Conjugation Table for the Italian Verb Mettere

The Italian verb mettere means to put, place, set, stick/put (on), apply, deposit, or cause. It is an irregular second conjugation Italian verb. Mettere can be either a transitive verb, meaning it takes a direct object, or an intransitive verb, meaning it does not take a direct object. It is also conjugated with the auxiliary verb avere.

Italian Second Conjugation Verbs

Before learning how to conjugate mettere, it's important to review the characteristics of second conjugation irregular verbs. The infinitives of all regular verbs in Italian end in  –are, –ere, or  –ire. Irregular verbs, however, are those that do not follow the typical conjugation patterns of their respective types (infinitive stem + endings), as follows:

• Change to the stem (andare—"to go"— io vado)
• Change in the normal ending (dare—"to hand over," "to pay," "to entrust," "to charge," "to give up," and "to let have"—io darò)
• Change to both stem and ending (rimanere—"to stay," "to remain," "to be left behind"—io rimasi)

Since, mettere is an –ere verb, it conjugates like rimanere, as they are both irregular, second conjugation –ere verbs.

Conjugating "Mettere"

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—presente (present), 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: mettere

Passato: avere messo

PARTICIPLE/PARTICIPIO

Presente: mettente

Passato: messo

GERUND/GERUNDIO

Presente: mettendo

Passato: avendo messo