Conjugation of the Italian verb parlare A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb parlare , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
parlare to talk
Present Indicative
io parlo I talk tu parli you talk lui parla he talks lei parla she talks noi parliamo we talk voi parlate you talk loro parlano they talk
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 parlando I am talking tu stai parlando you are talking lui sta parlando he is talking lei sta parlando she is talking noi stiamo parlando we are talking voi state parlando you are talking loro stanno parlando they are talking
Imperfect Indicative
io parlavo I was talking tu parlavi you were talking lui parlava he was talking lei parlava she was talking noi parlavamo we were talking voi parlavate you were talking loro parlavano they were talking
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 parlai I talked tu parlasti you talked lui parlò he talked lei parlò she talked noi parlammo we talked voi parlaste you talked loro parlarono they talked
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho parlato I talked tu hai parlato you talked lui ha parlato he talked lei ha parlato she talked noi abbiamo parlato we talked voi avete parlato you talked loro hanno parlato they talked
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo parlato I had talked tu avevi parlato you had talked lui aveva parlato he had talked lei aveva parlato she had talked noi avevamo parlato we had talked voi avevate parlato you had talked loro avevano parlato they had talked
Future Indicative
io parlerò I will talk tu parlerai you will talk lui parlerà he will talk lei parlerà she will talk noi parleremo we will talk voi parlerete you will talk loro parleranno they will talk
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 parlato I will have talked tu avrai parlato you will have talked lui avrà parlato he will have talked lei avrà parlato she will have talked noi avremo parlato we will have talked voi avrete parlato you will have talked loro avranno parlato they will have talked
Conditional
io parlerei I would talk tu parleresti you would talk lui parlerebbe he would talk lei parlerebbe she would talk noi parleremmo we would talk voi parlereste you would talk loro parlerebbero they would talk
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 parlato I would have talked tu avresti parlato you would have talked lui avrebbe parlato he would have talked lei avrebbe parlato she would have talked noi avremmo parlato we would have talked voi avreste parlato you would have talked loro avrebbero parlato they would have talked
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io parli(... that) I talk(... che) tu parli(... that) you talk(... che) lui parli(... that) he talks(... che) lei parli(... that) she talks(... che) noi parliamo(... that) we talk(... che) voi parliate(... that) you talk(... che) loro parlino(... that) they talk
Imperative
parla Talk parliamo Let's talk parlate Talk
Present Participle
parlante talking
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