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ITALIAN VERB

pulire

to clean

  • #137 most used
  • Regular -ire verb
  • Past participle: pulito
  • Gerund: pulendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use pulire

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

  1. Present

    Pulisco la cucina ogni sera dopo cena.

    I clean the kitchen every evening after dinner.

  2. Past

    Abbiamo pulito tutta la casa in due ore.

    We cleaned the whole house in two hours.

  3. Imperfect

    Il sabato pulivamo le finestre insieme.

    On Saturdays we cleaned the windows together.

  4. Future

    Pulirò il bagno domani mattina, promesso.

    I'll clean the bathroom tomorrow morning, promise.

  5. Conditional

    Pulirei il garage, ma non ho tempo.

    I'd clean the garage, but I don't have time.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Voglio che tu pulisca la tua camera oggi.

    I want you to clean your room today.

  7. Imperative

    Pulisci il tavolo, arrivano gli ospiti.

    Clean the table, the guests are coming.

Good to know

  • Fare le pulizie is to do the cleaning; pulito is clean.

Where you hear pulire

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

Italian · Beginner Level 3

  • Pulisco la cucina. I'm cleaning the kitchen.
  • Ho pulito tutto io. I cleaned it all myself.
  • Domani pulirò le scale. Tomorrow I will clean the stairs.
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Zia Rosa Arrives

Beginner Level 3 · Ho pulito tutto io.

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