Presentepresent
| iospan> | respiro |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respiri |
| lui/leispan> | respira |
| noispan> | respiriamo |
| voispan> | respirate |
| lorospan> | respirano |
More on this: Present tense: -are verbs
Bold and underlined: the ending. ◆ marks a form that breaks the rule.
| iospan> | respiro |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respiri |
| lui/leispan> | respira |
| noispan> | respiriamo |
| voispan> | respirate |
| lorospan> | respirano |
More on this: Present tense: -are verbs
| iospan> | respiravo |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respiravi |
| lui/leispan> | respirava |
| noispan> | respiravamo |
| voispan> | respiravate |
| lorospan> | respiravano |
More on this: Imperfect (imperfetto)
| iospan> | respirai |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respirasti |
| lui/leispan> | respirò |
| noispan> | respirammo |
| voispan> | respiraste |
| lorospan> | respirarono |
More on this: Past historic (passato remoto)
| iospan> | respirerò |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respirerai |
| lui/leispan> | respirerà |
| noispan> | respireremo |
| voispan> | respirerete |
| lorospan> | respireranno |
More on this: Simple future (futuro semplice)
| iospan> | ho respirato |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | hai respirato |
| lui/leispan> | ha respirato |
| noispan> | abbiamo respirato |
| voispan> | avete respirato |
| lorospan> | hanno respirato |
More on this: The passato prossimo with avere · The passato prossimo with essere
| iospan> | avevo respirato |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | avevi respirato |
| lui/leispan> | aveva respirato |
| noispan> | avevamo respirato |
| voispan> | avevate respirato |
| lorospan> | avevano respirato |
More on this: Pluperfect (trapassato prossimo)
| iospan> | avrò respirato |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | avrai respirato |
| lui/leispan> | avrà respirato |
| noispan> | avremo respirato |
| voispan> | avrete respirato |
| lorospan> | avranno respirato |
More on this: Future perfect (futuro anteriore)
| iospan> | respirerei |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respireresti |
| lui/leispan> | respirerebbe |
| noispan> | respireremmo |
| voispan> | respirereste |
| lorospan> | respirerebbero |
More on this: Conditional (condizionale)
| iospan> | avrei respirato |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | avresti respirato |
| lui/leispan> | avrebbe respirato |
| noispan> | avremmo respirato |
| voispan> | avreste respirato |
| lorospan> | avrebbero respirato |
More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo
| iospan> | respiri |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respiri |
| lui/leispan> | respiri |
| noispan> | respiriamo |
| voispan> | respiriate |
| lorospan> | respirino |
More on this: Subjunctive: the forms
| iospan> | respirassi |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | respirassi |
| lui/leispan> | respirasse |
| noispan> | respirassimo |
| voispan> | respiraste |
| lorospan> | respirassero |
More on this: Past subjunctive: fossi, avessi
| iospan> | abbia respirato |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | abbia respirato |
| lui/leispan> | abbia respirato |
| noispan> | abbiamo respirato |
| voispan> | abbiate respirato |
| lorospan> | abbiano respirato |
More on this: Sequence of tenses with the congiuntivo
| iospan> | avessi respirato |
|---|---|
| tuspan> | avessi respirato |
| lui/leispan> | avesse respirato |
| noispan> | avessimo respirato |
| voispan> | aveste respirato |
| lorospan> | avessero respirato |
More on this: Third conditional: se avessi saputo
| tuspan> | respira |
|---|---|
| Leispan> | respiri |
| noispan> | respiriamo |
| voispan> | respirate |
| Lorospan> | respirino |
More on this: Imperative: tu, noi, voi · Formal imperative: Lei
| tuspan> | non respirare |
|---|---|
| Leispan> | non respiri |
| noispan> | non respiriamo |
| voispan> | non respirate |
| Lorospan> | non respirino |
More on this: The negative imperative
| infinito | respirare |
|---|---|
| participio | respirato |
| gerundio | respirando |
More on this: Irregular past participles · The gerund: parlando
Every sentence comes from this course’s word lists or grammar topics. The verb form is highlighted, and the line below says which tense and person it is.
Respira piano e conta fino a dieci.Breathe slowly and count to ten.
Respira — Presente · lui/lei; Imperativo · tu
Mi fa male qui quando respiro a fondo.It hurts here when I breathe deeply.
respiro — Presente · io
Le fibre naturali respirano meglio d’estate.Natural fibres breathe better in summer.
respirano — Presente · loro
L’intonaco di calce lascia respirare il muro.Lime plaster lets the wall breathe.
respirare — infinito
L’inalazione porta la sostanza al sangue in pochi respiri.Inhalation carries the substance into the blood within a few breaths.
respiri — Presente · tu; Congiuntivo presente · io
Il tronco encefalico regola il respiro.The brain stem regulates breathing.
respiro — Presente · io
5 gaps, first from the example sentences above, then from the table. Every answer counts towards your reviews.
The forms are calculated from the rules of the language — twice, in two independent ways — and checked against every hand-written form in this course. The example sentences are the course’s own.