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Conjugation of the Italian verb conservare

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

conservare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
conservare	to retain

Present		Scored
io conservo	I retain
tu conservi	you retain
lui conserva	he retains
lei conserva	she retains
noi conserviamo	we retain
voi conservate	you retain
loro conservano	they retain

Imperfect		Scored
io conservavo	I was retaining
tu conservavi	you were retaining
lui conservava	he was retaining
lei conservava	she was retaining
noi conservavamo	we were retaining
voi conservavate	you were retaining
loro conservavano	they were retaining

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 conservai	I retained
tu conservasti	you retained
lui conservò	he retained
lei conservò	she retained
noi conservammo	we retained
voi conservaste	you retained
loro conservarono	they retained

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

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

Future		Scored
io conserverò	I will retain
tu conserverai	you will retain
lui conserverà	he will retain
lei conserverà	she will retain
noi conserveremo	we will retain
voi conserverete	you will retain
loro conserveranno	they will retain

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

Conditional		Scored
io conserverei	I would retain
tu conserveresti	you would retain
lui conserverebbe	he would retain
lei conserverebbe	she would retain
noi conserveremmo	we would retain
voi conservereste	you would retain
loro conserverebbero	they would retain

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io conservi	(... that) I retain
(... che) tu conservi	(... that) you retain
(... che) lui conservi	(... that) he retains
(... che) lei conservi	(... that) she retains
(... che) noi conserviamo	(... that) we retain
(... che) voi conserviate	(... that) you retain
(... che) loro conservino	(... that) they retain

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io conservassi	(... that) I was retaining
(... che) tu conservassi	(... that) you were retaining
(... che) lui conservasse	(... that) he was retaining
(... che) lei conservasse	(... that) she was retaining
(... che) noi conservassimo	(... that) we were retaining
(... che) voi conservaste	(... that) you were retaining
(... che) loro conservassero	(... that) they were retaining

Imperative		Scored
conserva	Retain
conserviamo	Let's retain
conservate	Retain

Present Participle		Scored
conservante	retaining

Past Participle		Scored
conservato	retained

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