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Italian verb · irregular · first needed at elementary level (A2)

scendere

to go down; to get off

Irregular past participle: . Takes when it means going down or getting off (), but with an object like the stairs ().

Speed:

Present

Presente

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

ioscendo
tuscendi
lui / leiscende
noiscendiamo
voiscendete
loroscendono

Present perfect

Passato prossimo

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

iosono sceso/a
tusei sceso/a
lui / leiè sceso/a
noisiamo scesi/e
voisiete scesi/e
lorosono scesi/e

Imperfect

Imperfetto

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

ioscendevo
tuscendevi
lui / leiscendeva
noiscendevamo
voiscendevate
loroscendevano

Future

Futuro semplice

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

ioscenderò
tuscenderai
lui / leiscenderà
noiscenderemo
voiscenderete
loroscenderanno

Conditional

Condizionale presente

What would happen, and polite requests and wishes.

ioscenderei
tuscenderesti
lui / leiscenderebbe
noiscenderemmo
voiscendereste
loroscenderebbero

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente

After in phrases like , , .

ioscenda
tuscenda
lui / leiscenda
noiscendiamo
voiscendiate
loroscendano

Examples

  • Scendo alla prossima fermata.I'm getting off at the next stop.
  • Siamo scesi a La Spezia.We got off at La Spezia.
  • Scenda le scale e giri a sinistra.Go down the stairs and turn left.