salire — Italian conjugation
to go up
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 | salgo | I go up |
| tu | sali | you go up |
| lui/lei | sale | he/she/it goes up |
| noi | saliamo | we go up |
| voi | salite | you (pl.) go up |
| loro | salgono | they go 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 | salii | I went up |
| tu | salisti | you went up |
| lui/lei | salì | he/she/it went up |
| noi | salimmo | we went up |
| voi | saliste | you (pl.) went up |
| loro | salirono | they went 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 | salivo |
| tu | salivi |
| lui/lei | saliva |
| noi | salivamo |
| voi | salivate |
| loro | salivano |
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 | salirei | I would go up |
| tu | saliresti | you would go up |
| lui/lei | salirebbe | he/she/it would go up |
| noi | saliremmo | we would go up |
| voi | salireste | you (pl.) would go up |
| loro | salirebbero | they would go 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 | salirò | I will go up |
| tu | salirai | you will go up |
| lui/lei | salirà | he/she/it will go up |
| noi | saliremo | we will go up |
| voi | salirete | you (pl.) will go up |
| loro | saliranno | they will go 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 | sono salito/a | I have gone up |
| tu | sei salito/a | you have gone up |
| lui/lei | è salito/a | he/she/it has gone up |
| noi | siamo saliti/e | we have gone up |
| voi | siete saliti/e | you (pl.) have gone up |
| loro | sono saliti/e | they have gone 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 | ero salito/a | I had gone up |
| tu | eri salito/a | you had gone up |
| lui/lei | era salito/a | he/she/it had gone up |
| noi | eravamo saliti/e | we had gone up |
| voi | eravate saliti/e | you (pl.) had gone up |
| loro | erano saliti/e | they had gone 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 | sarei salito/a |
| tu | saresti salito/a |
| lui/lei | sarebbe salito/a |
| noi | saremmo saliti/e |
| voi | sareste saliti/e |
| loro | sarebbero saliti/e |
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 | sarò salito/a | I will have gone up |
| tu | sarai salito/a | you will have gone up |
| lui/lei | sarà salito/a | he/she/it will have gone up |
| noi | saremo saliti/e | we will have gone up |
| voi | sarete saliti/e | you (pl.) will have gone up |
| loro | saranno saliti/e | they will have gone up |
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 | salga |
| tu | salga |
| lui/lei | salga |
| noi | saliamo |
| voi | saliate |
| loro | salgano |
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 | salissi |
| tu | salissi |
| lui/lei | salisse |
| noi | salissimo |
| voi | saliste |
| loro | salissero |
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 | sali |
| lui/lei | salga |
| noi | saliamo |
| voi | salite |
| loro | salgano |
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 salire |
| lui/lei | non salga |
| noi | non saliamo |
| voi | non salite |
| loro | non salgano |