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ITALIAN VERB

appartenere

to belong

  • #323 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: appartenuto
  • Gerund: appartenendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use appartenere

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

  1. Present

    Questa casa appartiene alla mia famiglia da cent'anni.

    This house has belonged to my family for a hundred years.

  2. Past

    Quell'anello è appartenuto a mia nonna.

    That ring belonged to my grandmother.

  3. Imperfect

    Il terreno apparteneva al comune.

    The land belonged to the town council.

  4. Future

    Un giorno tutto questo apparterrà a voi.

    One day all of this will belong to you.

  5. Conditional

    A chi apparterrebbe la casa, in quel caso?

    Who would the house belong to, in that case?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non credo che questo ombrello appartenga a noi.

    I don't think this umbrella belongs to us.

  7. Imperative

    Appartenete a questa squadra: comportatevi di conseguenza.

    You belong to this team: act accordingly.

Good to know

  • Appartenere a: questa borsa appartiene a mia madre. It is conjugated like tenere.
  • In the passato prossimo both è appartenuto and ha appartenuto are heard.

Verbs like this one

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