How to Conjugate the Italian Verb Offrire

The verb offrire means, most obviously, to offer something—or to offer to do something—but also has some more nuanced meanings: to buy someone a drink or dinnerto propose (a price for something, for example)to give or afford (a beautiful view, refuge, or shade)to provide (pay, opportunities, or facilities) It is an irregular third-conjugation verb in that its past participle is offerto—that alone makes it irregular and it is its only irregularity—and it conjugates much like aprire (to open) and coprire (to cover). Offrire is a transitive verb, with a direct object, hence it takes the auxiliary avere, with a direct object (I offer something) but also most often an indirect object or indirect object pronoun (I offer something to you). So it is, offrire qualcosa a qualcuno. To offer somebody something. However, you will also find offrire used in the reflexive when someone, for example, is offering to do something. In those cases, of course, offrirsi is used with reflexive pronouns and essere as the auxiliary: Mi offro di aiutarti. I offer (myself) to help you.Giulio si à ¨ offerto di insegnarmi linglese. Giulio offered to teach me English.Mi sono offerta di portarlo a scuola. I offered to take him to school.Mi sarei offerta di portare fuori il cane, ma pioveva. I would have offered to take the dog out, but it was raining. Lets take a look at the conjugation. Indicativo Presente: Present Indicative In the presente offrire has all the above uses, but when you make friends in Italy you will hear it most often used in the race to see who can buy drinks first, or a coffee. Stasera offro io! Tonight Im buying! Or, offri te stasera? Are you buying tonight? Io offro Stasera ti offro la cena. Tonight I am buying you dinner. Tu offri Mi offri un passaggio? Would you offer to give me a ride? Lui, lei, Lei offre La casa offre una splendida vista. The house affords a splendid view. Noi offriamo Noi offriamo una bella casa in affitto. We offer a beautiful house for rent. Voi offrite Voi offrite una pessima paga. You pay terribly (you offer terrible wages). Loro, Loro offrono Loro offrono buone opportunità   di lavoro. They offer good work opportunities. Indicativo Imperfetto: Imperfect Indicative A regular imperfetto, mostly translated as the routine used to offer or used to buy. Io offrivo Ti offrivo la cena ma non hai fame. I was going to buy you dinner but you're not hungry. Tu offrivi Quando non avevo la macchina mi offrivi sempre i passaggi. When I didn't have a car you used to always offer me rides. Lui, lei, Lei offriva La casa offriva una splendida vista prima. Before, the house used to afford a splendid view. Noi offrivamo Noi offrivamo una bella casa in affitto, ma adesso l'abbiamo venduta. We used to offer a beautiful house for rent, but we sold it. Voi offrivate Quando eravate aperti, voi offrivate una pessima paga. When you were in business, you offered terrible wages. Loro, Loro offrivano Una volta, loro offrivano buone opportunità   di lavoro. At one point they offered good work opportunities. Indicativo Passato Prossimo: Present Perfect Indicative As a transitive verb, in the passato prossimo offrire is made of the present tense of avere and the past participle offerto. Remember, that past participle is irregular. Io ho offerto Ieri sera ti ho offerto la cena io; domani la offri tu. Last night I bought you dinner; tomorrow's your turn. Tu hai offerto Ieri mi hai offerto un passaggio. Sei stato gentile. Yesterday you offered me a ride; it was kind of you. Lui, lei, Lei ha offerto Per molto tempo la casa ha offerto una splendida vista. Adesso à ¨ rovinata. For a long time the house afforded a splendid view; now it is ruined. Noi abbiamo offerto Per molto tempo noi abbiamo offerto una bella casa in affitto. Adesso l'abbiamo venduta. For a long time we offered a beautiful house for rent; now we've sold it. Voi avete offerto Avete sempre offerto una pessima paga. You always offered terrible salaries. Loro, Loro hanno offerto Per molto tempo loro hanno offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro. Adesso non pià ¹. For a long time they offered great work opportunities. No longer. Indicativo Passato Remoto: Remote Past Indicative Regular passato remoto, the tense of stories from long ago. Io offrii Quella sera ti offrii la cena, ricordi? I bought you dinner that night, remember? Tu offristi E quella sera tu mi offristi un passaggio. And that night you offered me a ride home. Lui, lei, Lei offrà ¬ Per molti anni la casa offrà ¬ una splendida vista, prima che costruissero le case nuove. For many years, before they built the new housing, the house afforded a splendid view. Noi offrimmo Per dieci anni offrimmo una bella casa in affitto. Poi la vendemmo. For 10 years we offered a beautiful house for rent; then we sold it. Voi offriste Anche allora offriste sempre una pessima paga. Even back then, you always offered terrible wages. Loro, Loro offrirono All'apice del boom economico, offrirono buone opportunità   di lavoro. At the height of the economic boom, they offered great work opportunities. Indicativo Trapassato Prossimo: Past Perfect Indicative The trapassato prossimo of offrire is made of the imperfetto of the auxiliary and the past participle offerto. In this tense—another storytelling tense—the act of offering or buying happened in the context of something else also in the past, in memory. It could be remote or not; the important thing is the context of the actions. You had offered to buy me dinner, but it started to rain and ... Io avevo offerto Ti avevo offerto la cena, ricordi? Ma non avevi fame. Remember? I had offered to buy you dinner, but you weren't hungry. Tu avevi offerto E tu mi avevi offerto un passaggio. Ma io avevo la macchina. And you had offered to give me a ride, but I had my car. Lui, lei, Lei aveva offerto La casa aveva sempre offerto una splendida vista, prima che costruissero le case nuove. The house had always afforded a splendid view, before they built the new housing. Noi avevamo offerto Per molti anni avevamo offerto una bella casa in affitto; ma poi decidemmo di traslocare. For many years we had offered a beautiful house for rent; but then we decided to move. Voi avevate offerto Anche prima della crisi, avevate sempre offerto una pessima paga. Even before the recession, you had always offered terrible wages. Loro, Loro avevano offerto Loro avevano sempre offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro, anche durante la crisi. Even during the recession they had always offered good work opportunities. Indicativo Trapassato Remoto: Preterite Perfect Indicative The trapassato remoto is not a tense you use much in speaking. It is a remote storytelling tense you will find in literature. Nonetheless, it is made of the passato remoto of your auxiliary and the past participle. It is used in a dependent clause with the passato remoto. Io ebbi offerto Dopo che ti ebbi offerto la cena, ti sentisti male. After I had bought you dinner, you felt sick. Tu avesti offerto Appena tu mi avesti offerto il passaggio trovai il mio cavallo. As soon as you had given me a ride, I found my horse. Lui, lei, Lei ebbe offerto Quando la casa ebbe offerto tutta la splendida vista di cui era capace la bombardarono. When the house had afforded all the splendid views it could give, they bombed it. Noi avemmo offerto Dopo che avemmo offerto la bella casa in affitto per tutti quegli anni ce la bombardarono. After we had offered that beautiful house for rent for all those years, they bombed it. Voi aveste offerto Dopo che aveste offerto quella misera paga ai vostri dipendenti tutti quegli anni, andaste falliti. After you had offered your dependents those terrible wages for all those years, you went belly-up. Loro, Loro ebbero offerto Dopo che ebbero offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro per decenni, chiusero le porte. After they had offered good work opportunities for all those years, they closed their doors. Indicativo Futuro Semplice: Simple Future Indicative A regular futuro. Io offrirà ² Quando ti vedrà ² ti offrirà ² la cena. When I see you I will buy you dinner. Tu offrirai E tu mi offrirai un passaggio. And you will offer me a ride. Lui, lei, Lei offrirà   Quando sarà   finita, la casa offrirà   una splendida vista. When it is finished, the house will afford a splendid view. Noi offriremo Presto offriremo una bella casa in affitto. Soon we will offer a beautiful house for rent. Voi offrirete Come sempre, voi offrirete una pessima paga. As usual, you will offer your employees terrible wages. Loro, Loro offriranno Quando apriranno, offriranno buone opportunità   di lavoro. When they open, they will offer great work opportunities. Indicativo Futuro Anteriore: Future Perfect Indicative In the transitive mode, the futuro anteriore of offrire is composed of the future of avere and your participle offerto. In this tense, the act of offering will take place in the context of another action in the future. Io avrà ² offerto A quest'ora domani ti avrà ² offerto la cena. Tomorrow at this time I will have bought you dinner. Tu avrai offerto E dopo cena, a quest'ora tu mi avrai offerto un passaggio. And after dinner at this time you will have offered me a ride. Lui, lei, Lei avrà   offerto E a quest'ora dopo cena la casa ci avrà   offerto la sua splendida vista. And after dinner at this time, the house will have afforded us its splendid view once more. Noi avremo offerto A quel punto noi avremo offerto la casa in affitto per venti anni. At that point, we will have offered the house for rent for more than 20 years. Voi avrete offerto A quel punto, voi avrete offerto una pessima paga ai vostri dipendenti per tutta la vostra carriera. At that point, you will have offered your employees a miserly wage for all of your career. Loro, Loro avranno offerto Quando festeggeranno l'anniversario l'anno prossimo, loro avranno offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro per pià ¹ di venti anni. When they celebrate their anniversary next year, they will have offered great work opportunities for more than 20 years. Congiuntivo Presente: Present Subjunctive A regular congiuntivo presente of the third conjugation. Remember that often sentences in the Italian congiuntivo do not translate into English subjunctive. Che io offra Vuole che io gli offra la cena. He wants me to buy him dinner. Che tu offra Voglio che lui mi offra un passaggio. I want him to offer me a ride. Che lui, lei, Lei offra Spero che la casa offra una splendida vista. I hope the house affords a splendid view. Che noi offriamo Benchà © offriamo in affitto una bellissima casa, nessuno la vuole. Though we offer a beautiful house for rent, no one wants it. Che voi offriate Temo che offriate una pessima paga. I fear that you offer terrible wages. Che loro, Loro offrano Dubito che offrano buone opportunità   di lavoro adesso. I doubt that they offer good work opportunities right now. Congiuntivo Imperfetto: Imperfect Subjunctive The imperfetto congiuntivo of offrire is regular. The hoping and wanting and the offering all take place in the past—I hoped that you would offer me a drink—and the tense of the supporting verb is in the imperfetto. Che io offrissi Voleva che gli offrissi la cena. He wanted me to buy him dinner. Che tu offrissi Volevo che mi offrisse un passaggio. I wanted him to give me a ride. Che lui, lei, Lei offrisse Speravo che la casa offrisse una splendida vista. Purtroppo no. I hoped that the house afforded a splendid view. Unfortunately, not. Che noi offrissimo Sperava che offrissimo una bella casa in affitto per poco denaro. He hoped that we offered a beautiful house for rent for little money. Che voi offriste Temevo che voi offriste una pessima paga; e infatti. I feared that you offered terrible wages; and, indeed, you do. Che loro, Loro offrissero Speravo che loro offrissero buone opportunità   di lavoro. I hoped that they offered good work opportunities. Congiuntivo Passato: Present Perfect Subjunctive In the transitive mode, the congiuntivo passato is made of the congiuntivo presente of avere and the participio passato. The supporting verb—the hoping and wanting—that characterize much of the Italian congiuntivo is in the present tense, but the act of offering or buying is in the past. Che io abbia offerto Odio che io abbia offerto la cena a lui. I hate that I bought him dinner. Che tu abbia offerto Spero che ti abbia offerto un passaggio. I hope that he offered you a ride. Che lui, lei, Lei abbia offerto Temo che la casa non abbia offerto una splendida vista. I fear that the house did not afford a splendid view. Che noi abbiamo offerto Temo che abbiamo offerto in affitto una bella casa per niente. I fear that we offered a beautiful house for rent for nothing. Che voi abbiate offerto Temo che voi abbiate sempre offerto una pessima paga. I fear that you have always paid terrible wages. Che loro, Loro abbiano offerto Dubito che abbiano sempre offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro. I doubt that they have always offered great work opportunities. Congiuntivo Trapassato: Past Perfect Subjunctive The congiuntivo trapassato of offrire is composed of the imperfetto congiuntivo of your auxiliary and the past participle. The tense of the supporting verb can be in different past tenses or in the conditional and can be translated into English in a variety of ways. Che io avessi offerto Avrebbe voluto che gli avessi offerto la cena. He would have wanted me to buy dinner./He wished for me to have offered to buy dinner. Che tu avessi offerto Vorrei che mi avesse offerto un passaggio ma non lo ha fatto. I wish that he had offered me a ride, but he didn't. Che lui, lei, Lei avesse offerto Vorrei che la casa avesse offerto una splendida vista. I wish that the house had afforded a splendid view. Che noi avessimo offerto Avrebbero voluto che avessimo offerto in affitto una bella casa. They wished that we had offered a beautiful house for rent. Che voi aveste offerto Temevo che voi aveste offerto una pessima paga. I feared that you had offered terrible wages all along. Che loro, Loro avessero offerto Speravo che avessero offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro. I had hoped that they offered good work opportunities. Condizionale Presente: Present Conditional A regular condizionale presente: I would buy dinner if you let me. Io offrirei Ti offrirei la cena se tu me lo permettessi. I would offer you dinner if you allowed me to. Tu offriresti Mi offriresti un passaggio? Would you offer me a ride? Lui, lei, Lei offrirebbe La casa offrirebbe una splendida vista se non ci fosse una casa davanti. The house would afford a splendid view if there were not a house right in front of it. Noi offriremmo Noi offriremmo una bella casa in affitto se non ci abitasse nostro figlio. We would offer a beautiful house for rent if our son didn't live in it. Voi offrireste Voi offrireste una pessima paga anche se foste ricchi. You would offer terrible wages even if you were rich. Loro, Loro offrirebbero Loro offrirebbero buone opportunità   di lavoro anche se fossero poveri. They would offer great work opportunities even if they were poor. Condizionale Passato: Past Conditional The condizionale passato is made of the condizionale presente of the auxiliary and the past participle: I would have bought dinner if you had let me. Io avrei offerto Ti avrei offerto la cena se me lo avessi permesso. I would have bought you dinner had you allowed me to. Tu avresti offerto Mi avresti offerto un passaggio se non fossi un cafone. You would have offered me a ride had you not been such a jerk. Lui, lei, Lei avrebbe offerto La casa avrebbe offerto una splendida vista se non ci avessero costruito la casa davanti. The house would have afforded a splendid view had they not built another house in front of it. Noi avremmo offerto Noi avremmo offerto una bella casa in affitto se non ci avesse abitato sempre nostro figlio. We would have offered a beautiful house for rent had our son not always lived in it. Voi avreste offerto Voi avreste offerto una pessima paga anche se aveste potuto fare altrimenti. You would have offered terrible wages even if you had been able to do otherwise. Loro, Loro avrebbero offerto Loro avrebbero offerto buone opportunità   di lavoro anche sotto le peggiori circostanze. They would have offered good work opportunities even under the worst of circumstances. Imperativo: Imperative In the negative, of course, remember to put the non in front of the simple infinitive: Non mi offrire niente! Dont get me anything! Tu offri Offrimi da bere! Buy me a drink! Noi offriamo Offriamo grazie a Dio! Let's offer thanks to God! Voi offrite Offriteci un passaggio! Give us a ride! Infinito Presente Passato: Infinitive Present Past In the infinitive offrire offers great opportunities to serve as a noun or infinito sostantivato. Offrire da mangiare ai poveri à ¨ molto gentile. Its kind to offer food to the poor. Offrire Offrirti alloggio à ¨ un onore. It's an honor to offer you a place to stay. Offrirsi Sei stato gentile ad offrirti di aiutare. It was nice of you to offer to help. Avere offerto Averti offerto alloggio à ¨ stato un onore. It was an honor to have offered you a place to stay. Essersi offerto Sei stato gentile a essersi offerto di aiutare. It was nice of you to have offered to help. Participio Presente Passato: Participle Present Past As you know, the present participle often serves as a noun: in this case, the person offering something. In Italian, offrente has been supplanted by offerente. Technically it means the one offering. Offerente Gli offerenti hanno pagato. The offerors paid. Offerto Ha offerto di pagare. He offered to pay. Gerundio Presente Passato: Gerund Present Past Offrendo Offrendo una bella vista, la casa à ¨ stata comprata velocemente. Affording a beautiful view (since it afforded a beautiful view), the house sold quickly. Offrendosi Offrendosi di aiutare, mi ha detto di chiamarlo. Offering to help, he asked me to call him. Avendo offerto Avendo offerto una bella vista, la casa fu comprata velocemente. Having afforded a beautiful view (since it afforded a beautiful view), the house sold quickly. Essendosi offerto Essendosi offerto di aiutare, mi disse di chiamarlo. 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Financial Institutions Strategic Management - Essay Example Reference is made to the factors that have most affected the above industry’s performance but also to the factors that would continue to influence the particular industry in the future. The research developed in regard to the specific subject has led to the assumption that the USA banking industry has been highly supported, as of its establishment and further growth, by politicians and analysts; however, the relevant plans have often failed to meet the criteria set by their initiators. The need for radical changes on the sector’s strategic choices is clear; certain trends, as for example, the need for hiring stars for improving organizational performance, have been eliminated. In any case, problems related to the specific organizational sector, should be resolved by continuously updating the strategies of the industry’s firms, as appropriate, so that their goals are continuously aligned with the market rules and ethics. The development of banking industry in USA has been gradual. In fact, in USA banks have always been a key factor for economic growth (Coulbeck 1984). The establishment of the USA banking industry has been related to the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933, which has emphasized on the categorization of the sectors of ‘the financial services industry, as following: commercial banking, investment banking and insurance’ (Koch and Scott 2009, p.2). Other legislative texts that followed, especially ‘the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956’ (Koch and Scott 2009, p.2), set the rules on which the activities of banks across USA should be based. The literature indicates that the establishment of bank branches across the country has been related to certain geographic criteria. In the study of Coulbeck (1984), emphasis is given on the following fact: in USA, banking activities have been always quite developed; in 1940 the banks operating across USA were estimated to 5,144 while in 1980 the above number has been decreased to 4,425 (Coulbeck