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ITALIAN VERB

raccogliere

to harvest, to pick up

  • #332 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: raccolto
  • Gerund: raccogliendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use raccogliere

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

  1. Present

    A settembre raccogliamo l'uva con tutta la famiglia.

    In September we pick the grapes with the whole family.

  2. Past

    Ho raccolto le chiavi che erano per terra.

    I picked up the keys that were on the floor.

  3. Imperfect

    Da ragazzi raccoglievamo le olive a novembre.

    As kids we used to pick olives in November.

  4. Future

    Domani raccoglieremo i pomodori nell'orto.

    Tomorrow we'll pick the tomatoes in the vegetable garden.

  5. Conditional

    Raccoglierei qualche fiore per la tavola.

    I'd pick a few flowers for the table.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Voglio che tu raccolga i tuoi giochi, adesso.

    I want you to pick up your toys, now.

  7. Imperative

    Raccogli quella carta e buttala nel cestino.

    Pick up that paper and throw it in the bin.

Good to know

  • Raccogliere is to pick fruit or flowers and to pick something up from the floor.
  • Il raccolto is the harvest.

Where you hear raccogliere

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

Italian · Beginner Level 2

  • Raccogliamo il grano in agosto. We harvest the wheat in August.
  • Abbiamo raccolto tutto il grano. We harvested all the wheat.
  • In autunno raccoglieremo le olive. In the autumn we will pick the olives.

Italian · Beginner Level 3

  • Raccogliamo il grano in agosto. We harvest the wheat in August.
  • Abbiamo raccolto tutto il grano. We harvested all the wheat.
  • In autunno raccoglieremo le olive. In the autumn we will pick the olives.
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The Wheat Harvest

Beginner Level 2 · Domenica abbiamo raccolto il grano. · Abbiamo raccolto tutto.

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Saffron at Dawn

Beginner Level 3 · Sì. Lo zafferano si raccoglie all'alba.

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