tifare — Italian conjugation
to cheer (for a team)
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 | tifo | I cheer |
| tu | tifi | you cheer |
| lui/lei | tifa | he/she/it cheers |
| noi | tifiamo | we cheer |
| voi | tifate | you (pl.) cheer |
| loro | tifano | they cheer |
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 | tifai | I cheered |
| tu | tifasti | you cheered |
| lui/lei | tifò | he/she/it cheered |
| noi | tifammo | we cheered |
| voi | tifaste | you (pl.) cheered |
| loro | tifarono | they cheered |
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 | tifavo |
| tu | tifavi |
| lui/lei | tifava |
| noi | tifavamo |
| voi | tifavate |
| loro | tifavano |
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 | tiferei | I would cheer |
| tu | tiferesti | you would cheer |
| lui/lei | tiferebbe | he/she/it would cheer |
| noi | tiferemmo | we would cheer |
| voi | tifereste | you (pl.) would cheer |
| loro | tiferebbero | they would cheer |
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 | tiferò | I will cheer |
| tu | tiferai | you will cheer |
| lui/lei | tiferà | he/she/it will cheer |
| noi | tiferemo | we will cheer |
| voi | tiferete | you (pl.) will cheer |
| loro | tiferanno | they will cheer |
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 tifato | I have cheered |
| tu | hai tifato | you have cheered |
| lui/lei | ha tifato | he/she/it has cheered |
| noi | abbiamo tifato | we have cheered |
| voi | avete tifato | you (pl.) have cheered |
| loro | hanno tifato | they have cheered |
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 tifato | I had cheered |
| tu | avevi tifato | you had cheered |
| lui/lei | aveva tifato | he/she/it had cheered |
| noi | avevamo tifato | we had cheered |
| voi | avevate tifato | you (pl.) had cheered |
| loro | avevano tifato | they had cheered |
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 tifato |
| tu | avresti tifato |
| lui/lei | avrebbe tifato |
| noi | avremmo tifato |
| voi | avreste tifato |
| loro | avrebbero tifato |
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 tifato | I will have cheered |
| tu | avrai tifato | you will have cheered |
| lui/lei | avrà tifato | he/she/it will have cheered |
| noi | avremo tifato | we will have cheered |
| voi | avrete tifato | you (pl.) will have cheered |
| loro | avranno tifato | they will have cheered |
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 | tifi |
| tu | tifi |
| lui/lei | tifi |
| noi | tifiamo |
| voi | tifiate |
| loro | tifino |
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 | tifassi |
| tu | tifassi |
| lui/lei | tifasse |
| noi | tifassimo |
| voi | tifaste |
| loro | tifassero |
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 | tifa |
| lui/lei | tifi |
| noi | tifiamo |
| voi | tifate |
| loro | tifino |
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 tifare |
| lui/lei | non tifi |
| noi | non tifiamo |
| voi | non tifate |
| loro | non tifino |