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

stare

to stay, to be (feeling)

Used for how you feel () and, with the gerund (the -ing form), for actions in progress (). Its participle is the same as that of .

Speed:

Present

Presente

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

iosto
tustai
lui / leista
noistiamo
voistate
lorostanno

Present perfect

Passato prossimo

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

iosono stato/a
tusei stato/a
lui / leiè stato/a
noisiamo stati/e
voisiete stati/e
lorosono stati/e

Imperfect

Imperfetto

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

iostavo
tustavi
lui / leistava
noistavamo
voistavate
lorostavano

Future

Futuro semplice

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

iostarò
tustarai
lui / leistarà
noistaremo
voistarete
lorostaranno

Conditional

Condizionale presente

What would happen, and polite requests and wishes.

iostarei
tustaresti
lui / leistarebbe
noistaremmo
voistareste
lorostarebbero

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente

After in phrases like , , .

iostia
tustia
lui / leistia
noistiamo
voistiate
lorostiano

Examples

  • Come stai? Sto bene, grazie.How are you? I'm fine, thanks.
  • Sto leggendo un libro.I'm reading a book.
  • Siamo stati a casa tutta la sera.We stayed at home all evening.