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Conjugation of the Italian verb esistere

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

esistere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
esistere	to exist

Present		Scored
io esisto	I exist
tu esisti	you exist
lui esiste	he exists
lei esiste	she exists
noi esistiamo	we exist
voi esistete	you exist
loro esistono	they exist

Imperfect		Scored
io esistevo	I was existing
tu esistevi	you were existing
lui esisteva	he was existing
lei esisteva	she was existing
noi esistevamo	we were existing
voi esistevate	you were existing
loro esistevano	they were existing

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 esistei	I existed
tu esistesti	you existed
lui esisté	he existed
lei esisté	she existed
noi esistemmo	we existed
voi esisteste	you existed
loro esisterono	they existed

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

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

Future		Scored
io esisterò	I will exist
tu esisterai	you will exist
lui esisterà	he will exist
lei esisterà	she will exist
noi esisteremo	we will exist
voi esisterete	you will exist
loro esisteranno	they will exist

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

Conditional		Scored
io esisterei	I would exist
tu esisteresti	you would exist
lui esisterebbe	he would exist
lei esisterebbe	she would exist
noi esisteremmo	we would exist
voi esistereste	you would exist
loro esisterebbero	they would exist

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io esista	(... that) I exist
(... che) tu esista	(... that) you exist
(... che) lui esista	(... that) he exists
(... che) lei esista	(... that) she exists
(... che) noi esistiamo	(... that) we exist
(... che) voi esistiate	(... that) you exist
(... che) loro esistano	(... that) they exist

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io esistessi	(... that) I was existing
(... che) tu esistessi	(... that) you were existing
(... che) lui esistesse	(... that) he was existing
(... che) lei esistesse	(... that) she was existing
(... che) noi esistessimo	(... that) we were existing
(... che) voi esisteste	(... that) you were existing
(... che) loro esistessero	(... that) they were existing

Imperative		Scored
esisti	Exist
esistiamo	Let's exist
esistete	Exist

Present Participle		Scored
esistente	existing

Past Participle		Scored
esistito	existed

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