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Conjugation of the Italian verb contare

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

contare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
contare	to count

Present		Scored
io conto	I count
tu conti	you count
lui conta	he counts
lei conta	she counts
noi contiamo	we count
voi contate	you count
loro contano	they count

Imperfect		Scored
io contavo	I was counting
tu contavi	you were counting
lui contava	he was counting
lei contava	she was counting
noi contavamo	we were counting
voi contavate	you were counting
loro contavano	they were counting

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 contai	I counted
tu contasti	you counted
lui contò	he counted
lei contò	she counted
noi contammo	we counted
voi contaste	you counted
loro contarono	they counted

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

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

Future		Scored
io conterò	I will count
tu conterai	you will count
lui conterà	he will count
lei conterà	she will count
noi conteremo	we will count
voi conterete	you will count
loro conteranno	they will count

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

Conditional		Scored
io conterei	I would count
tu conteresti	you would count
lui conterebbe	he would count
lei conterebbe	she would count
noi conteremmo	we would count
voi contereste	you would count
loro conterebbero	they would count

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io conti	(... that) I count
(... che) tu conti	(... that) you count
(... che) lui conti	(... that) he counts
(... che) lei conti	(... that) she counts
(... che) noi contiamo	(... that) we count
(... che) voi contiate	(... that) you count
(... che) loro contino	(... that) they count

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io contassi	(... that) I was counting
(... che) tu contassi	(... that) you were counting
(... che) lui contasse	(... that) he was counting
(... che) lei contasse	(... that) she was counting
(... che) noi contassimo	(... that) we were counting
(... che) voi contaste	(... that) you were counting
(... che) loro contassero	(... that) they were counting

Imperative		Scored
conta	Count
contiamo	Let's count
contate	Count

Present Participle		Scored
contante	counting

Past Participle		Scored
contato	counted

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