Muoversi Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Italian

muoversi — to move — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Italian. It is a reflexive, irregular -ere verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It is the reflexive verb for moving, as in moving around a room, and its present is regular while its passato remoto and past participle are irregular: the participle is mosso and the remoto is mossi. Every form carries a reflexive pronoun, and the passato prossimo is formed with essere. On this page you will find muoversi 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 muoversi conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the muoversi passato prossimo tense page.

Example sentences with muoversi

In the present tense

  • “Io mi muovo ogni giorno.” — “I move”
  • “Tu ti muovi ogni giorno.” — “You move”
  • “Lui si muove ogni giorno.” — “He moves”
  • “Noi ci muoviamo ogni giorno.” — “We move”
  • “Voi vi muovete ogni giorno.” — “You move”
  • “Loro si muovono ogni giorno.” — “They move”

In the passato prossimo

  • “Io mi sono mosso questa settimana.” — “I have moved”
  • “Tu ti sei mosso questa settimana.” — “You have moved”
  • “Lui si è mosso questa settimana.” — “He has moved”
  • “Noi ci siamo mosso questa settimana.” — “We have moved”
  • “Voi vi siete mosso questa settimana.” — “You have moved”
  • “Loro si sono mosso questa settimana.” — “They have moved”

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 mi muovevo una volta.” — “I used to move”
  • “Tu ti muoverai domani.” — “You will move”
  • “Lui si muoverebbe un giorno.” — “He would move”
  • “È importante che noi ci muoviamo.” — “It is important that we move”
  • “Muoviti!” — “Move!”

How muoversi is used

The first thing to know about muoversi is its core meaning: to move. It is the reflexive verb for moving, as in moving around a room, and its present is regular while its passato remoto and past participle are irregular: the participle is mosso and the remoto is mossi. Every form carries a reflexive pronoun, and the passato prossimo is formed with essere. 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 muoversi keeps. The present io form is mi muovo, 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 mi sono mosso, 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 muoversi does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after io you need mi muovo, never muoversi. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the passato prossimo is mi sono mosso, built with essere, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle mosso is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.

Muoversi in context

Io mi muovo ogni giorno. Tu ti muovi ogni giorno. Lui si muove ogni giorno. Noi ci muoviamo ogni giorno. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of muoversi is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — mi muovo, ti muovi, si muove, ci muoviamo — while the meaning stays the same: to move. Io mi sono mosso questa settimana. Tu ti sei mosso questa settimana. Lui si è mosso questa settimana. Noi ci siamo mosso questa settimana. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the passato prossimo of muoversi 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 move — 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 muoversi.”

✓ Right: “Io mi muovo ogni giorno.”

The infinitive muoversi never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form mi muovo.

2. Using the wrong person

✗ Wrong: “Io ti muovi.”

✓ Right: “Io mi muovo ogni giorno.”

ti muovi is the tu form, not the io form. The io form is mi muovo — check the person before you write the form.

3. Using the present for a finished past action

✗ Wrong: “Io mi muovo ieri.”

✓ Right: “Io mi sono mosso questa settimana.”

Ieri points to the past, so use the passato prossimo mi sono mosso here, not the present mi muovo.

4. Mixing up the auxiliary

✗ Wrong: “Io ho mosso.”

✓ Right: “Io mi sono mosso questa settimana.”

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

Quiz: test yourself

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

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

    • A) mi muovo
    • B) ti muovi
    • C) si muove
    • D) ci muoviamo

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

    • A) ti sei mosso
    • B) si è mosso
    • C) mi sono mosso
    • D) ci siamo mosso

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

    • A) mi muovevo
    • B) ti muovevi
    • C) ci muovevamo
    • D) si muoveva

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

    • A) ci muoveremo
    • B) mi muoverò
    • C) ti muoverai
    • D) si muoverà

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

    • A) mi muoverei
    • B) ti muoveresti
    • C) si muoverebbe
    • D) ci muoveremmo

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

    • A) ti muovesti
    • B) si mosse
    • C) mi mossi
    • D) ci muovemmo

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

    • A) mi muova
    • B) ti muova
    • C) si muova
    • D) ci muoviamo

  8. What is the gerund of muoversi?

    • A) muovendosi
    • B) mosso
    • C) muoversi
    • D) mi muovo

  9. What is the past participle of muoversi?

    • A) muovendosi
    • B) mosso
    • C) muoversi
    • D) mi muovo

  10. What does muoversi mean in English?

  • A) to explain
  • B) to answer
  • C) to move
  • D) to ask

Answer key

  1. B) ti muovi — the correct form is ti muovi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  2. C) mi sono mosso — the correct form is mi sono mosso. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  3. D) si muoveva — the correct form is si muoveva. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  4. A) ci muoveremo — the correct form is ci muoveremo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  5. B) ti muoveresti — the correct form is ti muoveresti. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  6. C) mi mossi — the correct form is mi mossi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  7. D) ci muoviamo — the correct form is ci muoviamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  8. A) muovendosi — the correct form is muovendosi. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  9. B) mosso — the correct form is mosso. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
  10. C) to move — the correct form is to move. The other options are other forms of the same verb.

Frequently asked questions

What does muoversi mean in English?

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

Is muoversi regular or irregular?

muoversi is irregular. muoversi is irregular in passato-remoto, past-participle, present-perfect, pluperfect — learn those forms as a set.

What are the gerund and past participle of muoversi?

The gerund is muovendosi and the past participle is mosso. The perfect tenses use essere + mosso.

Where can I see the full conjugation of muoversi?

On the muoversi conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The muoversi 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 muoversi, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

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