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Conjugation of the Italian verb incominciare

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

incominciare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
incominciare	to begin

Present		Scored
io incomincio	I begin
tu incominci	you begin
lui incomincia	he begins
lei incomincia	she begins
noi incominciamo	we begin
voi incominciate	you begin
loro incominciano	they begin

Imperfect		Scored
io incominciavo	I was beginning
tu incominciavi	you were beginning
lui incominciava	he was beginning
lei incominciava	she was beginning
noi incominciavamo	we were beginning
voi incominciavate	you were beginning
loro incominciavano	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 incominciai	I began
tu incominciasti	you began
lui incominciò	he began
lei incominciò	she began
noi incominciammo	we began
voi incominciaste	you began
loro incominciarono	they began

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

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

Future		Scored
io incomincerò	I will begin
tu incomincerai	you will begin
lui incomincerà	he will begin
lei incomincerà	she will begin
noi incominceremo	we will begin
voi incomincerete	you will begin
loro incominceranno	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 incominciato	I will have begun
tu avrai incominciato	you will have begun
lui avrà incominciato	he will have begun
lei avrà incominciato	she will have begun
noi avremo incominciato	we will have begun
voi avrete incominciato	you will have begun
loro avranno incominciato	they will have begun

Conditional		Scored
io incomincerei	I would begin
tu incominceresti	you would begin
lui incomincerebbe	he would begin
lei incomincerebbe	she would begin
noi incominceremmo	we would begin
voi incomincereste	you would begin
loro incomincerebbero	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 incominciato	I would have begun
tu avresti incominciato	you would have begun
lui avrebbe incominciato	he would have begun
lei avrebbe incominciato	she would have begun
noi avremmo incominciato	we would have begun
voi avreste incominciato	you would have begun
loro avrebbero incominciato	they would have begun

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io incominci	(... that) I begin
(... che) tu incominci	(... that) you begin
(... che) lui incominci	(... that) he begins
(... che) lei incominci	(... that) she begins
(... che) noi incominciamo	(... that) we begin
(... che) voi incominciate	(... that) you begin
(... che) loro incomincino	(... that) they begin

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io incominciassi	(... that) I was beginning
(... che) tu incominciassi	(... that) you were beginning
(... che) lui incominciasse	(... that) he was beginning
(... che) lei incominciasse	(... that) she was beginning
(... che) noi incominciassimo	(... that) we were beginning
(... che) voi incominciaste	(... that) you were beginning
(... che) loro incominciassero	(... that) they were beginning

Imperative		Scored
incomincia	Begin
incominciamo	Let's begin
incominciate	Begin

Present Participle		Scored
incominciante	beginning

Past Participle		Scored
incominciato	begun

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