Don’t smoke in Italian 🇮🇹

non fumare info.

Tips to remember the verb:
• Notice the similarity between the Italian “fumare” and the English “fume/smoke.” Visualize smoke (fumo) rising when you light a cigarette.
• The ending “-are” is common to many Italian verbs, so once you learn it as a regular –are verb, its conjugations become easier to remember.

Explanations:
• “Fumare” means “to smoke” (usually referring to cigarettes or tobacco).
• “Non fumare” is the imperative negation used for instructions or warnings—commonly seen on signs to indicate that smoking is prohibited.
• It is a regular verb in the first conjugation group (-are), which makes its conjugation predictable.

Other words/phrases with a similar meaning:
• “Non usare il tabacco” (“don’t use tobacco”)
• “Smetti di fumare” (“stop smoking”) – used as a suggestion to quit an ongoing habit

Conjugations of “fumare”:

Infinitive:
 • fumare – to smoke

Present Indicative:
 • io fumo    – I smoke
 • tu fumi    – you smoke (singular, informal)
 • lui/lei fuma  – he/she smokes
 • noi fumiamo   – we smoke
 • voi fumate    – you smoke (plural)
 • loro fumano   – they smoke

Passato Prossimo (Past):
 • io ho fumato   – I smoked / I have smoked
 • tu hai fumato   – you smoked / you have smoked
 • lui/lei ha fumato  – he/she smoked / has smoked
 • noi abbiamo fumato – we smoked / have smoked
 • voi avete fumato  – you smoked / have smoked
 • loro hanno fumato  – they smoked / have smoked

Imperfect:
 • io fumavo    – I was smoking / I used to smoke
 • tu fumavi    – you were smoking / used to smoke
 • lui/lei fumava  – he/she was smoking / used to smoke
 • noi fumavamo   – we were smoking / used to smoke
 • voi fumavate   – you were smoking / used to smoke
 • loro fumavano  – they were smoking / used to smoke

Future:
 • io fumerò    – I will smoke
 • tu fumerai   – you will smoke
 • lui/lei fumerà  – he/she will smoke
 • noi fumeremo   – we will smoke
 • voi fumerete   – you will smoke
 • loro fumeranno  – they will smoke

Example sentences and translations:
1. Non fumare in questo edificio.
  – Don’t smoke in this building.
2. Non fumare vicino ai bambini: il fumo è dannoso per la salute.
  – Don’t smoke near children: smoke is harmful to health.
3. Se fumavi in passato, ora potresti considerare di smettere per migliorare la tua salute.
  – If you used to smoke in the past, now you might consider quitting to improve your health.

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