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ITALIAN VERB

interessare

to interest

  • #177 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: interessato
  • Gerund: interessando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use interessare

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

  1. Present

    Ti interessa venire alla mostra domenica?

    Are you interested in coming to the exhibition on Sunday?

  2. Past

    Il corso di fotografia mi ha interessato molto.

    The photography course interested me a lot.

  3. Imperfect

    Da ragazzo mi interessavano solo le moto.

    As a boy, only motorbikes interested me.

  4. Future

    Questo articolo interesserà sicuramente tuo padre.

    This article will surely interest your father.

  5. Conditional

    Vi interesserebbe un appartamento con terrazza?

    Would a flat with a terrace interest you?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non credo che la politica gli interessi.

    I don't think politics interests him.

  7. Imperative

    Interessa i tuoi studenti con esempi veri.

    Engage your students with real examples.

Good to know

  • Mi interessa works like mi piace, the thing is the subject: mi interessano i film.

Where you hear interessare

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

Italian · Fluency Level 2

  • Il libro ci interessa molto. The book interests us a lot.
  • La storia mi ha interessato subito. The story interested me at once.
  • Interesserà anche ai giovani. It will interest young people too.
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Fluency Level 2 · Ci interessa. Ci interessa molto.

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