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ITALIAN VERB

viaggiare

to travel

  • #149 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: viaggiato
  • Gerund: viaggiando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use viaggiare

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

  1. Present

    Viaggio spesso per lavoro, soprattutto in Germania.

    I travel often for work, mostly to Germany.

  2. Past

    Abbiamo viaggiato tutta la notte in pullman.

    We travelled all night by coach.

  3. Imperfect

    Da giovani viaggiavamo con lo zaino e pochi soldi.

    When we were young we travelled with a backpack and little money.

  4. Future

    Quest'estate viaggeremo in Sicilia in treno.

    This summer we'll travel around Sicily by train.

  5. Conditional

    Viaggerei tutto l'anno, se potessi.

    I'd travel all year round, if I could.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Preferisco che viaggiate di giorno.

    I'd rather you travelled by day.

  7. Imperative

    Viaggia leggero, porta solo lo zaino.

    Travel light, just take the backpack.

Good to know

  • Viaggiare in treno, in aereo, in macchina; on foot is a piedi.

Verbs like this one

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