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Conjugation of the Italian verb sostituire

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

sostituire is a regular verb with spelling changes

Infinitive		Scored
sostituire	to replace

Present		Scored
io sostituisco	I replace
tu sostituisci	you replace
lui sostituisce	he replaces
lei sostituisce	she replaces
noi sostituiamo	we replace
voi sostituite	you replace
loro sostituiscono	they replace

Imperfect		Scored
io sostituivo	I was replacing
tu sostituivi	you were replacing
lui sostituiva	he was replacing
lei sostituiva	she was replacing
noi sostituivamo	we were replacing
voi sostituivate	you were replacing
loro sostituivano	they were replacing

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 sostituii	I replaced
tu sostituisti	you replaced
lui sostituì	he replaced
lei sostituì	she replaced
noi sostituimmo	we replaced
voi sostituiste	you replaced
loro sostituirono	they replaced

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

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

Future		Scored
io sostituirò	I will replace
tu sostituirai	you will replace
lui sostituirà	he will replace
lei sostituirà	she will replace
noi sostituiremo	we will replace
voi sostituirete	you will replace
loro sostituiranno	they will replace

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

Conditional		Scored
io sostituirei	I would replace
tu sostituiresti	you would replace
lui sostituirebbe	he would replace
lei sostituirebbe	she would replace
noi sostituiremmo	we would replace
voi sostituireste	you would replace
loro sostituirebbero	they would replace

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sostituisca	(... that) I replace
(... che) tu sostituisca	(... that) you replace
(... che) lui sostituisca	(... that) he replaces
(... che) lei sostituisca	(... that) she replaces
(... che) noi sostituiamo	(... that) we replace
(... che) voi sostituiate	(... that) you replace
(... che) loro sostituiscano	(... that) they replace

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sostituissi	(... that) I was replacing
(... che) tu sostituissi	(... that) you were replacing
(... che) lui sostituisse	(... that) he was replacing
(... che) lei sostituisse	(... that) she was replacing
(... che) noi sostituissimo	(... that) we were replacing
(... che) voi sostituiste	(... that) you were replacing
(... che) loro sostituissero	(... that) they were replacing

Imperative		Scored
sostituisci	Replace
sostituiamo	Let's replace
sostituite	Replace

Present Participle		Scored
sostituente	replacing

Past Participle		Scored
sostituito	replaced

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