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\"A<\/p>\n

After discussing the conjugation of the verbs \u201cessere<\/a>\u201d and \u201cdire<\/a>\u201d in Italian, it’s time to focus on the \u201candare\u201d conjugation. \u201cAndare\u201d is another fundamental verb, which mainly means \u201cto go\u201d. It is used when we want to talk about movement from a point to another one, no matter if it\u2019s on foot or by any means of transport.<\/p>\n

The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation in the Indicative Mood<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s start by conjugating this verb in the finite mood indicativo<\/em> (Indicative).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>: The indicative mood is used when we want to express the certainty of an action. It has four simple tenses and four compound tenses, each of which indicates the time when the action takes place.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo,<\/em> Presente <\/em>(Present Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As it very often happens with the most common verbs, \u201candare\u201d is an irregular verb in the present tense, so you just need to memorize its forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
io vado<\/strong><\/td>\nI go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tu vai<\/strong><\/td>\nyou go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
lui \/ lei va<\/strong><\/td>\nhe \/ she goes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
noi andiamo<\/strong><\/td>\nwe go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
voi andate<\/strong><\/td>\nyou go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
loro vanno<\/strong><\/td>\nthey go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Vado<\/strong><\/span> a casa in autobus. (I go home by bus.)<\/li>\n
  • In Italia i bambini vanno<\/strong><\/span> a scuola anche il sabato. (In Italy, children go to school also on Saturdays.)<\/li>\n
  • Domani la nonna di Marco va<\/strong><\/span> dal dottore. (Tomorrow Marco\u2019s grandmother will go to the doctor.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    As you can see from the last example, in Italian we not only use the present tense to describe current actions, but also to express future actions. We understand we are talking about something that will happen in the future thanks to the time marker, in this case \u201ctomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n

    The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo<\/em>, Passato prossimo <\/em>(Present Perfect Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    The passato prossimo<\/em> is a compound tense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    Note<\/strong>: A compound tense is made of two verb components: an auxiliary verb (\u201cessere\u201d or \u201cavere\u201d depending on the verb) and the participio passato<\/em> (past participle) of the verb.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    The auxiliary verb for \u201candare\u201d is \u201cessere\u201d and the past participle is andato<\/strong>. As it happens with all verbs which require this auxiliary verb to form the compound tenses, the past participle agrees with the subject of the sentence in number (singular or plural) and in gender (masculine or feminine), therefore we have four forms: andato<\/strong> (masculine singular), andata<\/strong> (feminine singular), andati<\/strong> (masculine plural), andate<\/strong> (feminine plural).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    io sono andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\nI have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    tu sei andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\nyou have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    lui \u00e8<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>lei \u00e8 andata<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she has gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    noi siamo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\nwe have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    voi siete<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\nyou have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    loro sono<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\nthey have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    In Italian we use this tense when we want to talk about something we have started and completed in the past. It\u2019s usually an action which only happened once.<\/p>\n

    Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Ieri sono andata<\/strong><\/span> al centro estetico. (Yesterday I went to the beauty salon.)<\/li>\n
    • Dove sei andato<\/strong><\/span>? (Where did you go?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      As you can see from the translations, the Italian passato prossimo<\/em> usually translates into the Simple Past Tense in English.<\/p>\n

      The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo,<\/em> Imperfetto <\/em>(Imperfect Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      io andavo<\/strong><\/td>\nI went<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      tu andavi<\/strong><\/td>\nyou went<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      lui \/ lei andava<\/strong><\/td>\nhe\/she went<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      noi andavamo<\/strong><\/td>\nwe went<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      voi andavate<\/strong><\/td>\nyou went<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      loro andavano<\/strong><\/td>\nthey went<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      In contrast to the passato prossimo<\/em>, the imperfetto<\/em> is used to describe recurring actions of the past.<\/p>\n

      Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • Da bambini andavamo<\/strong><\/span> sempre al parco giochi. (As children we always went to the playground.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        In this case the use of the imperfetto<\/em> of \u201cavere\u201d is about a habitual action of where we used to go.<\/p>\n

        We can also use this tense to describe what happened while another action was in progress. Take a look at the following example.<\/p>\n

        Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

          \n
        • Mentre andavo<\/strong><\/span> al supermercato, ho trovato un euro per strada. (While I was going to the supermarket, I found one euro on the street.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          The example belows describes a one-time action, but in this case we can\u2019t use the passato prossimo<\/em>, because the main focus is on the prolonged duration of the movement. For this reason, we use the imperfetto<\/em>\u00a0instead.<\/p>\n

          Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

            \n
          • La macchina andava<\/strong><\/span> a tutta velocit\u00e0. (The car was going at full speed.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo,<\/em> Trapassato Prossimo <\/em>(Past Perfect Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
            io ero andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
            tu eri andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
            lui era<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>lei era andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
            noi eravamo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
            noi eravate<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
            loro erano<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

            The trapassato prossimo<\/em> is used to describe an action which happened before another action happened in the past. For this reason, we rarely use this tense by itself.<\/p>\n

            Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

              \n
            • Eravamo<\/strong><\/span> gi\u00e0 andati<\/strong><\/span> all\u2019aeroporto per prenderlo, quando ci ha chiamati per dirci che avevo perso l\u2019aereo. (We had already gone to the airport to pick him up when he called us to tell us that he had missed his plane.)<\/li>\n
            • Prima di conoscermi, non era<\/strong><\/span> mai andata<\/strong><\/span> ad un concerto rock. (Before she met me, she had never gone to a rock concert.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo,<\/em> Passato Remoto <\/em>(Remote Past Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
              io andai<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              tu andasti<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              lui\/lei and\u00f2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              noi andammo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              voi andaste<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              loro andarono<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

              This tense is typically used in formal written language, for example novels or historical books, especially when referring to an event happened in a distant past, but not only.<\/p>\n

              It\u2019s rarely used in spoken language, where it\u2019s substituted with the passato prossimo<\/em>, so you just need to learn it in order to recognize it.<\/p>\n

              Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                \n
              • Nel 1854 Garibaldi and\u00f2<\/strong><\/span> in Inghilterra. (In 1854 Garibaldi went to England.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                Note<\/strong>: In the South of Italy, many people still use the passato remoto<\/em> in spoken language. This is not considered standard language, though, since it\u2019s the consequence of the influence of the local dialects.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo<\/em>, Trapassato Remoto <\/em>(Remote Perfect Perfect)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                io fui andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                tu fosti andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                lui fu<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>lei fu andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                noi fummo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                voi foste<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                loro furono<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                Like the passato prossimo<\/em>, the trapassato prossimo<\/em> is used to talk about an action happened before another one in the past, but to use it, the other verb must be conjugated in the passato remoto<\/em>. This makes it a less common tense in the Italian language.<\/p>\n

                The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo,<\/em> Futuro semplice <\/em>(Simple Future)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                io andr\u00f2<\/strong><\/td>\nI will go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                tu andrai<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                lui \/ lei andr\u00e0<\/strong><\/td>\nhe \/ she will go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                noi andremo<\/strong><\/td>\nwe will go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                voi andrete<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                loro andranno<\/strong><\/td>\nthey will go<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                As already mentioned when talking about the present tense, in Italian we tend to avoid the use of the future if it\u2019s clear from other elements of the sentence or from the context that we are talking about a future action.<\/p>\n

                Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                • I nostri vicini andranno<\/strong><\/span> \/ vanno in vacanza la settimana prossima. (Our neighbors will go on vacation next week.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  However, we can also use this tense to express assumptions, to talk about expectations or to indicate uncertainty.<\/p>\n

                  Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • \u2013 Sai dove va Laura? \u2013 Non lo so, forse andr\u00e0<\/strong><\/span> a casa. (\u2013 Do you know where Laura is going? \u2013 I don\u2019t know, maybe she is going home.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Indicativo<\/em>, Futuro anteriore <\/em>(Future Perfect Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                    io sar\u00f2 andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\nI will have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                    tu sarai andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                    lui sar\u00e0<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>lei sar\u00e0 andata<\/strong><\/td>\nhe \/ she will have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                    noi saremo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\nwe will have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                    voi sarete<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\nyou will have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                    loro saranno<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\nthey will have gone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                    The futuro anteriore<\/em> is not a very common tense, but we do need it when we want to talk about a future action which will only occur after something else has happened. Let’s look at the sentence below to see how it works.<\/p>\n

                    Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    • Appena mio figlio sar\u00e0 andato <\/strong><\/span>a dormire, ti dir\u00f2 un segreto. (As soon as my son goes to sleep, I\u2019ll tell you a secret.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      The action that will take place first is in the futuro anteriore<\/em>, the other one that follows in the futuro semplice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

                      The <\/strong>\u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation in the <\/strong>Subjunctive Mood<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                      The subjunctive mood has two simple and two compound tenses. It\u2019s used when we want to convey doubts, opinions, wishes, hopes and hypotheses. It is required after the verbs that express these meanings or after certain conjunctions, and it rarely stands by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
                      Note<\/strong>: Unlike the indicativo<\/em> and the condizionale<\/em>, you will see from the following conjugations in the\u00a0congiuntivo<\/em> that some forms are identical. This applies not just to \u201candare\u201d, but to all verbs. For this reason, it\u2019s the only Italian mood where is possible and advised to express the personal pronoun subject (e.g. io<\/em>, tu<\/em>, lui <\/em>\/ lei<\/em>) in order to avoid confusion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                      The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Congiuntivo,<\/em> Presente <\/em>(Present Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                      che io vada<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                      che tu vada<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                      che lui \/ lei vada<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                      che noi andiamo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                      che voi andiate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                      che loro vadano<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                      Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                        \n
                      • Voglio che tu vada<\/strong><\/span> via da me. (I want you to go away from me.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                        The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Congiuntivo,<\/em> Passato <\/em>(Past Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                        che io sia andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                        che tu sia andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                        che lui sia<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>che lei sia andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                        che noi siamo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                        che voi siate<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                        che loro siano<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                        Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                          \n
                        • I vostri genitori credono che ieri siate andati<\/strong><\/span> a casa presto. (Your parents believe that you went home early yesterday.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Congiuntivo,<\/em> Imperfetto <\/em>(Imperfect Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                          che io andassi<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          che tu andassi<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          che lui \/ che lei andasse<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          che noi andassimo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          che voi andaste<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                          che loro andassero<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                          Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                            \n
                          • Aveva paura che andassero<\/strong><\/span> al cinema senza di lei. (She was afraid they went to the cinema without her.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                            The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Congiuntivo,<\/em> Trapassato <\/em>(Perfect Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                            che io fossi<\/strong> andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            che tu fossi andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            che lui fosse<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>che lei fosse andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            che noi fossimo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            che voi foste<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                            che loro fossero<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                            Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                              \n
                            • Non sapevano che fossimo andati<\/strong><\/span> negli Stati Uniti. (They didn\u2019t know that we went to the Unites States.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                              If you\u2019re feeling a bit overwhelmed, that\u2019s totally understandable: the congiuntivo<\/em> conjugation gives a hard time to a lot of Italians, too!<\/p>\n

                              The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation in <\/strong>the Conditional Mood<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                              The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Condizionale,<\/em> Presente <\/em>(Present Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                              io andrei<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              tu andresti<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              lui \/ lei andrebbe<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              noi andremmo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              voi andreste<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              loro andrebbero<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                              The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation: Condizionale,<\/em> Passato <\/em>(Past Tense)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                              io sarei andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              tu saresti andato \/ andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              lui sarebbe<\/strong> andato \/ <\/strong>lei sarebbe andata<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              noi saremmo<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              voi sareste<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                              loro sarebbero<\/strong> andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                              Combined with the congiuntivo<\/em>, the condizionale<\/em> is used to form hypotheses.<\/p>\n

                              Examples<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                                \n
                              • Se si potesse, andrei<\/strong><\/span> su Marte. (If it was possible, I would go to Mars.)<\/li>\n
                              • Se lo avessi saputo, sarei andato <\/strong><\/span>a trovarlo all\u2019ospedale. (If I had known, I would have gone to see him at the hospital.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                The \u201cAndare\u201d Conjugation in the Imperative Mood\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                                va\u2019 \/ vai<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                vada<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                andiamo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                vadano<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                                The imperativo<\/em> is used to give orders. That\u2019s way the first person singular form doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

                                Conjugation of \u201cAndare\u201d in the Indefinite Moods<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                                Lastly, here are the indefinite mood forms of the verb \u201candare\u201d.<\/p>\n

                                Infinito<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
                                Presente<\/em> (Present tense)<\/td>\nPassato<\/em> (Past tense)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                andare<\/strong><\/td>\nessere andato \/ andata \/ andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                                Participio<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
                                Presente<\/em> (Present tense)<\/td>\nPassato<\/em> (Past tense)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                andante<\/strong><\/td>\nandato \/ andata \/ andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                                Gerundio<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n
                                Presente<\/em> (Present tense)<\/td>\nPassato<\/em> (Past tense)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                                andando<\/strong><\/td>\nessendo andato \/ andata \/ andati \/ andate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                                Challenge yourself with Clozemaster<\/h2>\n

                                Learning how to conjugate\u00a0andare<\/em>\u00a0might seem daunting at first, but don\u2019t worry, it comes naturally with practice.<\/p>\n

                                Test your skills and see what you\u2019ve learned from this article by playing a selection of Italian sentences with\u00a0conjugated forms of\u00a0andare<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n