Conjugation of the Italian verb prendere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb prendere , along with their English translations.
Infinitive
prendere to take
Present Indicative
io prendo I take tu prendi you take lui prende he takes lei prende she takes noi prendiamo we take voi prendete you take loro prendono they take
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 prendendo I am taking tu stai prendendo you are taking lui sta prendendo he is taking lei sta prendendo she is taking noi stiamo prendendo we are taking voi state prendendo you are taking loro stanno prendendo they are taking
Imperfect Indicative
io prendevo I was taking tu prendevi you were taking lui prendeva he was taking lei prendeva she was taking noi prendevamo we were taking voi prendevate you were taking loro prendevano they were taking
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 presi I took tu prendesti you took lui prese he took lei prese she took noi prendemmo we took voi prendeste you took loro presero they took
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho preso I took tu hai preso you took lui ha preso he took lei ha preso she took noi abbiamo preso we took voi avete preso you took loro hanno preso they took
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo preso I had taken tu avevi preso you had taken lui aveva preso he had taken lei aveva preso she had taken noi avevamo preso we had taken voi avevate preso you had taken loro avevano preso they had taken
Future Indicative
io prenderò I will take tu prenderai you will take lui prenderà he will take lei prenderà she will take noi prenderemo we will take voi prenderete you will take loro prenderanno they will take
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 avrò preso I will have taken tu avrai preso you will have taken lui avrà preso he will have taken lei avrà preso she will have taken noi avremo preso we will have taken voi avrete preso you will have taken loro avranno preso they will have taken
Conditional
io prenderei I would take tu prenderesti you would take lui prenderebbe he would take lei prenderebbe she would take noi prenderemmo we would take voi prendereste you would take loro prenderebbero they would take
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 avrei preso I would have taken tu avresti preso you would have taken lui avrebbe preso he would have taken lei avrebbe preso she would have taken noi avremmo preso we would have taken voi avreste preso you would have taken loro avrebbero preso they would have taken
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io prenda(... that) I take(... che) tu prenda(... that) you take(... che) lui prenda(... that) he takes(... che) lei prenda(... that) she takes(... che) noi prendiamo(... that) we take(... che) voi prendiate(... that) you take(... che) loro prendano(... that) they take
Imperative
prendi Take prendiamo Let's take prendete Take
Present Participle
prendente taking
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