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Conjugation of the Italian verb valere

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

valere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
valere	to be worth

Present		Scored
io valgo	I am worth
tu vali	you are worth
lui vale	he is worth
lei vale	she is worth
noi valiamo	we are worth
voi valete	you are worth
loro valgono	they are worth

Imperfect		Scored
io valevo	I was being worth
tu valevi	you were being worth
lui valeva	he was being worth
lei valeva	she was being worth
noi valevamo	we were being worth
voi valevate	you were being worth
loro valevano	they were being worth

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 valsi	I was worth
tu valesti	you were worth
lui valse	he was worth
lei valse	she was worth
noi valemmo	we were worth
voi valeste	you were worth
loro valsero	they were worth

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

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

Future		Scored
io varrò	I will be worth
tu varrai	you will be worth
lui varrà	he will be worth
lei varrà	she will be worth
noi varremo	we will be worth
voi varrete	you will be worth
loro varranno	they will be worth

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 valso	I will have been worth
tu avrai valso	you will have been worth
lui avrà valso	he will have been worth
lei avrà valso	she will have been worth
noi avremo valso	we will have been worth
voi avrete valso	you will have been worth
loro avranno valso	they will have been worth

Conditional		Scored
io varrei	I would be worth
tu varresti	you would be worth
lui varrebbe	he would be worth
lei varrebbe	she would be worth
noi varremmo	we would be worth
voi varreste	you would be worth
loro varrebbero	they would be worth

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 valso	I would have been worth
tu avresti valso	you would have been worth
lui avrebbe valso	he would have been worth
lei avrebbe valso	she would have been worth
noi avremmo valso	we would have been worth
voi avreste valso	you would have been worth
loro avrebbero valso	they would have been worth

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io valga	(... that) I am worth
(... che) tu valga	(... that) you are worth
(... che) lui valga	(... that) he is worth
(... che) lei valga	(... that) she is worth
(... che) noi valiamo	(... that) we are worth
(... che) voi valiate	(... that) you are worth
(... che) loro valgano	(... that) they are worth

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io valessi	(... that) I was being worth
(... che) tu valessi	(... that) you were being worth
(... che) lui valesse	(... that) he was being worth
(... che) lei valesse	(... that) she was being worth
(... che) noi valessimo	(... that) we were being worth
(... che) voi valeste	(... that) you were being worth
(... che) loro valessero	(... that) they were being worth

Imperative		Scored
vali	Be worth
valiamo	Let's be worth
valete	Be worth

Present Participle		Scored
valente	being worth

Past Participle		Scored
valso	been worth

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