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ITALIAN VERB

riguardare

to concern

  • #183 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: riguardato
  • Gerund: riguardando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

How to use riguardare

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

  1. Present

    Questa decisione riguarda tutta la famiglia.

    This decision concerns the whole family.

  2. Past

    La riunione ha riguardato solo il nuovo orario.

    The meeting was only about the new timetable.

  3. Imperfect

    Il problema non riguardava il nostro ufficio.

    The problem didn't concern our office.

  4. Future

    La nuova regola riguarderà anche voi.

    The new rule will apply to you too.

  5. Conditional

    Il cambiamento riguarderebbe solo i nuovi clienti.

    The change would only affect new customers.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Non credo che la cosa ti riguardi.

    I don't think it's any of your business.

Good to know

  • Per quanto mi riguarda is "as far as I'm concerned"; non ti riguarda, it's none of your business.

Verbs like this one

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