sviare — Italian conjugation

to divert

Frequency#1496Regular

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosvioI divert
tusviiyou divert
lui/leisviahe/she/it diverts
noisviamowe divert
voisviateyou (pl.) divert
lorosvianothey divert

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosviaiI diverted
tusviastiyou diverted
lui/leisviòhe/she/it diverted
noisviammowe diverted
voisviasteyou (pl.) diverted
lorosviaronothey diverted

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.

PronounItalian
iosviavo
tusviavi
lui/leisviava
noisviavamo
voisviavate
lorosviavano

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?

PronounItalianEnglish
iosviereiI would divert
tusvierestiyou would divert
lui/leisvierebbehe/she/it would divert
noisvieremmowe would divert
voisvieresteyou (pl.) would divert
lorosvierebberothey would divert

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
iosvieròI will divert
tusvieraiyou will divert
lui/leisvieràhe/she/it will divert
noisvieremowe will divert
voisviereteyou (pl.) will divert
lorosvierannothey will divert

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioho sviatoI have diverted
tuhai sviatoyou have diverted
lui/leiha sviatohe/she/it has diverted
noiabbiamo sviatowe have diverted
voiavete sviatoyou (pl.) have diverted
lorohanno sviatothey have diverted

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavevo sviatoI had diverted
tuavevi sviatoyou had diverted
lui/leiaveva sviatohe/she/it had diverted
noiavevamo sviatowe had diverted
voiavevate sviatoyou (pl.) had diverted
loroavevano sviatothey had diverted

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.

PronounItalian
ioavrei sviato
tuavresti sviato
lui/leiavrebbe sviato
noiavremmo sviato
voiavreste sviato
loroavrebbero sviato

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.

PronounItalianEnglish
ioavrò sviatoI will have diverted
tuavrai sviatoyou will have diverted
lui/leiavrà sviatohe/she/it will have diverted
noiavremo sviatowe will have diverted
voiavrete sviatoyou (pl.) will have diverted
loroavranno sviatothey will have diverted

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.

PronounItalian
iosvii
tusvii
lui/leisvii
noisviamo
voisviate
lorosviino

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.

PronounItalian
iosviassi
tusviassi
lui/leisviasse
noisviassimo
voisviaste
lorosviassero

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.

PronounItalian
tusvia
lui/leisvii
noisviamo
voisviate
lorosviino

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.

PronounItalian
tunon sviare
lui/leinon svii
noinon sviamo
voinon sviate
loronon sviino