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Conjugation of the Italian verb conoscere

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

conoscere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
conoscere	to be acquainted with

Present		Scored
io conosco	I am acquainted with
tu conosci	you are acquainted with
lui conosce	he is acquainted with
lei conosce	she is acquainted with
noi conosciamo	we are acquainted with
voi conoscete	you are acquainted with
loro conoscono	they are acquainted with

Imperfect		Scored
io conoscevo	I was being acquainted with
tu conoscevi	you were being acquainted with
lui conosceva	he was being acquainted with
lei conosceva	she was being acquainted with
noi conoscevamo	we were being acquainted with
voi conoscevate	you were being acquainted with
loro conoscevano	they were being acquainted with

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 conobbi	I was acquainted with
tu conoscesti	you were acquainted with
lui conobbe	he was acquainted with
lei conobbe	she was acquainted with
noi conoscemmo	we were acquainted with
voi conosceste	you were acquainted with
loro conobbero	they were acquainted with

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho conosciuto	I was acquainted with
tu hai conosciuto	you were acquainted with
lui ha conosciuto	he was acquainted with
lei ha conosciuto	she was acquainted with
noi abbiamo conosciuto	we were acquainted with
voi avete conosciuto	you were acquainted with
loro hanno conosciuto	they were acquainted with

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

Future		Scored
io conoscerò	I will be acquainted with
tu conoscerai	you will be acquainted with
lui conoscerà	he will be acquainted with
lei conoscerà	she will be acquainted with
noi conosceremo	we will be acquainted with
voi conoscerete	you will be acquainted with
loro conosceranno	they will be acquainted with

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 conosciuto	I will have been acquainted with
tu avrai conosciuto	you will have been acquainted with
lui avrà conosciuto	he will have been acquainted with
lei avrà conosciuto	she will have been acquainted with
noi avremo conosciuto	we will have been acquainted with
voi avrete conosciuto	you will have been acquainted with
loro avranno conosciuto	they will have been acquainted with

Conditional		Scored
io conoscerei	I would be acquainted with
tu conosceresti	you would be acquainted with
lui conoscerebbe	he would be acquainted with
lei conoscerebbe	she would be acquainted with
noi conosceremmo	we would be acquainted with
voi conoscereste	you would be acquainted with
loro conoscerebbero	they would be acquainted with

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 conosciuto	I would have been acquainted with
tu avresti conosciuto	you would have been acquainted with
lui avrebbe conosciuto	he would have been acquainted with
lei avrebbe conosciuto	she would have been acquainted with
noi avremmo conosciuto	we would have been acquainted with
voi avreste conosciuto	you would have been acquainted with
loro avrebbero conosciuto	they would have been acquainted with

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io conosca	(... that) I am acquainted with
(... che) tu conosca	(... that) you are acquainted with
(... che) lui conosca	(... that) he is acquainted with
(... che) lei conosca	(... that) she is acquainted with
(... che) noi conosciamo	(... that) we are acquainted with
(... che) voi conosciate	(... that) you are acquainted with
(... che) loro conoscano	(... that) they are acquainted with

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io conoscessi	(... that) I was being acquainted with
(... che) tu conoscessi	(... that) you were being acquainted with
(... che) lui conoscesse	(... that) he was being acquainted with
(... che) lei conoscesse	(... that) she was being acquainted with
(... che) noi conoscessimo	(... that) we were being acquainted with
(... che) voi conosceste	(... that) you were being acquainted with
(... che) loro conoscessero	(... that) they were being acquainted with

Imperative		Scored
conosce	Be acquainted with
conosciamo	Let's be acquainted with
conoscete	Be acquainted with

Present Participle		Scored
conoscente	is being acquainted with

Past Participle		Scored
conosciuto	been acquainted with

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