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Conjugation of the Italian verb colpire

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

colpire is a regular verb with spelling changes

Infinitive		Scored
colpire	to hit

Present		Scored
io colpisco	I hit
tu colpisci	you hit
lui colpisce	he hits
lei colpisce	she hits
noi colpiamo	we hit
voi colpite	you hit
loro colpiscono	they hit

Imperfect		Scored
io colpivo	I was hitting
tu colpivi	you were hitting
lui colpiva	he was hitting
lei colpiva	she was hitting
noi colpivamo	we were hitting
voi colpivate	you were hitting
loro colpivano	they were hitting

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 colpii	I hit
tu colpisti	you hit
lui colpì	he hit
lei colpì	she hit
noi colpimmo	we hit
voi colpiste	you hit
loro colpirono	they hit

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

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

Future		Scored
io colpirò	I will hit
tu colpirai	you will hit
lui colpirà	he will hit
lei colpirà	she will hit
noi colpiremo	we will hit
voi colpirete	you will hit
loro colpiranno	they will hit

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 colpito	I will have hit
tu avrai colpito	you will have hit
lui avrà colpito	he will have hit
lei avrà colpito	she will have hit
noi avremo colpito	we will have hit
voi avrete colpito	you will have hit
loro avranno colpito	they will have hit

Conditional		Scored
io colpirei	I would hit
tu colpiresti	you would hit
lui colpirebbe	he would hit
lei colpirebbe	she would hit
noi colpiremmo	we would hit
voi colpireste	you would hit
loro colpirebbero	they would hit

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 colpito	I would have hit
tu avresti colpito	you would have hit
lui avrebbe colpito	he would have hit
lei avrebbe colpito	she would have hit
noi avremmo colpito	we would have hit
voi avreste colpito	you would have hit
loro avrebbero colpito	they would have hit

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io colpisca	(... that) I hit
(... che) tu colpisca	(... that) you hit
(... che) lui colpisca	(... that) he hits
(... che) lei colpisca	(... that) she hits
(... che) noi colpiamo	(... that) we hit
(... che) voi colpiate	(... that) you hit
(... che) loro colpiscano	(... that) they hit

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io colpissi	(... that) I was hitting
(... che) tu colpissi	(... that) you were hitting
(... che) lui colpisse	(... that) he was hitting
(... che) lei colpisse	(... that) she was hitting
(... che) noi colpissimo	(... that) we were hitting
(... che) voi colpiste	(... that) you were hitting
(... che) loro colpissero	(... that) they were hitting

Imperative		Scored
colpisci	Hit
colpiamo	Let's hit
colpite	Hit

Present Participle		Scored
colpente	hitting

Past Participle		Scored
colpito	hit

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