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Conjugation of the Italian verb bussare

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb bussare, along with their English translations.

bussare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
bussare	to knock

Present		Scored
io busso	I knock
tu bussi	you knock
lui bussa	he knocks
lei bussa	she knocks
noi bussiamo	we knock
voi bussate	you knock
loro bussano	they knock

Imperfect		Scored
io bussavo	I was knocking
tu bussavi	you were knocking
lui bussava	he was knocking
lei bussava	she was knocking
noi bussavamo	we were knocking
voi bussavate	you were knocking
loro bussavano	they were knocking

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.		Scored
io bussai	I knocked
tu bussasti	you knocked
lui bussò	he knocked
lei bussò	she knocked
noi bussammo	we knocked
voi bussaste	you knocked
loro bussarono	they knocked

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho bussato	I knocked
tu hai bussato	you knocked
lui ha bussato	he knocked
lei ha bussato	she knocked
noi abbiamo bussato	we knocked
voi avete bussato	you knocked
loro hanno bussato	they knocked

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo bussato	I had knocked
tu avevi bussato	you had knocked
lui aveva bussato	he had knocked
lei aveva bussato	she had knocked
noi avevamo bussato	we had knocked
voi avevate bussato	you had knocked
loro avevano bussato	they had knocked

Future		Scored
io busserò	I will knock
tu busserai	you will knock
lui busserà	he will knock
lei busserà	she will knock
noi busseremo	we will knock
voi busserete	you will knock
loro busseranno	they will knock

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.		Scored
io avrò bussato	I will have knocked
tu avrai bussato	you will have knocked
lui avrà bussato	he will have knocked
lei avrà bussato	she will have knocked
noi avremo bussato	we will have knocked
voi avrete bussato	you will have knocked
loro avranno bussato	they will have knocked

Conditional		Scored
io busserei	I would knock
tu busseresti	you would knock
lui busserebbe	he would knock
lei busserebbe	she would knock
noi busseremmo	we would knock
voi bussereste	you would knock
loro busserebbero	they would knock

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.		Scored
io avrei bussato	I would have knocked
tu avresti bussato	you would have knocked
lui avrebbe bussato	he would have knocked
lei avrebbe bussato	she would have knocked
noi avremmo bussato	we would have knocked
voi avreste bussato	you would have knocked
loro avrebbero bussato	they would have knocked

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io bussi	(... that) I knock
(... che) tu bussi	(... that) you knock
(... che) lui bussi	(... that) he knocks
(... che) lei bussi	(... that) she knocks
(... che) noi bussiamo	(... that) we knock
(... che) voi bussiate	(... that) you knock
(... che) loro bussino	(... that) they knock

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io bussassi	(... that) I was knocking
(... che) tu bussassi	(... that) you were knocking
(... che) lui bussasse	(... that) he was knocking
(... che) lei bussasse	(... that) she was knocking
(... che) noi bussassimo	(... that) we were knocking
(... che) voi bussaste	(... that) you were knocking
(... che) loro bussassero	(... that) they were knocking

Imperative		Scored
bussa	Knock
bussiamo	Let's knock
bussate	Knock

Present Participle		Scored
bussante	knocking

Past Participle		Scored
bussato	knocked

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