Italian reference

scherzare

to joke

Regular · 15 form tables

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

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Indicative

Present

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

Compound past

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Remote past

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

Past anterior

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

Future

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional

Present conditional

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

Past conditional

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

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive

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

Past subjunctive

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

Imperfect subjunctive

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

Pluperfect subjunctive

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

Imperative

Imperative

scherzare: Imperative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
tujoke!
lui/leijoke! (formal)
noilet's joke!
voijoke! (plural)

Additional forms

Gerund
Past participle
/ / /
Past infinitive
Past gerund

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