Conjugation of the Italian verb vivere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb vivere , along with their English translations.
Present Indicative
io vivo I live tu vivi you live lui vive he lives lei vive she lives noi viviamo we live voi vivete you live loro vivono they live
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 vivendo I am living tu stai vivendo you are living lui sta vivendo he is living lei sta vivendo she is living noi stiamo vivendo we are living voi state vivendo you are living loro stanno vivendo they are living
Imperfect Indicative
io vivevo I was living tu vivevi you were living lui viveva he was living lei viveva she was living noi vivevamo we were living voi vivevate you were living loro vivevano they were living
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 vissi I lived tu vivesti you lived lui visse he lived lei visse she lived noi vivemmo we lived voi viveste you lived loro vissero they lived
Past / Passato prossimo
io ho vissuto I lived tu hai vissuto you lived lui ha vissuto he lived lei ha vissuto she lived noi abbiamo vissuto we lived voi avete vissuto you lived loro hanno vissuto they lived
Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo
io avevo vissuto I had lived tu avevi vissuto you had lived lui aveva vissuto he had lived lei aveva vissuto she had lived noi avevamo vissuto we had lived voi avevate vissuto you had lived loro avevano vissuto they had lived
Future Indicative
io vivrò I will live tu vivrai you will live lui vivrà he will live lei vivrà she will live noi vivremo we will live voi vivrete you will live loro vivranno they will live
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 vissuto I will have lived tu avrai vissuto you will have lived lui avrà vissuto he will have lived lei avrà vissuto she will have lived noi avremo vissuto we will have lived voi avrete vissuto you will have lived loro avranno vissuto they will have lived
Conditional
io vivrei I would live tu vivresti you would live lui vivrebbe he would live lei vivrebbe she would live noi vivremmo we would live voi vivreste you would live loro vivrebbero they would live
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 vissuto I would have lived tu avresti vissuto you would have lived lui avrebbe vissuto he would have lived lei avrebbe vissuto she would have lived noi avremmo vissuto we would have lived voi avreste vissuto you would have lived loro avrebbero vissuto they would have lived
Present Subjunctive
(... che) io viva(... that) I live(... che) tu viva(... that) you live(... che) lui viva(... that) he lives(... che) lei viva(... that) she lives(... che) noi viviamo(... that) we live(... che) voi viviate(... that) you live(... che) loro vivano(... that) they live
Imperative
vivi Live viviamo Let's live vivete Live
Present Participle
vivente living
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