Conjugation of the Italian verb cambiare A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb cambiare , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
cambiare to change
Present Indicative
io cambio I change tu cambi you change lui cambia he changes lei cambia she changes noi cambiamo we change voi cambiate you change loro cambiano they change
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto cambiando I am changing tu stai cambiando you are changing lui sta cambiando he is changing lei sta cambiando she is changing noi stiamo cambiando we are changing voi state cambiando you are changing loro stanno cambiando they are changing
Imperfect Indicative
io cambiavo I was changing tu cambiavi you were changing lui cambiava he was changing lei cambiava she was changing noi cambiavamo we were changing voi cambiavate you were changing loro cambiavano they were changing
Past Historic / Passato remoto
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.
io cambiai I changed tu cambiasti you changed lui cambiò he changed lei cambiò she changed noi cambiammo we changed voi cambiaste you changed loro cambiarono they changed
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho cambiato I changed tu hai cambiato you changed lui ha cambiato he changed lei ha cambiato she changed noi abbiamo cambiato we changed voi avete cambiato you changed loro hanno cambiato they changed
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo cambiato I had changed tu avevi cambiato you had changed lui aveva cambiato he had changed lei aveva cambiato she had changed noi avevamo cambiato we had changed voi avevate cambiato you had changed loro avevano cambiato they had changed
Future Indicative
io cambierò I will change tu cambierai you will change lui cambierà he will change lei cambierà she will change noi cambieremo we will change voi cambierete you will change loro cambieranno they will change
Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere , or with the direct object for verbs that take avere .
io avrò cambiato I will have changed tu avrai cambiato you will have changed lui avrà cambiato he will have changed lei avrà cambiato she will have changed noi avremo cambiato we will have changed voi avrete cambiato you will have changed loro avranno cambiato they will have changed
Conditional
io cambierei I would change tu cambieresti you would change lui cambierebbe he would change lei cambierebbe she would change noi cambieremmo we would change voi cambiereste you would change loro cambierebbero they would change
Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere , or with the direct object for verbs that take avere .
io avrei cambiato I would have changed tu avresti cambiato you would have changed lui avrebbe cambiato he would have changed lei avrebbe cambiato she would have changed noi avremmo cambiato we would have changed voi avreste cambiato you would have changed loro avrebbero cambiato they would have changed
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io cambi(... that) I change(... che) tu cambi(... that) you change(... che) lui cambi(... that) he changes(... che) lei cambi(... that) she changes(... che) noi cambiamo(... that) we change(... che) voi cambiate(... that) you change(... che) loro cambino(... that) they change
Imperative
cambia Change cambiamo Let's change cambiate Change
Present Participle
cambiante changing
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