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Conjugation of the Italian verb preparare

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

preparare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
preparare	to prepare

Present		Scored
io preparo	I prepare
tu prepari	you prepare
lui prepara	he prepares
lei prepara	she prepares
noi prepariamo	we prepare
voi preparate	you prepare
loro preparano	they prepare

Imperfect		Scored
io preparavo	I was preparing
tu preparavi	you were preparing
lui preparava	he was preparing
lei preparava	she was preparing
noi preparavamo	we were preparing
voi preparavate	you were preparing
loro preparavano	they were preparing

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 preparai	I prepared
tu preparasti	you prepared
lui preparò	he prepared
lei preparò	she prepared
noi preparammo	we prepared
voi preparaste	you prepared
loro prepararono	they prepared

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

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

Future		Scored
io preparerò	I will prepare
tu preparerai	you will prepare
lui preparerà	he will prepare
lei preparerà	she will prepare
noi prepareremo	we will prepare
voi preparerete	you will prepare
loro prepareranno	they will prepare

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

Conditional		Scored
io preparerei	I would prepare
tu prepareresti	you would prepare
lui preparerebbe	he would prepare
lei preparerebbe	she would prepare
noi prepareremmo	we would prepare
voi preparereste	you would prepare
loro preparerebbero	they would prepare

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io prepari	(... that) I prepare
(... che) tu prepari	(... that) you prepare
(... che) lui prepari	(... that) he prepares
(... che) lei prepari	(... that) she prepares
(... che) noi prepariamo	(... that) we prepare
(... che) voi prepariate	(... that) you prepare
(... che) loro preparino	(... that) they prepare

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io preparassi	(... that) I was preparing
(... che) tu preparassi	(... that) you were preparing
(... che) lui preparasse	(... that) he was preparing
(... che) lei preparasse	(... that) she was preparing
(... che) noi preparassimo	(... that) we were preparing
(... che) voi preparaste	(... that) you were preparing
(... che) loro preparassero	(... that) they were preparing

Imperative		Scored
prepara	Prepare
prepariamo	Let's prepare
preparate	Prepare

Present Participle		Scored
preparante	preparing

Past Participle		Scored
preparato	prepared

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