Conjugation Tables for the Italian Verb 'Chiamarsi' (To Be Called)

Chiamarsi is a regular first-conjugation Italian verb meaning to be called or named, consider oneself, or proclaim oneself. It is a reflexive verb, which requires a reflexive pronoun.

Conjugating "Chiamarsi"

The table gives the pronoun for each conjugation—io (I), tu (you), lui, lei (he, she), noi (we), voi (you plural), and loro (their). The tenses and moods are given in Italian—passato prossimo (present perfect), imperfetto (imperfect), trapassato prossimo (past perfect) passato  remoto (remote past), trapassato remoto (preterite perfect), futuro semplice (simple future), and futuro anteriore (future perfect)—first for the indicative, followed by the subjunctive, conditional, infinitive, participle, and gerund forms.

INDICATIVE/INDICATIVO

SUBJUNCTIVE/CONGIUNTIVO

CONDITIONAL/CONDIZIONALE

IMPERATIVE/IMPERATIVO

INFINITIVE/INFINITO

Presente: chiamarsi

Passato: essersi chiamato

PARTICIPLE/PARTICIPIO

Presente: chiamantesi

Passato: chiamatosi

GERUND/GERUNDIO

Presente: chiamandosi

Passato: essendosi chiamato

Italian Reflexive Verbs

In English, verbs are not usually thought of as being reflexive. However, in Italian, a reflexive verb—verbo riflessivo—is one where the action carried out by the subject is performed on the same subject, for example, “I wash myself” or “I sit myself in the chair.” The subject, “I,” is doing the washing and the sitting.

To make an Italian verb reflexive, drop the -e of its infinitive ending and add the pronoun si. So, chiamare (to call) becomes chiamarsi (to call oneself) in the reflexive, as is the case here.