Morire Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Italian

morire — to die — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Italian. It is a non-reflexive, irregular -ire verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It means to die, and it takes essere in the passato prossimo, with the past participle agreeing with the subject. Its present has a stem change in the singular and third-person plural, and its participle is irregular. On this page you will find morire in real sentences, grouped by meaning and tense, two short texts that show it in context, the mistakes learners actually make with it, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Start with the examples, say them aloud, and then test yourself. The full conjugation tables are on the morire conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the morire passato prossimo tense page.

Example sentences with morire

In the present tense

  • “Io muoio.” — “I die”
  • “Tu muori.” — “You die”
  • “Lui muore.” — “He dies”
  • “Noi moriamo.” — “We die”
  • “Voi morite.” — “You die”
  • “Loro muoiono.” — “They die”

In the passato prossimo

  • “Io sono morto questa settimana.” — “I have died”
  • “Tu sei morto questa settimana.” — “You have died”
  • “Lui è morto questa settimana.” — “He has died”
  • “Noi siamo morto questa settimana.” — “We have died”
  • “Voi siete morto questa settimana.” — “You have died”
  • “Loro sono morto questa settimana.” — “They have died”

In other tenses

The same verb in the imperfect, the future, the conditional, the present subjunctive and the imperative — the tenses that complete the picture. All forms come from the verified tables.

  • “Io morivo una volta.” — “I used to die”
  • “Tu morirai.” — “You will die”
  • “Lui morirebbe.” — “He would die”
  • “Spero che noi non moriamo.” — “I hope that we do not die”
  • “Muori!” — “Die!”

How morire is used

The first thing to know about morire is its core meaning: to die. It means to die, and it takes essere in the passato prossimo, with the past participle agreeing with the subject. Its present has a stem change in the singular and third-person plural, and its participle is irregular. In everyday speech it appears most often in the present and the passato prossimo, the two tenses on this page, because most of what we say is either what we do every day or what we have just done. Learn those two tenses first and the rest of the conjugation becomes a matter of adding forms one at a time. The second thing to know is the company morire keeps. The present io form is muoio, and it pairs naturally with the time words ogni giorno and sempre for habits, and with adesso for what is happening right now. The passato prossimo io form is sono morto, and it pairs with ieri and questa settimana for finished actions. When you learn a verb form, learn its time words with it, and choosing the tense becomes automatic. The third thing to know is what morire does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after io you need muoio, never morire. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the passato prossimo is sono morto, built with essere, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle morto is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.

Morire in context

Io muoio. Tu muori. Lui muore. Noi moriamo. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of morire is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — muoio, muori, muore, moriamo — while the meaning stays the same: to die. Io sono morto questa settimana. Tu sei morto questa settimana. Lui è morto questa settimana. Noi siamo morto questa settimana. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the passato prossimo of morire appears constantly: a finished action, a precise moment, and the story goes on. Compare these sentences with the present ones above: the verb changes tense, but the basic meaning — to die — does not change. That is the difference between a habit and a finished event.

Common mistakes

1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form

✗ Wrong: “Io morire.”

✓ Right: “Io muoio.”

The infinitive morire never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form muoio.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Io muori.”

✓ Right: “Io muoio.”

muori is the tu form, not the io form. The io form is muoio — check the person before you write the form.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Io muoio ieri.”

✓ Right: “Io sono morto questa settimana.”

Ieri points to the past, so use the passato prossimo sono morto here, not the present muoio.

4. Mixing up the auxiliary

✗ Wrong: “Io ho morto.”

✓ Right: “Io sono morto questa settimana.”

morire takes essere in the passato prossimo. The io form is sono morto — the other auxiliary never belongs with this verb.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on morire across the tenses. Answers with explanations follow each question.

  1. What is the tu form of morire in the Present indicative?

    • A) muoio
    • B) muori
    • C) muore
    • D) moriamo

  2. What is the io form of morire in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?

    • A) sei morto
    • B) è morto
    • C) sono morto
    • D) siamo morto

  3. What is the lui/lei form of morire in the Imperfect?

    • A) morivo
    • B) morivi
    • C) morivamo
    • D) moriva

  4. What is the noi form of morire in the Future?

    • A) moriremo
    • B) morirò
    • C) morirai
    • D) morirà

  5. What is the tu form of morire in the Conditional?

    • A) morirei
    • B) moriresti
    • C) morirebbe
    • D) moriremmo

  6. What is the io form of morire in the Passato remoto?

    • A) moristi
    • B) morì
    • C) morii
    • D) morimmo

  7. What is the noi form of morire in the Present subjunctive?

    • A) muoia
    • B) moriate
    • C) muoiano
    • D) moriamo

  8. What is the gerund of morire?

    • A) morendo
    • B) morto
    • C) morire
    • D) muoio

  9. What is the past participle of morire?

    • A) morendo
    • B) morto
    • C) morire
    • D) muoio

  10. What does morire mean in English?

  • A) to be
  • B) to have
  • C) to die
  • D) to do, to make

Answer key

  1. B) muori — the correct form is muori. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. C) sono morto — the correct form is sono morto. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) moriva — the correct form is moriva. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) moriremo — the correct form is moriremo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) moriresti — the correct form is moriresti. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. C) morii — the correct form is morii. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. D) moriamo — the correct form is moriamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. A) morendo — the correct form is morendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. B) morto — the correct form is morto. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  10. C) to die — the correct form is to die. The other options are other forms of the same verb.

Frequently asked questions

What does morire mean in English?

morire means “to die”. You use it whenever you talk about to die in Italian, in the present, the past and the future.

Is morire regular or irregular?

morire is irregular. morire is irregular in present, present-subjunctive, imperative-affirmative, imperative-negative, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect — learn those forms as a set.

What are the gerund and past participle of morire?

The gerund is morendo and the past participle is morto. The perfect tenses use essere + morto.

Where can I see the full conjugation of morire?

On the morire conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The morire passato prossimo tense page goes deeper into its most practised tense.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for morire, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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