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Conjugation of the Italian verb esserci

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

esserci is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
esserci	to there be

Present		Scored
io ci sono	I there be
tu ci sei	you there be
lui c'è	he there is
lei c'è	she there is
noi ci siamo	we there be
voi ci siete	you there be
loro ci sono	they there be

Imperfect		Scored
io c'ero	I was there being
tu c'eri	you were there being
lui c'era	he was there being
lei c'era	she was there being
noi c'eravamo	we were there being
voi c'eravate	you were there being
loro c'erano	they were there being

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

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 statoci	I will have there has been
tu avrai statoci	you will have there has been
lui avrà statoci	he will have there has been
lei avrà statoci	she will have there has been
noi avremo statoci	we will have there has been
voi avrete statoci	you will have there has been
loro avranno statoci	they will have there has been

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 statoci	I would have there has been
tu avresti statoci	you would have there has been
lui avrebbe statoci	he would have there has been
lei avrebbe statoci	she would have there has been
noi avremmo statoci	we would have there has been
voi avreste statoci	you would have there has been
loro avrebbero statoci	they would have there has been

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ci sia	(... that) I there be
(... che) tu ci sia	(... that) you there be
(... che) lui ci sia	(... that) he there is
(... che) lei ci sia	(... that) she there is
(... che) noi ci siamo	(... that) we there be
(... che) voi ci siate	(... that) you there be
(... che) loro ci siano	(... that) they there be

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ci fossi	(... that) I was there being
(... che) tu ci fossi	(... that) you were there being
(... che) lui ci fosse	(... that) he was there being
(... che) lei ci fosse	(... that) she was there being
(... che) noi ci fossimo	(... that) we were there being
(... che) voi ci foste	(... that) you were there being
(... che) loro ci fossero	(... that) they were there being

Imperative		Scored
siici	There be
siamoci	Let's there be
siateci	There be

Past Participle		Scored
statoci	there has been

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