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Conjugation of dire in Italian

direto say; to tellirregular

Presente

Actions happening now or habitually.

PersonConjugation
iodico
tudici
lui/lei/Leidice
noidiciamo
voidite
loro/Lorodicono

Passato prossimopresent perfect

Past actions with a bearing on the present.

PersonConjugation
ioho detto
tuhai detto
lui/lei/Leiha detto
noiabbiamo detto
voiavete detto
loro/Lorohanno detto

Common mistakes in the Passato prossimo

  • ioho diretoho dettoThe past participle is irregular: use 'detto' (ho detto), not *direto.
  • loro/Lorohanno diretohanno dettoThe past participle is irregular: use 'detto' (hanno detto), not *direto.

Imperfettoimperfect

Ongoing or habitual actions in the past.

PersonConjugation
iodicevo
tudicevi
lui/lei/Leidiceva
noidicevamo
voidicevate
loro/Lorodicevano

Futuro semplicefuture

Actions that will happen.

PersonConjugation
iodirò
tudirai
lui/lei/Leidirà
noidiremo
voidirete
loro/Lorodiranno

Condizionale presenteconditional

Actions that would happen under some condition.

PersonConjugation
iodirei
tudiresti
lui/lei/Leidirebbe
noidiremmo
voidireste
loro/Lorodirebbero

Congiuntivo presentepresent subjunctive

Wishes, doubts and possibilities in the present.

PersonConjugation
iodica
tudica
lui/lei/Leidica
noidiciamo
voidiciate
loro/Lorodicano

Common mistakes in the Congiuntivo presente

  • ioio dicedicaUse the subjunctive 'dica' after 'che', not the indicative 'dice'.
  • tutu dicidicaUse the subjunctive 'dica' (che tu dica), not the indicative 'dici'.
  • voivoi ditediciateSubjunctive for 'voi' is 'diciate', not the indicative 'dite'.
  • loro/Loroloro diconodicanoSubjunctive for 'loro' is 'dicano', not the indicative 'dicono'.

Imperativoimperative

Commands and requests.

PersonConjugation
tudi'
lui/lei/Leidica
noidiciamo
voidite
loro/Lorodicano

Common mistakes in the Imperativo

  • tudicidi'The imperative for 'tu' is 'di'' (also written 'dì'), not the indicative 'dici'.

Gerundio

The -ing form used for ongoing action.

PersonConjugation
iodicendo
tudicendo
lui/lei/Leidicendo
noidicendo
voidicendo
loro/Lorodicendo

Common mistakes in the Gerundio

  • iodireendodicendoThe gerund of 'dire' is 'dicendo', not *direendo.

Related Italian verbs

dire — frequently asked questions

Is dire a regular verb?
No — dire is an irregular Italian verb, so some of its forms do not follow the standard endings.
What does dire mean?
dire is a Italian verb meaning "to say; to tell".