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ITALIAN VERB

ricominciare

to start again

  • #354 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: ricominciato
  • Gerund: ricominciando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use ricominciare

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

  1. Present

    La scuola ricomincia a metà settembre.

    School starts again in mid-September.

  2. Past

    Ha ricominciato a piovere, che sfortuna.

    It's started raining again, what bad luck.

  3. Imperfect

    Ogni lunedì ricominciavo la dieta.

    Every Monday I started the diet again.

  4. Future

    Ricomincerò a lavorare dopo le feste.

    I'll start working again after the holidays.

  5. Conditional

    Ricomincerei da capo, se potessi.

    I'd start over, if I could.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che non ricominci a fumare.

    I hope he doesn't start smoking again.

  7. Imperative

    Ricomincia dall'inizio, non ho capito niente.

    Start again from the beginning, I didn't understand a thing.

Good to know

  • Ricominciare da capo is to start from scratch; ricominciare a + verb: ha ricominciato a piovere.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -are verb.