Conjugation of the Italian verb ridere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb ridere , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
ridere to laugh
Present Indicative
io rido I laugh tu ridi you laugh lui ride he laughs lei ride she laughs noi ridiamo we laugh voi ridete you laugh loro ridono they laugh
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 ridendo I am laughing tu stai ridendo you are laughing lui sta ridendo he is laughing lei sta ridendo she is laughing noi stiamo ridendo we are laughing voi state ridendo you are laughing loro stanno ridendo they are laughing
Imperfect Indicative
io ridevo I was laughing tu ridevi you were laughing lui rideva he was laughing lei rideva she was laughing noi ridevamo we were laughing voi ridevate you were laughing loro ridevano they were laughing
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 risi I laughed tu ridesti you laughed lui rise he laughed lei rise she laughed noi ridemmo we laughed voi rideste you laughed loro risero they laughed
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho riso I laughed tu hai riso you laughed lui ha riso he laughed lei ha riso she laughed noi abbiamo riso we laughed voi avete riso you laughed loro hanno riso they laughed
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo riso I had laughed tu avevi riso you had laughed lui aveva riso he had laughed lei aveva riso she had laughed noi avevamo riso we had laughed voi avevate riso you had laughed loro avevano riso they had laughed
Future Indicative
io riderò I will laugh tu riderai you will laugh lui riderà he will laugh lei riderà she will laugh noi rideremo we will laugh voi riderete you will laugh loro rideranno they will laugh
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 riso I will have laughed tu avrai riso you will have laughed lui avrà riso he will have laughed lei avrà riso she will have laughed noi avremo riso we will have laughed voi avrete riso you will have laughed loro avranno riso they will have laughed
Conditional
io riderei I would laugh tu rideresti you would laugh lui riderebbe he would laugh lei riderebbe she would laugh noi rideremmo we would laugh voi ridereste you would laugh loro riderebbero they would laugh
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 riso I would have laughed tu avresti riso you would have laughed lui avrebbe riso he would have laughed lei avrebbe riso she would have laughed noi avremmo riso we would have laughed voi avreste riso you would have laughed loro avrebbero riso they would have laughed
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io rida(... that) I laugh(... che) tu rida(... that) you laugh(... che) lui rida(... that) he laughs(... che) lei rida(... that) she laughs(... che) noi ridiamo(... that) we laugh(... che) voi ridiate(... that) you laugh(... che) loro ridano(... that) they laugh
Imperative
ridi Laugh ridiamo Let's laugh ridete Laugh
Present Participle
ridente laughing
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