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Italian verb conjugation
importare
to matter, to care
verb
Word 310 of the core 1,000 · Stage 2, Everyday
With one thing or several
With importare, the thing is the subject and the person comes first, so the verb changes with the number of things.
Present
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a me | mi importait matters to me | mi importanothey matter to me |
| a te | ti importait matters to you | ti importanothey matter to you |
| a lui | gli importait matters to him | gli importanothey matter to him |
| a lei | le importait matters to her | le importanothey matter to her |
| a noi | ci importait matters to us | ci importanothey matter to us |
| a voi | vi importait matters to you all | vi importanothey matter to you all |
| a loro | gli importait matters to them | gli importanothey matter to them |
Imperfect
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a me | mi importavait mattered to me / it used to matter to me | mi importavanothey mattered to me / they used to matter to me |
| a te | ti importavait mattered to you / it used to matter to you | ti importavanothey mattered to you / they used to matter to you |
| a lui | gli importavait mattered to him / it used to matter to him | gli importavanothey mattered to him / they used to matter to him |
| a lei | le importavait mattered to her / it used to matter to her | le importavanothey mattered to her / they used to matter to her |
| a noi | ci importavait mattered to us / it used to matter to us | ci importavanothey mattered to us / they used to matter to us |
| a voi | vi importavait mattered to you all / it used to matter to you all | vi importavanothey mattered to you all / they used to matter to you all |
| a loro | gli importavait mattered to them / it used to matter to them | gli importavanothey mattered to them / they used to matter to them |
Future
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a me | mi importeràit will matter to me | mi importerannothey will matter to me |
| a te | ti importeràit will matter to you | ti importerannothey will matter to you |
| a lui | gli importeràit will matter to him | gli importerannothey will matter to him |
| a lei | le importeràit will matter to her | le importerannothey will matter to her |
| a noi | ci importeràit will matter to us | ci importerannothey will matter to us |
| a voi | vi importeràit will matter to you all | vi importerannothey will matter to you all |
| a loro | gli importeràit will matter to them | gli importerannothey will matter to them |
Passato prossimo
| Who | One thing | Several |
|---|---|---|
| a me | mi è importatoit mattered to me / it has mattered to me | mi sono importatithey mattered to me / they have mattered to me |
| a te | ti è importatoit mattered to you / it has mattered to you | ti sono importatithey mattered to you / they have mattered to you |
| a lui | gli è importatoit mattered to him / it has mattered to him | gli sono importatithey mattered to him / they have mattered to him |
| a lei | le è importatoit mattered to her / it has mattered to her | le sono importatithey mattered to her / they have mattered to her |
| a noi | ci è importatoit mattered to us / it has mattered to us | ci sono importatithey mattered to us / they have mattered to us |
| a voi | vi è importatoit mattered to you all / it has mattered to you all | vi sono importatithey mattered to you all / they have mattered to you all |
| a loro | gli è importatoit mattered to them / it has mattered to them | gli sono importatithey mattered to them / they have mattered to them |
In a sentence
Non mi importa cosa pensa la gente.
It doesn't matter to me what people think.
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