risalire — Italian conjugation
to go back up
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 | risalgo | I go back up |
| tu | risali | you go back up |
| lui/lei | risale | he/she/it goes back up |
| noi | risaliamo | we go back up |
| voi | risalite | you (pl.) go back up |
| loro | risalgono | they go back up |
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 | risalii | I went back up |
| tu | risalisti | you went back up |
| lui/lei | risalì | he/she/it went back up |
| noi | risalimmo | we went back up |
| voi | risaliste | you (pl.) went back up |
| loro | risalirono | they went back up |
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 | risalivo |
| tu | risalivi |
| lui/lei | risaliva |
| noi | risalivamo |
| voi | risalivate |
| loro | risalivano |
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 | risalirei | I would go back up |
| tu | risaliresti | you would go back up |
| lui/lei | risalirebbe | he/she/it would go back up |
| noi | risaliremmo | we would go back up |
| voi | risalireste | you (pl.) would go back up |
| loro | risalirebbero | they would go back up |
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 | risalirò | I will go back up |
| tu | risalirai | you will go back up |
| lui/lei | risalirà | he/she/it will go back up |
| noi | risaliremo | we will go back up |
| voi | risalirete | you (pl.) will go back up |
| loro | risaliranno | they will go back up |
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 risalito | I have gone back up |
| tu | hai risalito | you have gone back up |
| lui/lei | ha risalito | he/she/it has gone back up |
| noi | abbiamo risalito | we have gone back up |
| voi | avete risalito | you (pl.) have gone back up |
| loro | hanno risalito | they have gone back up |
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 risalito | I had gone back up |
| tu | avevi risalito | you had gone back up |
| lui/lei | aveva risalito | he/she/it had gone back up |
| noi | avevamo risalito | we had gone back up |
| voi | avevate risalito | you (pl.) had gone back up |
| loro | avevano risalito | they had gone back up |
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 risalito |
| tu | avresti risalito |
| lui/lei | avrebbe risalito |
| noi | avremmo risalito |
| voi | avreste risalito |
| loro | avrebbero risalito |
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 risalito | I will have gone back up |
| tu | avrai risalito | you will have gone back up |
| lui/lei | avrà risalito | he/she/it will have gone back up |
| noi | avremo risalito | we will have gone back up |
| voi | avrete risalito | you (pl.) will have gone back up |
| loro | avranno risalito | they will have gone back up |
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 | risalga |
| tu | risalga |
| lui/lei | risalga |
| noi | risaliamo |
| voi | risaliate |
| loro | risalgano |
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 | risalissi |
| tu | risalissi |
| lui/lei | risalisse |
| noi | risalissimo |
| voi | risaliste |
| loro | risalissero |
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 | risali |
| lui/lei | risalga |
| noi | risaliamo |
| voi | risalite |
| loro | risalgano |
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 risalire |
| lui/lei | non risalga |
| noi | non risaliamo |
| voi | non risalite |
| loro | non risalgano |