/lei | ha riposto | he/she/it has put away |
| noi | abbiamo riposto | we have put away |
| voi | avete riposto | you (pl.) have put away |
| loro | hanno riposto | they have put away |
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 riposto | I had put away |
| tu | avevi riposto | you had put away |
| lui/lei | aveva riposto | he/she/it had put away |
| noi | avevamo riposto | we had put away |
| voi | avevate riposto | you (pl.) had put away |
| loro | avevano riposto | they had put away |
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 riposto |
| tu | avresti riposto |
| lui/lei | avrebbe riposto |
| noi | avremmo riposto |
| voi | avreste riposto |
| loro | avrebbero riposto |
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 riposto | I will have put away |
| tu | avrai riposto | you will have put away |
| lui/lei | avrà riposto | he/she/it will have put away |
| noi | avremo riposto | we will have put away |
| voi | avrete riposto | you (pl.) will have put away |
| loro | avranno riposto | they will have put away |
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 | riponga |
| tu | riponga |
| lui/lei | riponga |
| noi | riponiamo |
| voi | riponiate |
| loro | ripongano |
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 | riponessi |
| tu | riponessi |
| lui/lei | riponesse |
| noi | riponessimo |
| voi | riponeste |
| loro | riponessero |
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 | riponi |
| lui/lei | riponga |
| noi | riponiamo |
| voi | riponete |
| loro | ripongano |
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 riporre |
| lui/lei | non riponga |
| noi | non riponiamo |
| voi | non riponete |
| loro | non ripongano |