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Conjugation of the Italian verb telefonare

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

telefonare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
telefonare	to telephone

Present		Scored
io telefono	I telephone
tu telefoni	you telephone
lui telefona	he telephones
lei telefona	she telephones
noi telefoniamo	we telephone
voi telefonate	you telephone
loro telefonano	they telephone

Imperfect		Scored
io telefonavo	I was telephoning
tu telefonavi	you were telephoning
lui telefonava	he was telephoning
lei telefonava	she was telephoning
noi telefonavamo	we were telephoning
voi telefonavate	you were telephoning
loro telefonavano	they were telephoning

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 telefonai	I telephoned
tu telefonasti	you telephoned
lui telefonò	he telephoned
lei telefonò	she telephoned
noi telefonammo	we telephoned
voi telefonaste	you telephoned
loro telefonarono	they telephoned

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

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

Future		Scored
io telefonerò	I will telephone
tu telefonerai	you will telephone
lui telefonerà	he will telephone
lei telefonerà	she will telephone
noi telefoneremo	we will telephone
voi telefonerete	you will telephone
loro telefoneranno	they will telephone

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

Conditional		Scored
io telefonerei	I would telephone
tu telefoneresti	you would telephone
lui telefonerebbe	he would telephone
lei telefonerebbe	she would telephone
noi telefoneremmo	we would telephone
voi telefonereste	you would telephone
loro telefonerebbero	they would telephone

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io telefoni	(... that) I telephone
(... che) tu telefoni	(... that) you telephone
(... che) lui telefoni	(... that) he telephones
(... che) lei telefoni	(... that) she telephones
(... che) noi telefoniamo	(... that) we telephone
(... che) voi telefoniate	(... that) you telephone
(... che) loro telefonino	(... that) they telephone

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io telefonassi	(... that) I was telephoning
(... che) tu telefonassi	(... that) you were telephoning
(... che) lui telefonasse	(... that) he was telephoning
(... che) lei telefonasse	(... that) she was telephoning
(... che) noi telefonassimo	(... that) we were telephoning
(... che) voi telefonaste	(... that) you were telephoning
(... che) loro telefonassero	(... that) they were telephoning

Imperative		Scored
telefona	Telephone
telefoniamo	Let's telephone
telefonate	Telephone

Present Participle		Scored
telefonante	telephoning

Past Participle		Scored
telefonato	telephoned

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