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Conjugation of the Italian verb ottenere

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

ottenere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
ottenere	to get

Present		Scored
io ottengo	I get
tu ottieni	you get
lui ottiene	he gets
lei ottiene	she gets
noi otteniamo	we get
voi ottenete	you get
loro ottengono	they get

Imperfect		Scored
io ottenevo	I was getting
tu ottenevi	you were getting
lui otteneva	he was getting
lei otteneva	she was getting
noi ottenevamo	we were getting
voi ottenevate	you were getting
loro ottenevano	they were getting

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 ottenni	I got
tu ottenesti	you got
lui ottenne	he got
lei ottenne	she got
noi ottenemmo	we got
voi otteneste	you got
loro ottennero	they got

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

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

Future		Scored
io otterrò	I will get
tu otterrai	you will get
lui otterrà	he will get
lei otterrà	she will get
noi otterremo	we will get
voi otterrete	you will get
loro otterranno	they will get

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

Conditional		Scored
io otterrei	I would get
tu otterresti	you would get
lui otterrebbe	he would get
lei otterrebbe	she would get
noi otterremmo	we would get
voi otterreste	you would get
loro otterrebbero	they would get

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ottenga	(... that) I get
(... che) tu ottenga	(... that) you get
(... che) lui ottenga	(... that) he gets
(... che) lei ottenga	(... that) she gets
(... che) noi otteniamo	(... that) we get
(... che) voi otteniate	(... that) you get
(... che) loro ottengano	(... that) they get

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ottenessi	(... that) I was getting
(... che) tu ottenessi	(... that) you were getting
(... che) lui ottenesse	(... that) he was getting
(... che) lei ottenesse	(... that) she was getting
(... che) noi ottenessimo	(... that) we were getting
(... che) voi otteneste	(... that) you were getting
(... che) loro ottenessero	(... that) they were getting

Imperative		Scored
ottieni	Get
otteniamo	Let's get
ottenete	Get

Present Participle		Scored
ottenente	getting

Past Participle		Scored
ottenuto	gotten

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