Conjugation of the Italian verb bere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb bere , along with their English translations.
Present Indicative
io bevo I drink tu bevi you drink lui beve he drinks lei beve she drinks noi beviamo we drink voi bevete you drink loro bevono they drink
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto bevendo I am drinking tu stai bevendo you are drinking lui sta bevendo he is drinking lei sta bevendo she is drinking noi stiamo bevendo we are drinking voi state bevendo you are drinking loro stanno bevendo they are drinking
Imperfect Indicative
io bevevo I was drinking tu bevevi you were drinking lui beveva he was drinking lei beveva she was drinking noi bevevamo we were drinking voi bevevate you were drinking loro bevevano they were drinking
Past Historic / Passato remoto
This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.
io bevei I drank tu bevesti you drank lui bevette he drank lei bevette she drank noi bevemmo we drank voi beveste you drank loro bevettero they drank
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho bevuto I drank tu hai bevuto you drank lui ha bevuto he drank lei ha bevuto she drank noi abbiamo bevuto we drank voi avete bevuto you drank loro hanno bevuto they drank
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo bevuto I had drunk tu avevi bevuto you had drunk lui aveva bevuto he had drunk lei aveva bevuto she had drunk noi avevamo bevuto we had drunk voi avevate bevuto you had drunk loro avevano bevuto they had drunk
Future Indicative
io berrò I will drink tu berrai you will drink lui berrà he will drink lei berrà she will drink noi berremo we will drink voi berrete you will drink loro berranno they will drink
Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere , or with the direct object for verbs that take avere .
io avrò bevuto I will have drunk tu avrai bevuto you will have drunk lui avrà bevuto he will have drunk lei avrà bevuto she will have drunk noi avremo bevuto we will have drunk voi avrete bevuto you will have drunk loro avranno bevuto they will have drunk
Conditional
io berrei I would drink tu berresti you would drink lui berrebbe he would drink lei berrebbe she would drink noi berremmo we would drink voi berreste you would drink loro berrebbero they would drink
Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere , or with the direct object for verbs that take avere .
io avrei bevuto I would have drunk tu avresti bevuto you would have drunk lui avrebbe bevuto he would have drunk lei avrebbe bevuto she would have drunk noi avremmo bevuto we would have drunk voi avreste bevuto you would have drunk loro avrebbero bevuto they would have drunk
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io beva(... that) I drink(... che) tu beva(... that) you drink(... che) lui beva(... that) he drinks(... che) lei beva(... that) she drinks(... che) noi beviamo(... that) we drink(... che) voi beviate(... that) you drink(... che) loro bevano(... that) they drink
Imperative
bevi Drink beviamo Let's drink bevete Drink
Present Participle
bevente drinking
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