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andare Knowing the appropriate
to go auxiliary verb—either
Auxiliary verb: essere Past participle: andato Gerund: andando avere or essere—is
Imperative: (tu) va’/vai (non andare); (Lei) vada; (noi) andiamo; (voi) essential when forming
the compound tenses of
andate; (Loro) vadano the verb.
Mode Simple Tenses Compound Tenses
Singular Plural Singular Plural The past participle is used
Present عرﺎﺿﻣﻟا Present Perfect بﯾرﻘﻟا ﻲﺿﺎﻣﻟا with either avere or essere
vado andiamo sono andato/a siamo andati/e to form compound tenses.
vai andate sei andato/a siete andati/e It may also be used to form
va vanno è andato/a sono andati/e the passive voice and as an
Imperfect رﻣﺗﺳﻣﻟا ﻲﺿﺎﻣﻟا Past Perfect مﺎﺗﻟا ﻲﺿﺎﻣﻟا adjective or noun.
andavo andavamo ero andato/a eravamo andati/e The gerund is used to form
Indicative andava دﯾﻌﺑﻟا ﻲﺿﺎﻣﻟا era andato/a erano andati/e the progressive tenses with
eri andato/a
andavi
andavate
eravate andati/e
andavano
the verb stare. The gerund
Past Definite
Past Anterior
forms corresponding to the
andai andammo fui andato/a fummo andati/e is one of the Italian verb
andasti andaste fosti andato/a foste andati/e English –ing form.
andò andarono fu andato/a furono andati/e
Future بﯾرﻘﻟا لﺑﻘﺗﺳﻣﻟا Future Perfect ﻖﺑﺳﻻا لﺑﻘﺗﺳﻣﻟا The imperative is used
andrò andremo sarò andato/a saremo andati/e for giving commands and
andrai andrete sarai andato/a sarete andati/e orders. It can be expressed
andrà andranno sarà andato/a saranno andati/e formally and informally.
Present Present Perfect The negative imperative of
the tu form of a reflexive
vada andiamo sia andato/a siamo andati/e verb has two forms. The
Subjunctive vada vadano sia andato/a siano andati/e pronoun can precede
vada
siate andati/e
sia andato/a
andiate
the verb or can follow it.
Imperfect
Past Perfect
The verb chart shows the
andassi
foste andati/e
andaste
are possible. (See the
fossi andato/a
andassi andassimo fossi andato/a fossimo andati/e second option but both
andasse andassero fosse andato/a fossero andati/e “Reflexive Verbs” section of
the Verb Usage Review for
Perfect Conditional
Conditional andrei andremmo sarei andato/a saremmo andati/e a detailed explanation.)
Present Conditional
sareste andati/e
saresti andato/a
andreste
andresti
The indicative mood is the
sarebbero andati/e
andrebbero
andrebbe
sarebbe andato/a
most commonly used in
Note: If andare is followed by another verb (“to go dancing”), the sequence andare + a + everyday conversation to
infinitive is used. Andare is conjugated, and the second verb is used in the infinitive (see express or indicate facts in
the fourth example below). A means of transportation used with andare is preceded by the the past, in the present, and
preposition in; when andare is followed by the name of a country, the preposition in is used; in the future.
when it is followed by the name of a city, a is used (see the third example below). When it is
followed by the name of a person, da is used (see the fifth example below).
The use of present perfect
EXAMPLES is preferred to the use of
the past definite. The past
Dove vai stasera? Where are you going tonight? definite is mainly used in
Lo scorso fine settimana siamo andati al mare. Last weekend we went to the beach. literature.
Vado a Roma in macchina. I go to Rome by car.
Andiamo a ballare il giovedì. We go dancing on Thursdays. The past anterior is very
Domani andrà dal dottore. Tomorrow he is going to the doctor. rarely used currently.
Ti va un caffè? Would you like a coffee?
The imperfect tense is not
a tense in English but it has
English equivalents.
The subjunctive is mainly
used in subordinate clauses
and it is prompted by the
use of certain verbs of
emotion, volition, or doubt.
For some verbs, a note is
included on reflexive usage,
preposition requirements,
and so on.