Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

Be sure not to confuse the spelling of these endings (all with -emmo) with
the corresponding ones of the future (all with -emo).

Regular verbs ending in -are are conjugated as follows:

Regular verbs ending in -ere are conjugated as follows:

Regular verbs ending in -ire are conjugated as follows:

(io) (tu)

-are -erei -eresti

-ere -erei -eresti

-ire -irei -iresti (lui/lei) (noi) (voi) (loro)

-erebbe -eremmo* -ereste -erebbero

-irebbe -iremmo* -ireste -irebbero

Parlare parlerei parleresti parlerebbe parleremmo parlereste parlerebbero

To speak I would speak you would speak he/she/it would speak we would speak you would speak they would speak

Prendere prenderei prenderesti prenderebbe prenderemmo prendereste prenderebbero

To take/get I would take you would take he/she/it would take we would take you would take they would take

Finire finirei finiresti finirebbe finiremmo finireste finirebbero

To finish I would finish you would finish he/she/it would finish we would finish you would finish they would finish

Con Marco parleresti italiano. Scriverei una cartolina alla zia. Finiremmo questo lavoro prima di partire.

With Marco you would speak Italian. I would write a postcard to my aunt. We’d finish this job before leaving.