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Conjugation of the Italian verb ritornare

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

ritornare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
ritornare	to return

Present		Scored
io ritorno	I return
tu ritorni	you return
lui ritorna	he returns
lei ritorna	she returns
noi ritorniamo	we return
voi ritornate	you return
loro ritornano	they return

Imperfect		Scored
io ritornavo	I was returning
tu ritornavi	you were returning
lui ritornava	he was returning
lei ritornava	she was returning
noi ritornavamo	we were returning
voi ritornavate	you were returning
loro ritornavano	they were returning

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 ritornai	I returned
tu ritornasti	you returned
lui ritornò	he returned
lei ritornò	she returned
noi ritornammo	we returned
voi ritornaste	you returned
loro ritornarono	they returned

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho ritornato	I returned
tu hai ritornato	you returned
lui ha ritornato	he returned
lei ha ritornato	she returned
noi abbiamo ritornato	we returned
voi avete ritornato	you returned
loro hanno ritornato	they returned

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo ritornato	I had returned
tu avevi ritornato	you had returned
lui aveva ritornato	he had returned
lei aveva ritornato	she had returned
noi avevamo ritornato	we had returned
voi avevate ritornato	you had returned
loro avevano ritornato	they had returned

Future		Scored
io ritornerò	I will return
tu ritornerai	you will return
lui ritornerà	he will return
lei ritornerà	she will return
noi ritorneremo	we will return
voi ritornerete	you will return
loro ritorneranno	they will return

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 ritornato	I will have returned
tu avrai ritornato	you will have returned
lui avrà ritornato	he will have returned
lei avrà ritornato	she will have returned
noi avremo ritornato	we will have returned
voi avrete ritornato	you will have returned
loro avranno ritornato	they will have returned

Conditional		Scored
io ritornerei	I would return
tu ritorneresti	you would return
lui ritornerebbe	he would return
lei ritornerebbe	she would return
noi ritorneremmo	we would return
voi ritornereste	you would return
loro ritornerebbero	they would return

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 ritornato	I would have returned
tu avresti ritornato	you would have returned
lui avrebbe ritornato	he would have returned
lei avrebbe ritornato	she would have returned
noi avremmo ritornato	we would have returned
voi avreste ritornato	you would have returned
loro avrebbero ritornato	they would have returned

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ritorni	(... that) I return
(... che) tu ritorni	(... that) you return
(... che) lui ritorni	(... that) he returns
(... che) lei ritorni	(... that) she returns
(... che) noi ritorniamo	(... that) we return
(... che) voi ritorniate	(... that) you return
(... che) loro ritornino	(... that) they return

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ritornassi	(... that) I was returning
(... che) tu ritornassi	(... that) you were returning
(... che) lui ritornasse	(... that) he was returning
(... che) lei ritornasse	(... that) she was returning
(... che) noi ritornassimo	(... that) we were returning
(... che) voi ritornaste	(... that) you were returning
(... che) loro ritornassero	(... that) they were returning

Imperative		Scored
ritorna	Return
ritorniamo	Let's return
ritornate	Return

Present Participle		Scored
ritornante	returning

Past Participle		Scored
ritornato	returned

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