Italian Name English Name How to Form the Verb

Components of Compound Tenses

Infinitivo Infinitive Look it up in the dictionary

Gerundio Gerund -ando, -endo, -endo

Participo Passato Past Participle -ato, -uto, -ito

Indicative Mood (Present Tenses)

Presente Indicativo Present Indicative -o / -i / -a, -e, -e / -iamo / -ate, -ete, -ite / -ano, -ono, -ono

Presente Progressivo Present Progressive < gerund>

Indicative Mood (Past Tenses)

Passato Prossimo Present Perfect

Imperfetto Indicativo Imperfect Indicative -re -> -vo / -vi / -va / -vamo / -vate / -vano

Imperfetto Progressivo

Imperfect Progressive

Passato Remoto Past Absolute -ai, -ei or etti, -ii / -asti, -esti, -isti / -, - or -ette, - / -ammo, -emmo, -immo / -aste, -este, -iste / -arono, -erono or ettero, -irono

Trapassato Prossimo Pluperfect

Trapassato Remoto Pluperfect Absolute -ssi / -ssi / -sse / -ssimo / -ste / -ssero

Trapassato Congiuntivo

Pluperfect Subjunctive

Other Verb Formulas: Modal: To want to do something, to have to do something, to be able to do something Notes:

In compound tenses, use the same auxilliary in front of the modal verb that you would have used for the verb

si impersonale one does this or people do this si If no noun or adjective si Make verb agree in number with si i Adjective must be masculine-plural Notes:

Auxilliary verb (if needed) is always essere. Auxilliary verb and past participle (if needed) must agree with in gender and number.

Passive Voice Convert:

Into: da Notes:

is conjugated into the same tense and mood as is the past participle of the and must agree with the in gender and number da is optional

Causative: To make someone do something, I made X do something or I had X do something a Notes:

is the verb which the person is being forced to do