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Conjugation of the Italian verb cominciare

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb cominciare, along with their English translations.

cominciare is a regular verb


InfinitiveScored
cominciareto begin

PresentScored
io comincioI begin
tu cominciyou begin
lui cominciahe begins
lei cominciashe begins
noi cominciamowe begin
voi cominciateyou begin
loro comincianothey begin

ImperfectScored
io cominciavoI was beginning
tu cominciaviyou were beginning
lui cominciavahe was beginning
lei cominciavashe was beginning
noi cominciavamowe were beginning
voi cominciavateyou were beginning
loro cominciavanothey were beginning

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.
Scored
io cominciaiI began
tu cominciastiyou began
lui cominciòhe began
lei cominciòshe began
noi cominciammowe began
voi cominciasteyou began
loro cominciaronothey began

Past / Passato prossimoScored
io ho cominciatoI began
tu hai cominciatoyou began
lui ha cominciatohe began
lei ha cominciatoshe began
noi abbiamo cominciatowe began
voi avete cominciatoyou began
loro hanno cominciatothey began

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimoScored
io avevo cominciatoI had begun
tu avevi cominciatoyou had begun
lui aveva cominciatohe had begun
lei aveva cominciatoshe had begun
noi avevamo cominciatowe had begun
voi avevate cominciatoyou had begun
loro avevano cominciatothey had begun

FutureScored
io cominceròI will begin
tu cominceraiyou will begin
lui cominceràhe will begin
lei cominceràshe will begin
noi cominceremowe will begin
voi comincereteyou will begin
loro comincerannothey will begin

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.
Scored
io avrò cominciatoI will have begun
tu avrai cominciatoyou will have begun
lui avrà cominciatohe will have begun
lei avrà cominciatoshe will have begun
noi avremo cominciatowe will have begun
voi avrete cominciatoyou will have begun
loro avranno cominciatothey will have begun

ConditionalScored
io comincereiI would begin
tu comincerestiyou would begin
lui comincerebbehe would begin
lei comincerebbeshe would begin
noi cominceremmowe would begin
voi cominceresteyou would begin
loro comincerebberothey would begin

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.
Scored
io avrei cominciatoI would have begun
tu avresti cominciatoyou would have begun
lui avrebbe cominciatohe would have begun
lei avrebbe cominciatoshe would have begun
noi avremmo cominciatowe would have begun
voi avreste cominciatoyou would have begun
loro avrebbero cominciatothey would have begun

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io cominci(... that) I begin
(... che) tu cominci(... that) you begin
(... che) lui cominci(... that) he begins
(... che) lei cominci(... that) she begins
(... che) noi cominciamo(... that) we begin
(... che) voi cominciate(... that) you begin
(... che) loro comincino(... that) they begin

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io cominciassi(... that) I was beginning
(... che) tu cominciassi(... that) you were beginning
(... che) lui cominciasse(... that) he was beginning
(... che) lei cominciasse(... that) she was beginning
(... che) noi cominciassimo(... that) we were beginning
(... che) voi cominciaste(... that) you were beginning
(... che) loro cominciassero(... that) they were beginning

ImperativeScored
comincia Begin
cominciamoLet's begin
cominciate Begin

Present ParticipleScored
cominciante beginning

Past ParticipleScored
cominciato begun

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