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ITALIAN VERB

sognare

to dream

  • #226 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: sognato
  • Gerund: sognando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sognare

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

  1. Present

    Sogno una casa in campagna con un orto.

    I dream of a house in the country with a vegetable garden.

  2. Past

    Stanotte ho sognato la mia nonna.

    Last night I dreamed about my grandmother.

  3. Imperfect

    Da bambino sognavo di fare il pilota.

    As a child I dreamed of being a pilot.

  4. Future

    Dopo questo film sognerò mostri tutta la notte.

    After this film I'll dream about monsters all night.

  5. Conditional

    Chi non sognerebbe un mese di vacanza?

    Who wouldn't dream of a month's holiday?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che tu sogni qualcosa di bello.

    I hope you dream of something nice.

  7. Imperative

    Sogna in grande, poi lavora sodo.

    Dream big, then work hard.

Good to know

  • Sognare takes the thing directly (ho sognato il mare), and sognare di fare is to dream of doing.

Verbs like this one

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