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iniziare

to start; begin

Regular · 15 form tables

Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms, with participles and other supplied forms below.

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Indicative

Present

iniziare: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI start
tuyou start
lui/leihe/she starts; you (formal) start
noiwe start
voiyou (plural) start
lorothey start

Compound past

iniziare: Compound past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI started; I have started
tuyou started; you have started
lui/leihe/she started; he/she has started; you (formal) started; you (formal) have started
noiwe started; we have started
voiyou (plural) started; you (plural) have started
lorothey started; they have started

Imperfect

iniziare: Imperfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI used to start
tuyou used to start
lui/leihe/she used to start; you (formal) used to start
noiwe used to start
voiyou (plural) used to start
lorothey used to start

Pluperfect

iniziare: Pluperfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI had started
tuyou had started
lui/leihe/she had started; you (formal) had started
noiwe had started
voiyou (plural) had started
lorothey had started

Remote past

iniziare: Remote past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI started
tuyou started
lui/leihe/she started; you (formal) started
noiwe started
voiyou (plural) started
lorothey started

Past anterior

iniziare: Past anterior
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI had started (before the next past event)
tuyou had started (before the next past event)
lui/leihe/she had started (before the next past event); you (formal) had started (before the next past event)
noiwe had started (before the next past event)
voiyou (plural) had started (before the next past event)
lorothey had started (before the next past event)

Future

iniziare: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI will start
tuyou will start
lui/leihe/she will start; you (formal) will start
noiwe will start
voiyou (plural) will start
lorothey will start

Future perfect

iniziare: Future perfect
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI will have started
tuyou will have started
lui/leihe/she will have started; you (formal) will have started
noiwe will have started
voiyou (plural) will have started
lorothey will have started

Conditional

Present conditional

iniziare: Present conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI would start
tuyou would start
lui/leihe/she would start; you (formal) would start
noiwe would start
voiyou (plural) would start
lorothey would start

Past conditional

iniziare: Past conditional
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
ioI would have started
tuyou would have started
lui/leihe/she would have started; you (formal) would have started
noiwe would have started
voiyou (plural) would have started
lorothey would have started

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

iniziare: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
io(that) I start
tu(that) you start
lui/lei(that) he/she starts; (that) you (formal) start
noi(that) we start
voi(that) you (plural) start
loro(that) they start

Past subjunctive

iniziare: Past subjunctive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
io(that) I have started
tu(that) you have started
lui/lei(that) he/she has started; (that) you (formal) have started
noi(that) we have started
voi(that) you (plural) have started
loro(that) they have started

Imperfect subjunctive

iniziare: Imperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
io(that) I started
tu(that) you started
lui/lei(that) he/she started; (that) you (formal) started
noi(that) we started
voi(that) you (plural) started
loro(that) they started

Pluperfect subjunctive

iniziare: Pluperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
io(that) I had started
tu(that) you had started
lui/lei(that) he/she had started; (that) you (formal) had started
noi(that) we had started
voi(that) you (plural) had started
loro(that) they had started

Imperative

Imperative

iniziare: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
tustart!
lui/leistart! (formal)
noilet's start!
voistart! (plural)

Additional forms

Gerund
Past participle
/ / /
Past infinitive
Past gerund

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