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Conjugation of the Italian verb prendere

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

prendere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
prendere	to take

Present		Scored
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

Imperfect		Scored
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.		Scored
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		Scored
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		Scored
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		Scored
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.		Scored
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		Scored
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.		Scored
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		Scored
(... 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

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io prendessi	(... that) I was taking
(... che) tu prendessi	(... that) you were taking
(... che) lui prendesse	(... that) he was taking
(... che) lei prendesse	(... that) she was taking
(... che) noi prendessimo	(... that) we were taking
(... che) voi prendeste	(... that) you were taking
(... che) loro prendessero	(... that) they were taking

Imperative		Scored
prendi	Take
prendiamo	Let's take
prendete	Take

Present Participle		Scored
prendente	taking

Past Participle		Scored
preso	taken

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