scolare — Italian conjugation
to drain
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 | scolo | I drain |
| tu | scoli | you drain |
| lui/lei | scola | he/she/it drains |
| noi | scoliamo | we drain |
| voi | scolate | you (pl.) drain |
| loro | scolano | they drain |
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 | scolai | I drained |
| tu | scolasti | you drained |
| lui/lei | scolò | he/she/it drained |
| noi | scolammo | we drained |
| voi | scolaste | you (pl.) drained |
| loro | scolarono | they drained |
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 | scolavo |
| tu | scolavi |
| lui/lei | scolava |
| noi | scolavamo |
| voi | scolavate |
| loro | scolavano |
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 | scolerei | I would drain |
| tu | scoleresti | you would drain |
| lui/lei | scolerebbe | he/she/it would drain |
| noi | scoleremmo | we would drain |
| voi | scolereste | you (pl.) would drain |
| loro | scolerebbero | they would drain |
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 | scolerò | I will drain |
| tu | scolerai | you will drain |
| lui/lei | scolerà | he/she/it will drain |
| noi | scoleremo | we will drain |
| voi | scolerete | you (pl.) will drain |
| loro | scoleranno | they will drain |
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 scolato | I have drained |
| tu | hai scolato | you have drained |
| lui/lei | ha scolato | he/she/it has drained |
| noi | abbiamo scolato | we have drained |
| voi | avete scolato | you (pl.) have drained |
| loro | hanno scolato | they have drained |
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 scolato | I had drained |
| tu | avevi scolato | you had drained |
| lui/lei | aveva scolato | he/she/it had drained |
| noi | avevamo scolato | we had drained |
| voi | avevate scolato | you (pl.) had drained |
| loro | avevano scolato | they had drained |
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 scolato |
| tu | avresti scolato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe scolato |
| noi | avremmo scolato |
| voi | avreste scolato |
| loro | avrebbero scolato |
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 scolato | I will have drained |
| tu | avrai scolato | you will have drained |
| lui/lei | avrà scolato | he/she/it will have drained |
| noi | avremo scolato | we will have drained |
| voi | avrete scolato | you (pl.) will have drained |
| loro | avranno scolato | they will have drained |
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 | scoli |
| tu | scoli |
| lui/lei | scoli |
| noi | scoliamo |
| voi | scoliate |
| loro | scolino |
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 | scolassi |
| tu | scolassi |
| lui/lei | scolasse |
| noi | scolassimo |
| voi | scolaste |
| loro | scolassero |
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 | scola |
| lui/lei | scoli |
| noi | scoliamo |
| voi | scolate |
| loro | scolino |
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 scolare |
| lui/lei | non scoli |
| noi | non scoliamo |
| voi | non scolate |
| loro | non scolino |