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ITALIAN VERB

correre

to run

  • #71 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: corso
  • Gerund: correndo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use correre

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

  1. Present

    Corro al parco tre volte alla settimana.

    I run in the park three times a week.

  2. Past

    Ho corso dieci chilometri stamattina.

    I ran ten kilometres this morning.

  3. Imperfect

    Da ragazzo correvo i cento metri.

    As a teenager I ran the hundred metres.

  4. Future

    Correremo insieme la maratona di Roma.

    We'll run the Rome marathon together.

  5. Conditional

    Correrei di più, ma mi fa male il ginocchio.

    I'd run more, but my knee hurts.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non voglio che tu corra sulle scale.

    I don't want you running on the stairs.

  7. Imperative

    Corri, l'autobus sta già arrivando!

    Run, the bus is already coming!

Good to know

  • Correre takes avere for the activity, ho corso un'ora, and essere for rushing somewhere, sono corso a casa.

Verbs like this one

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