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ITALIAN VERB

annunciare

to announce

  • #249 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: annunciato
  • Gerund: annunciando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I announce
  2. tu you announce
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she announces
  4. noi we announce
  5. voi you all announce
  6. loro they announce

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I announced
  2. tu you announced
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she announced
  4. noi we announced
  5. voi you all announced
  6. loro they announced

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to announce
  2. tu you used to announce
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to announce
  4. noi we used to announce
  5. voi you all used to announce
  6. loro they used to announce

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will announce
  2. tu you will announce
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will announce
  4. noi we will announce
  5. voi you all will announce
  6. loro they will announce

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would announce
  2. tu you would announce
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would announce
  4. noi we would announce
  5. voi you all would announce
  6. loro they would announce

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I announce
  2. tu (that) you announce
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she announce
  4. noi (that) we announce
  5. voi (that) you all announce
  6. loro (that) they announce

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu announce!
  2. Lei announce! (formal)
  3. noi announce! (let’s)
  4. voi announce! (all of you)

How to use annunciare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Il capotreno annuncia un ritardo di venti minuti.

    The conductor is announcing a twenty-minute delay.

  2. Past

    Ieri Luca e Sara hanno annunciato il matrimonio.

    Yesterday Luca and Sara announced their wedding.

  3. Imperfect

    Ogni mattina la radio annunciava il tempo.

    Every morning the radio announced the weather.

  4. Future

    Domani annunceranno il nome del vincitore.

    Tomorrow they will announce the winner's name.

  5. Conditional

    Io lo annuncerei prima a tua madre.

    I would announce it to your mother first.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Aspettiamo che annuncino il nostro volo.

    Let's wait for them to announce our flight.

  7. Imperative

    Annuncia la bella notizia a tutti!

    Announce the good news to everyone!

Where you hear annunciare

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Italian · Advanced Level 2

  • La Regione annuncia la fusione oggi. The Region announces the merger today.
  • Hanno annunciato la fusione ieri. They announced the merger yesterday.
  • Annunceremo il risultato domenica sera. We will announce the result on Sunday evening.
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The News at Gino's

Advanced Level 2 · Hanno annunciato la fusione con il paese di sotto.

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.