Conjugation of the Italian verb giocare A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb giocare , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
giocare to play
Present Indicative
io gioco I play tu giochi you play lui gioca he plays lei gioca she plays noi giochiamo we play voi giocate you play loro giocano they play
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 giocando I am playing tu stai giocando you are playing lui sta giocando he is playing lei sta giocando she is playing noi stiamo giocando we are playing voi state giocando you are playing loro stanno giocando they are playing
Imperfect Indicative
io giocavo I was playing tu giocavi you were playing lui giocava he was playing lei giocava she was playing noi giocavamo we were playing voi giocavate you were playing loro giocavano they were playing
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 giocai I played tu giocasti you played lui giocò he played lei giocò she played noi giocammo we played voi giocaste you played loro giocarono they played
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho giocato I played tu hai giocato you played lui ha giocato he played lei ha giocato she played noi abbiamo giocato we played voi avete giocato you played loro hanno giocato they played
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo giocato I had played tu avevi giocato you had played lui aveva giocato he had played lei aveva giocato she had played noi avevamo giocato we had played voi avevate giocato you had played loro avevano giocato they had played
Future Indicative
io giocherò I will play tu giocherai you will play lui giocherà he will play lei giocherà she will play noi giocheremo we will play voi giocherete you will play loro giocheranno they will play
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 giocato I will have played tu avrai giocato you will have played lui avrà giocato he will have played lei avrà giocato she will have played noi avremo giocato we will have played voi avrete giocato you will have played loro avranno giocato they will have played
Conditional
io giocherei I would play tu giocheresti you would play lui giocherebbe he would play lei giocherebbe she would play noi giocheremmo we would play voi giochereste you would play loro giocherebbero they would play
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 giocato I would have played tu avresti giocato you would have played lui avrebbe giocato he would have played lei avrebbe giocato she would have played noi avremmo giocato we would have played voi avreste giocato you would have played loro avrebbero giocato they would have played
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io giochi(... that) I play(... che) tu giochi(... that) you play(... che) lui giochi(... that) he plays(... che) lei giochi(... that) she plays(... che) noi giochiamo(... that) we play(... che) voi giochiate(... that) you play(... che) loro giochino(... that) they play
Imperative
gioca Play giochiamo Let's play giocate Play
Present Participle
giocante playing
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