Seguire Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Italian
seguire — to follow — is one of the verbs you will use every day in Italian. It is a non-reflexive, regular -ire verb, and it comes up in conversation, at work and at home. It means to follow someone and to follow a course, a lesson or a story, and it is completely regular. The stem ends in u, so the forms keep the u throughout, and there is no spelling change to watch for. On this page you will find seguire 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 seguire conjugation page, and the deep dive into its most practised tense is on the seguire passato prossimo tense page.
Example sentences with seguire
In the present tense
- “Io seguo Maria ogni giorno.” — “I follow Maria”
- “Tu segui Maria ogni giorno.” — “You follow Maria”
- “Lui segue Maria ogni giorno.” — “He follows Maria”
- “Noi seguiamo Maria ogni giorno.” — “We follow Maria”
- “Voi seguite Maria ogni giorno.” — “You follow Maria”
- “Loro seguono Maria ogni giorno.” — “They follow Maria”
In the passato prossimo
- “Io ho seguito Maria questa settimana.” — “I have followed Maria”
- “Tu hai seguito Maria questa settimana.” — “You have followed Maria”
- “Lui ha seguito Maria questa settimana.” — “He has followed Maria”
- “Noi abbiamo seguito Maria questa settimana.” — “We have followed Maria”
- “Voi avete seguito Maria questa settimana.” — “You have followed Maria”
- “Loro hanno seguito Maria questa settimana.” — “They have followed Maria”
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 seguivo Maria una volta.” — “I used to follow Maria”
- “Tu seguirai Maria domani.” — “You will follow Maria”
- “Lui seguirebbe Maria un giorno.” — “He would follow Maria”
- “È importante che noi seguiamo Maria.” — “It is important that we follow Maria”
- “Segui Maria!” — “Follow Maria!”
How seguire is used
The first thing to know about seguire is its core meaning: to follow. It means to follow someone and to follow a course, a lesson or a story, and it is completely regular. The stem ends in u, so the forms keep the u throughout, and there is no spelling change to watch for. 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 seguire keeps. The present io form is seguo, 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 ho seguito, 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 seguire does not do. It never appears as a bare infinitive after a subject pronoun — after io you need seguo, never seguire. It never takes the wrong auxiliary in the perfect tenses: the passato prossimo is ho seguito, built with avere, and the other auxiliary does not belong here. And its participle seguito is given in the masculine singular form in the tables, with agreement depending on the sentence, not on the verb table.
Seguire in context
Io seguo Maria ogni giorno. Tu segui Maria ogni giorno. Lui segue Maria ogni giorno. Noi seguiamo Maria ogni giorno. That is a normal part of the routine, and that is why the present of seguire is the first form worth learning. Each sentence uses a different person, so read them aloud and notice how the form changes — seguo, segui, segue, seguiamo — while the meaning stays the same: to follow. Io ho seguito Maria questa settimana. Tu hai seguito Maria questa settimana. Lui ha seguito Maria questa settimana. Noi abbiamo seguito Maria questa settimana. That was a normal day, but it is exactly on days like this that the passato prossimo of seguire 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 follow — 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 seguire Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io seguo Maria ogni giorno.”
The infinitive seguire never takes a subject. After io you need the conjugated present form seguo.
2. Using the wrong person
✗ Wrong: “Io segui Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io seguo Maria ogni giorno.”
segui is the tu form, not the io form. The io form is seguo — check the person before you write the form.
3. Using the present for a finished past action
✗ Wrong: “Io seguo Maria ieri.”
✓ Right: “Io ho seguito Maria questa settimana.”
Ieri points to the past, so use the passato prossimo ho seguito here, not the present seguo.
4. Mixing up the auxiliary
✗ Wrong: “Io sono seguito Maria.”
✓ Right: “Io ho seguito Maria questa settimana.”
seguire takes avere in the passato prossimo. The io form is ho seguito — the other auxiliary never belongs with this verb.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on seguire across the tenses. Answers with explanations follow each question.
What is the tu form of seguire in the Present indicative?
- A) seguo
- B) segui
- C) segue
- D) seguiamo
What is the io form of seguire in the Present perfect (passato prossimo)?
- A) hai seguito
- B) ha seguito
- C) ho seguito
- D) abbiamo seguito
What is the lui/lei form of seguire in the Imperfect?
- A) seguivo
- B) seguivi
- C) seguivamo
- D) seguiva
What is the noi form of seguire in the Future?
- A) seguiremo
- B) seguirò
- C) seguirai
- D) seguirà
What is the tu form of seguire in the Conditional?
- A) seguirei
- B) seguiresti
- C) seguirebbe
- D) seguiremmo
What is the io form of seguire in the Passato remoto?
- A) seguisti
- B) seguì
- C) seguii
- D) seguimmo
What is the noi form of seguire in the Present subjunctive?
- A) segua
- B) seguiate
- C) seguano
- D) seguiamo
What is the gerund of seguire?
- A) seguendo
- B) seguito
- C) seguire
- D) seguo
What is the past participle of seguire?
- A) seguendo
- B) seguito
- C) seguire
- D) seguo
What does seguire mean in English?
- A) to sit down
- B) to get dressed
- C) to follow
- D) to call
Answer key
- B) segui — the correct form is segui. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) ho seguito — the correct form is ho seguito. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) seguiva — the correct form is seguiva. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) seguiremo — the correct form is seguiremo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) seguiresti — the correct form is seguiresti. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) seguii — the correct form is seguii. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- D) seguiamo — the correct form is seguiamo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- A) seguendo — the correct form is seguendo. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- B) seguito — the correct form is seguito. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
- C) to follow — the correct form is to follow. The other options are other forms of the same verb.
Frequently asked questions
What does seguire mean in English?
seguire means “to follow”. You use it whenever you talk about to follow in Italian, in the present, the past and the future.
Is seguire regular or irregular?
seguire is regular. seguire is regular: every form follows the standard -ire endings, so once you know the pattern you can build every tense from the stem.
What are the gerund and past participle of seguire?
The gerund is seguendo and the past participle is seguito. The perfect tenses use avere + seguito.
Where can I see the full conjugation of seguire?
On the seguire conjugation page — every tense, every person, with tables. The seguire 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 seguire, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Related pages
- seguire conjugation — full tables
- seguire in the passato prossimo tense
- Italian passato prossimo tense guide — the full guide to the passato prossimo tense in Italian.
- Vestirsi conjugation — another Italian verb in this batch.
- Capire conjugation — another Italian verb in this batch.
- Italian verbs — the full hub of Italian conjugation pages.
- VerbFlow home — all languages, tools and verb lists.
- Verb Quiz — practise seguire with the interactive tool.
- Conjugation Practice — practise seguire with the interactive tool.
- Verb Conjugator — practise seguire with the interactive tool.