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Conjugation of the Italian verb leggere

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

leggere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
leggere	to read

Present		Scored
io leggo	I read
tu leggi	you read
lui legge	he reads
lei legge	she reads
noi leggiamo	we read
voi leggete	you read
loro leggono	they read

Imperfect		Scored
io leggevo	I was reading
tu leggevi	you were reading
lui leggeva	he was reading
lei leggeva	she was reading
noi leggevamo	we were reading
voi leggevate	you were reading
loro leggevano	they were reading

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 lessi	I read
tu leggesti	you read
lui lesse	he read
lei lesse	she read
noi leggemmo	we read
voi leggeste	you read
loro lessero	they read

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

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

Future		Scored
io leggerò	I will read
tu leggerai	you will read
lui leggerà	he will read
lei leggerà	she will read
noi leggeremo	we will read
voi leggerete	you will read
loro leggeranno	they will read

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

Conditional		Scored
io leggerei	I would read
tu leggeresti	you would read
lui leggerebbe	he would read
lei leggerebbe	she would read
noi leggeremmo	we would read
voi leggereste	you would read
loro leggerebbero	they would read

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io legga	(... that) I read
(... che) tu legga	(... that) you read
(... che) lui legga	(... that) he reads
(... che) lei legga	(... that) she reads
(... che) noi leggiamo	(... that) we read
(... che) voi leggiate	(... that) you read
(... che) loro leggano	(... that) they read

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io leggessi	(... that) I was reading
(... che) tu leggessi	(... that) you were reading
(... che) lui leggesse	(... that) he was reading
(... che) lei leggesse	(... that) she was reading
(... che) noi leggessimo	(... that) we were reading
(... che) voi leggeste	(... that) you were reading
(... che) loro leggessero	(... that) they were reading

Imperative		Scored
leggi	Read
leggiamo	Let's read
leggete	Read

Present Participle		Scored
leggente	reading

Past Participle		Scored
letto	read

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