Conjugation of the Italian verb essere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb essere , along with their English translations.
Present Indicative io sono I am tu sei you are lui è he is lei è she is noi siamo we are voi siete you are loro sono they are
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto essendo I am being tu stai essendo you are being lui sta essendo he is being lei sta essendo she is being noi stiamo essendo we are being voi state essendo you are being loro stanno essendo they are being
Imperfect Indicative io ero I was being tu eri you were being lui era he was being lei era she was being noi eravamo we were being voi eravate you were being loro erano they were being
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. io fui I was tu fosti you were lui fu he was lei fu she was noi fummo we were voi foste you were loro furono they were
Past / Passato prossimo io sono stato I was tu sei stato you were lui è stato he was lei è stata she was noi siamo stati we were voi siete stati you were loro sono stati they were loro sono state they were
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo io ero stato I had been tu eri stato you had been lui era stato he had been lei era stata she had been noi eravamo stati we had been voi eravate stati you had been loro erano stati they had been loro erano state they had been
Future Indicative io sarò I will be tu sarai you will be lui sarà he will be lei sarà she will be noi saremo we will be voi sarete you will be loro saranno they will be
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
io sarò stato I will have been tu sarai stato you will have been lui sarà stato he will have been lei sarà stata she will have been noi saremo stati we will have been voi sarete stati you will have been loro saranno stati they will have been loro saranno state they will have been
Conditional io sarei I would be tu saresti you would be lui sarebbe he would be lei sarebbe she would be noi saremmo we would be voi sareste you would be loro sarebbero they would be
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
io sarei stato I would have been tu saresti stato you would have been lui sarebbe stato he would have been lei sarebbe stata she would have been noi saremmo stati we would have been voi sareste stati you would have been loro sarebbero stati they would have been loro sarebbero state they would have been
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Imperative sii Be siamo Let's be siate Be
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