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ITALIAN VERB

apparire

to appear

  • #321 most used
  • Irregular -ire verb
  • Past participle: apparso
  • Gerund: apparendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use apparire

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

  1. Present

    Sullo schermo appare un messaggio di errore.

    An error message appears on the screen.

  2. Past

    È apparso all'improvviso dietro la porta.

    He appeared suddenly behind the door.

  3. Imperfect

    La luna appariva e spariva tra le nuvole.

    The moon kept appearing and disappearing among the clouds.

  4. Future

    Il tuo nome apparirà sulla lista domani.

    Your name will appear on the list tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Con quel vestito appariresti più elegante.

    In that dress you'd look more elegant.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Aspetta che appaia il segnale verde.

    Wait for the green signal to appear.

  7. Imperative

    Appari puntuale, almeno il primo giorno.

    Show up on time, at least on the first day.

Good to know

  • Apparire takes essere: è apparso un messaggio. For "to seem", sembrare is the everyday word.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ire verb.