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Conjugation of the Italian verb tornare

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

tornare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
tornare	to return

Present		Scored
io torno	I return
tu torni	you return
lui torna	he returns
lei torna	she returns
noi torniamo	we return
voi tornate	you return
loro tornano	they return

Imperfect		Scored
io tornavo	I was returning
tu tornavi	you were returning
lui tornava	he was returning
lei tornava	she was returning
noi tornavamo	we were returning
voi tornavate	you were returning
loro tornavano	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 tornai	I returned
tu tornasti	you returned
lui tornò	he returned
lei tornò	she returned
noi tornammo	we returned
voi tornaste	you returned
loro tornarono	they returned

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io sono tornato	I returned
tu sei tornato	you returned
lui è tornato	he returned
lei è tornata	she returned
noi siamo tornati	we returned
voi siete tornati	you returned
loro sono tornati	they returned
loro sono tornate	they returned

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io ero tornato	I had returned
tu eri tornato	you had returned
lui era tornato	he had returned
lei era tornata	she had returned
noi eravamo tornati	we had returned
voi eravate tornati	you had returned
loro erano tornati	they had returned
loro erano tornate	they had returned

Future		Scored
io tornerò	I will return
tu tornerai	you will return
lui tornerà	he will return
lei tornerà	she will return
noi torneremo	we will return
voi tornerete	you will return
loro torneranno	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 sarò tornato	I will have returned
tu sarai tornato	you will have returned
lui sarà tornato	he will have returned
lei sarà tornata	she will have returned
noi saremo tornati	we will have returned
voi sarete tornati	you will have returned
loro saranno tornati	they will have returned
loro saranno tornate	they will have returned

Conditional		Scored
io tornerei	I would return
tu torneresti	you would return
lui tornerebbe	he would return
lei tornerebbe	she would return
noi torneremmo	we would return
voi tornereste	you would return
loro tornerebbero	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 sarei tornato	I would have returned
tu saresti tornato	you would have returned
lui sarebbe tornato	he would have returned
lei sarebbe tornata	she would have returned
noi saremmo tornati	we would have returned
voi sareste tornati	you would have returned
loro sarebbero tornati	they would have returned
loro sarebbero tornate	they would have returned

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io torni	(... that) I return
(... che) tu torni	(... that) you return
(... che) lui torni	(... that) he returns
(... che) lei torni	(... that) she returns
(... che) noi torniamo	(... that) we return
(... che) voi torniate	(... that) you return
(... che) loro tornino	(... that) they return

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io tornassi	(... that) I was returning
(... che) tu tornassi	(... that) you were returning
(... che) lui tornasse	(... that) he was returning
(... che) lei tornasse	(... that) she was returning
(... che) noi tornassimo	(... that) we were returning
(... che) voi tornaste	(... that) you were returning
(... che) loro tornassero	(... that) they were returning

Imperative		Scored
torna	Return
torniamo	Let's return
tornate	Return

Present Participle		Scored
tornante	returning

Past Participle		Scored
tornato	returned

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