How to say as long as in Italian

Start here

You’ll receive my free resources together with my best offers! Opt out at any time.

How to say as long as in Italian

In today’s short post, you’re going to learn how to say “as long as” in Italian.

There are different ways of saying so, but we’re going to focus on the more colloquial style.

Have a look at the example below:

  • You can have a dog as long as you promise to take care of it.

We could also say:

You can have a dog only if you promise to take care of it.

So, as you can see, we’re talking about an expression that introduces a condition. If that condition is not met, then something won’t happen.

It’s the same in Italian.

Let’s find out how to say as long as in Italian!

How to say as long as in Italian

Sempre che + subjunctive

As we said, we’re going to focus on how to say as long as in Italian in a colloquial way.

So, basically, this is what you’ll hear more often among Italian speakers.

Here’s the structure:

  • sempre che + present subjunctive

Don’t try to translate it literally because it doesn’t make sense.

Let’s rather have a look at an example:

Puoi venire anche tu, sempre che ti comporti bene.

You can come too, as long as you behave well.

As you can see, we’re talking about a condition.

Free Guide
How to Learn Languages Fast

If we want to say a negative sentence, we can simply add the word non:

  • sempre che + non + present subjunctive

Puoi venire anche tu, sempre che non ti comporti male.

You can come too, as long as you don’t behave badly.

If you don’t know or don’t remember how to form the present subjunctive, read the following section. If you do, then skip to the following section.

As long as in Italian

The present subjunctive

In order to form the present of the subjunctive of regular verbs in Italian, you basically have to keep the root of the verb in the present of the indicative (parl-, ved-, part- if we take the roots of the verbs below) and add the correct endings, which are in bold in the table below:

parlare vedere partire
io parli veda parta
tu parli veda parta
lui/lei parli veda parta
noi parliamo vediamo partiamo
voi parliate vediate partiate
loro parlino vedano partano

Here’s the present subjunctive of five of the most common irregular verbs:

  • essere (to be): io sia, tu sia, lui/lei sia, noi siamo, voi siate, loro siano 
  • avere (to have): io abbia, tu abbia, lui/lei abbia, noi abbiamo, voi abbiate, loro abbiano
  • venire (to come): io venga, tu venga, lui/lei venga, noi veniamo, voi veniate, loro vengano
  • andare (to go): io vada, tu vada, lui/lei vada, noi andiamo, voi andiate, loro vadano
  • volere (to want): io voglia, tu voglia, lui/lei voglia, noi vogliamo, voi vogliate, loro vogliano

How to say provided that in Italian

Examples with sempre che

Let’s now have a look at some more examples:

Partiremo domani, sempre che non piova.

We’ll leave tomorrow as long as it doesn’t rain.

Sempre che tu sia d’accordo, potremmo rimanere un po’ di più.

As long as you agree, we could stay a little more.

Parleremo con loro sempre che vengano.

We’ll speak to them as long as they come.

Verrò a trovarvi, sempre che voi siate a casa.

I’ll come to see you as long as you’re home.

Va bene sempre che sia vero.

It’s ok as long as it’s true.

Rimedieremo, sempre che voglia parlare.

We’ll make up as long as you want to talk.

Whats the meaning of sempre che

Still translating in your head? Wanna speak Italian for real? Check out Stefano's courses to think directly in Italian and become fluent fast!

Stefano

Italian language tutor, course author, and polyglot. After learning 12 languages, I can tell you that we all master languages by listening and mimicking. With my method, you'll be speaking Italian from Lesson 1.

Follow me to fluency​

Receive my free resources once a week together with my best offers! No need to look around, just tell me where to send everything.

Follow me to fluency

Receive my free resources once a week together with my best offers! No need to look around, just tell me where to send everything.

Opt out at any time.

Leave a Reply

Share:

Still translating in your head?

Wanna speak Italian for real? Check out Stefano’s courses to think directly in Italian and become fluent fast!
Try my courses for free​
ripeti con me mockup sm

Let me show you around

Overcome your Barriers

Anything holding you back from becoming fluent?
Get on the right track today with my free checklist!

pain learning languages checklist preview
How long to fluency?

Find out how long it will take you to master Italian!
Get on the right track in 3 minutes.

dolce vita logo

We're already friends!

Coming from Luca and Marina?
Here's a special deal for you!
Just tell me where I should send the coupon.

50% OFF
all language resources

We're already friends!

Coming from All Language Resources?
Here's a special deal for you!
Just tell me where I should send the coupon.

50% OFF
GRAB A COUPON NOW, REDEEM IT LATER
50% OFF

To receive free resources once a week together with my best offers, just tell me where to send everything. Opt out at any time.