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Past of the Italian verb conoscere

The past tense conjugations for the Italian verb conoscere, along with their English translations.

conoscere is an irregular verb

Imperfect		Scored
io conoscevo	I was being acquainted with
tu conoscevi	you were being acquainted with
lui conosceva	he was being acquainted with
lei conosceva	she was being acquainted with
noi conoscevamo	we were being acquainted with
voi conoscevate	you were being acquainted with
loro conoscevano	they were being acquainted with

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 conobbi	I was acquainted with
tu conoscesti	you were acquainted with
lui conobbe	he was acquainted with
lei conobbe	she was acquainted with
noi conoscemmo	we were acquainted with
voi conosceste	you were acquainted with
loro conobbero	they were acquainted with

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

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