Page 19 - verbo italiano

Verb Usage Review / 9

Table 3 The Simple Tenses

Italian English
Indicativo io parlo Present I talk I am talking
presente tu parli Indicative you talk you are talking
lui/lei/Lei parla he/she/it talks he/she/it is talking
noi parliamo we talk we are talking
voi parlate you talk you are talking
loro parlano they talk they are talking
Indicativo io parlavo Equivalent to I used to talk I was talking
imperfetto tu parlavi Imperfect you used to talk you were talking
lui/lei/Lei parlava Indicative he/she/it used to talk he/she/it was talking
noi parlavamo (past we used to talk we were talking
voi parlavate descriptive) you used to talk you were talking
loro parlavano they used to talk they were talking
Indicativo io parlerò Future I will talk I am going to talk
futuro tu parlerai you will talk you are going to talk
lui/lei/Lei parlerà he/she/it will talk he/she/it is going to talk
noi parleremo we will talk we are going to talk
voi parlerete you will talk you are going to talk
loro parleranno they will talk they are going to talk
Indicativo io parlai Past Absolute I talked
passato tu parlasti or you talked
remoto* lui/lei/Lei parlò Past Definite he/she/it talked
noi parlammo we talked
voi parlaste you talked
loro parlarono they talked
Condizionale io parlerei Present I would talk
presente or tu parleresti Conditional you would talk
Condizionale lui/lei/Lei parlerebbe or he/she/it would talk
semplice noi parleremmo Simple we would talk
voi parlereste Conditional you would talk
loro parlerebbero they would talk
Congiuntivo io parli Present that I (may) talk
presente tu parli Subjunctive that you (may) talk
lui/lei/Lei parli that he/she/it (may) talk
noi parliamo that we (may) talk
voi parliate that you (may) talk
loro parlino that they (may) talk
Congiuntivo io parlassi Imperfect that I (might) talk
imperfetto tu parlassi Subjunctive that you (might) talk
lui/lei/Lei parlasse that he/she/it (might) talk
noi parlassimo that we (might) talk
voi parlaste that you (might) may talk
loro parlassero that they (might) talk
Imperative – Imperative –
(tu) parla! Talk!
(Lei) parli! –
(noi) parliamo! Let’s talk!
(voi) parlate! Talk!
(Loro) parlino! –
Infinito parlare Infinitive Present to talk
presente
Gerundio parlando Gerund Present talking
presente
Participio parlante Present talking
presente** Participle **
Participio parlato Past Participle talked
passato
* The past absolute is mainly used in literary works.
** The present participle is mainly used as an adjective or a noun.