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Conjugation of the Italian verb continuare

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

continuare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
continuare	to continue

Present		Scored
io continuo	I continue
tu continui	you continue
lui continua	he continues
lei continua	she continues
noi continuiamo	we continue
voi continuate	you continue
loro continuano	they continue

Imperfect		Scored
io continuavo	I was continuing
tu continuavi	you were continuing
lui continuava	he was continuing
lei continuava	she was continuing
noi continuavamo	we were continuing
voi continuavate	you were continuing
loro continuavano	they were continuing

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 continuai	I continued
tu continuasti	you continued
lui continuò	he continued
lei continuò	she continued
noi continuammo	we continued
voi continuaste	you continued
loro continuarono	they continued

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

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

Future		Scored
io continuerò	I will continue
tu continuerai	you will continue
lui continuerà	he will continue
lei continuerà	she will continue
noi continueremo	we will continue
voi continuerete	you will continue
loro continueranno	they will continue

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

Conditional		Scored
io continuerei	I would continue
tu continueresti	you would continue
lui continuerebbe	he would continue
lei continuerebbe	she would continue
noi continueremmo	we would continue
voi continuereste	you would continue
loro continuerebbero	they would continue

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io continui	(... that) I continue
(... che) tu continui	(... that) you continue
(... che) lui continui	(... that) he continues
(... che) lei continui	(... that) she continues
(... che) noi continuiamo	(... that) we continue
(... che) voi continuiate	(... that) you continue
(... che) loro continuino	(... that) they continue

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io continuassi	(... that) I was continuing
(... che) tu continuassi	(... that) you were continuing
(... che) lui continuasse	(... that) he was continuing
(... che) lei continuasse	(... that) she was continuing
(... che) noi continuassimo	(... that) we were continuing
(... che) voi continuaste	(... that) you were continuing
(... che) loro continuassero	(... that) they were continuing

Imperative		Scored
continua	Continue
continuiamo	Let's continue
continuate	Continue

Present Participle		Scored
continuante	continuing

Past Participle		Scored
continuato	continued

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