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Conjugation of the Italian verb sostenere

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

sostenere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sostenere	to support

Present		Scored
io sostengo	I support
tu sostieni	you support
lui sostiene	he supports
lei sostiene	she supports
noi sosteniamo	we support
voi sostenete	you support
loro sostengono	they support

Imperfect		Scored
io sostenevo	I was supporting
tu sostenevi	you were supporting
lui sosteneva	he was supporting
lei sosteneva	she was supporting
noi sostenevamo	we were supporting
voi sostenevate	you were supporting
loro sostenevano	they were supporting

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 sostenni	I supported
tu sostenesti	you supported
lui sostenne	he supported
lei sostenne	she supported
noi sostenemmo	we supported
voi sosteneste	you supported
loro sostennero	they supported

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

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

Future		Scored
io sosterrò	I will support
tu sosterrai	you will support
lui sosterrà	he will support
lei sosterrà	she will support
noi sosterremo	we will support
voi sosterrete	you will support
loro sosterranno	they will support

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

Conditional		Scored
io sosterrei	I would support
tu sosterresti	you would support
lui sosterrebbe	he would support
lei sosterrebbe	she would support
noi sosterremmo	we would support
voi sosterreste	you would support
loro sosterrebbero	they would support

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sostenga	(... that) I support
(... che) tu sostenga	(... that) you support
(... che) lui sostenga	(... that) he supports
(... che) lei sostenga	(... that) she supports
(... che) noi sosteniamo	(... that) we support
(... che) voi sosteniate	(... that) you support
(... che) loro sostengano	(... that) they support

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sostenessi	(... that) I was supporting
(... che) tu sostenessi	(... that) you were supporting
(... che) lui sostenesse	(... that) he was supporting
(... che) lei sostenesse	(... that) she was supporting
(... che) noi sostenessimo	(... that) we were supporting
(... che) voi sosteneste	(... that) you were supporting
(... che) loro sostenessero	(... that) they were supporting

Imperative		Scored
sostieni	Support
sosteniamo	Let's support
sostenete	Support

Present Participle		Scored
sostenente	supporting

Past Participle		Scored
sostenuto	supported

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