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Conjugation of the Italian verb cominciare

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

cominciare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
cominciare	to begin

Present		Scored
io comincio	I begin
tu cominci	you begin
lui comincia	he begins
lei comincia	she begins
noi cominciamo	we begin
voi cominciate	you begin
loro cominciano	they begin

Imperfect		Scored
io cominciavo	I was beginning
tu cominciavi	you were beginning
lui cominciava	he was beginning
lei cominciava	she was beginning
noi cominciavamo	we were beginning
voi cominciavate	you were beginning
loro cominciavano	they were beginning

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 cominciai	I began
tu cominciasti	you began
lui cominciò	he began
lei cominciò	she began
noi cominciammo	we began
voi cominciaste	you began
loro cominciarono	they began

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

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

Future		Scored
io comincerò	I will begin
tu comincerai	you will begin
lui comincerà	he will begin
lei comincerà	she will begin
noi cominceremo	we will begin
voi comincerete	you will begin
loro cominceranno	they will begin

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

Conditional		Scored
io comincerei	I would begin
tu cominceresti	you would begin
lui comincerebbe	he would begin
lei comincerebbe	she would begin
noi cominceremmo	we would begin
voi comincereste	you would begin
loro comincerebbero	they would begin

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cominci	(... that) I begin
(... che) tu cominci	(... that) you begin
(... che) lui cominci	(... that) he begins
(... che) lei cominci	(... that) she begins
(... che) noi cominciamo	(... that) we begin
(... che) voi cominciate	(... that) you begin
(... che) loro comincino	(... that) they begin

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cominciassi	(... that) I was beginning
(... che) tu cominciassi	(... that) you were beginning
(... che) lui cominciasse	(... that) he was beginning
(... che) lei cominciasse	(... that) she was beginning
(... che) noi cominciassimo	(... that) we were beginning
(... che) voi cominciaste	(... that) you were beginning
(... che) loro cominciassero	(... that) they were beginning

Imperative		Scored
comincia	Begin
cominciamo	Let's begin
cominciate	Begin

Present Participle		Scored
cominciante	beginning

Past Participle		Scored
cominciato	begun

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