Conjugation of the Italian verb vedere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb vedere , along with their English translations.
Present Indicative
io vedo I see tu vedi you see lui vede he sees lei vede she sees noi vediamo we see voi vedete you see loro vedono they see
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto veggendo I am seeing tu stai veggendo you are seeing lui sta veggendo he is seeing lei sta veggendo she is seeing noi stiamo veggendo we are seeing voi state veggendo you are seeing loro stanno veggendo they are seeing
Imperfect Indicative
io vedevo I was seeing tu vedevi you were seeing lui vedeva he was seeing lei vedeva she was seeing noi vedevamo we were seeing voi vedevate you were seeing loro vedevano they were seeing
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.
io vedetti I saw tu vedesti you saw lui vide he saw lei vide she saw noi vedemmo we saw voi vedeste you saw loro vedettero they saw
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho veduto I saw tu hai veduto you saw lui ha veduto he saw lei ha veduto she saw noi abbiamo veduto we saw voi avete veduto you saw loro hanno veduto they saw
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo veduto I had seen tu avevi veduto you had seen lui aveva veduto he had seen lei aveva veduto she had seen noi avevamo veduto we had seen voi avevate veduto you had seen loro avevano veduto they had seen
Future Indicative
io vederò I will see tu vederai you will see lui vederà he will see lei vederà she will see noi vederemo we will see voi vederete you will see loro vederanno they will see
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 .
io avrò veduto I will have seen tu avrai veduto you will have seen lui avrà veduto he will have seen lei avrà veduto she will have seen noi avremo veduto we will have seen voi avrete veduto you will have seen loro avranno veduto they will have seen
Conditional
io vedrei I would see tu vedresti you would see lui vedrebbe he would see lei vedrebbe she would see noi vedremmo we would see voi vedreste you would see loro vedrebbero they would see
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 .
io avrei veduto I would have seen tu avresti veduto you would have seen lui avrebbe veduto he would have seen lei avrebbe veduto she would have seen noi avremmo veduto we would have seen voi avreste veduto you would have seen loro avrebbero veduto they would have seen
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io veda(... that) I see(... che) tu veda(... that) you see(... che) lui veda(... that) he sees(... che) lei veda(... that) she sees(... che) noi vediamo(... that) we see(... che) voi vediate(... that) you see(... che) loro vedano(... that) they see
Imperative
vedi See vediamo Let's see vedete See
Present Participle
veggente seeing
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