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Conjugation of the Italian verb rispondere

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

rispondere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
rispondere	to answer

Present		Scored
io rispondo	I answer
tu rispondi	you answer
lui risponde	he answers
lei risponde	she answers
noi rispondiamo	we answer
voi rispondete	you answer
loro rispondono	they answer

Imperfect		Scored
io rispondevo	I was answering
tu rispondevi	you were answering
lui rispondeva	he was answering
lei rispondeva	she was answering
noi rispondevamo	we were answering
voi rispondevate	you were answering
loro rispondevano	they were answering

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 risposi	I answered
tu rispondesti	you answered
lui rispose	he answered
lei rispose	she answered
noi rispondemmo	we answered
voi rispondeste	you answered
loro risposero	they answered

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

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

Future		Scored
io risponderò	I will answer
tu risponderai	you will answer
lui risponderà	he will answer
lei risponderà	she will answer
noi risponderemo	we will answer
voi risponderete	you will answer
loro risponderanno	they will answer

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

Conditional		Scored
io risponderei	I would answer
tu risponderesti	you would answer
lui risponderebbe	he would answer
lei risponderebbe	she would answer
noi risponderemmo	we would answer
voi rispondereste	you would answer
loro risponderebbero	they would answer

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io risponda	(... that) I answer
(... che) tu risponda	(... that) you answer
(... che) lui risponda	(... that) he answers
(... che) lei risponda	(... that) she answers
(... che) noi rispondiamo	(... that) we answer
(... che) voi rispondiate	(... that) you answer
(... che) loro rispondano	(... that) they answer

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io rispondessi	(... that) I was answering
(... che) tu rispondessi	(... that) you were answering
(... che) lui rispondesse	(... that) he was answering
(... che) lei rispondesse	(... that) she was answering
(... che) noi rispondessimo	(... that) we were answering
(... che) voi rispondeste	(... that) you were answering
(... che) loro rispondessero	(... that) they were answering

Imperative		Scored
rispondi	Answer
rispondiamo	Let's answer
rispondete	Answer

Present Participle		Scored
rispondente	answering

Past Participle		Scored
risposto	answered

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