Verb conjugator

Italian verb conjugation tables

Type any Italian verb, or pick one of 16 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Italian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 16 of the most common Italian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like parlare (to speak) or essere (to be), or type any Italian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing parlare (to speak) · regular -are

parlare

to speak regular -are
Presente
io parlo
tu parli
lui/lei parla
noi parliamo
voi parlate
loro parlano
Passato prossimo
io ho parlato
tu hai parlato
lui/lei ha parlato
noi abbiamo parlato
voi avete parlato
loro hanno parlato
Futuro semplice
io parlerò
tu parlerai
lui/lei parlerà
noi parleremo
voi parlerete
loro parleranno

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How Italian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 3 core tenses: Presente, Passato prossimo, Futuro semplice.

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (regular -are for parlare, for example). Irregular verbs like essere (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Italian, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Italian verbs?

To conjugate a Italian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take parlare (to speak): in the io form it is parlo now, ho parlato in the past, and parlerò in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Italian verbs?

The most common Italian verbs include parlare (to speak), credere (to believe), dormire (to sleep), finire (to finish), essere (to be), avere (to have), fare (to do, to make), andare (to go). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 16.

Is Italian verb conjugation hard?

Italian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Italian is FSI Category I, about 750 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Italian have?

These three, Presente, Passato prossimo, Futuro semplice, are the core of everyday Italian and the right place to start. Real Italian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.