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Italian verb · irregular · first needed at beginner level (A1)

dire

to say, to tell

Many forms come from the old stem dic-: , , . In shops you'll often hear (How can I help you?, polite).

Speed:

Present

Presente

What happens now, usually, or in the near future.

iodico
tudici
lui / leidice
noidiciamo
voidite
lorodicono

Present perfect

Passato prossimo

Finished actions in the past: what you did yesterday, last week or last year.

ioho detto
tuhai detto
lui / leiha detto
noiabbiamo detto
voiavete detto
lorohanno detto

Imperfect

Imperfetto

Descriptions and habits in the past: what used to happen or was going on.

iodicevo
tudicevi
lui / leidiceva
noidicevamo
voidicevate
lorodicevano

Future

Futuro semplice

What will happen. Also used to guess about the present.

iodirò
tudirai
lui / leidirà
noidiremo
voidirete
lorodiranno

Conditional

Condizionale presente

What would happen, and polite requests and wishes.

iodirei
tudiresti
lui / leidirebbe
noidiremmo
voidireste
lorodirebbero

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente

After in phrases like , , .

iodica
tudica
lui / leidica
noidiciamo
voidiciate
lorodicano

Examples

  • Come si dice “thank you” in italiano?How do you say “thank you” in Italian?
  • Marco dice che arriva alle otto.Marco says he's arriving at eight.
  • Mi ha detto la verità.He told me the truth.