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Past of the Italian verb essere

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

essere is an irregular verb


ImperfectScored
io eroI was being
tu eriyou were being
lui erahe was being
lei erashe was being
noi eravamowe were being
voi eravateyou were being
loro eranothey were being

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 fuiI was
tu fostiyou were
lui fuhe was
lei fushe was
noi fummowe were
voi fosteyou were
loro furonothey were

Past / Passato prossimoScored
io sono statoI was
tu sei statoyou were
lui è statohe was
lei è statashe was
noi siamo statiwe were
voi siete statiyou were
loro sono statithey were
loro sono statethey were

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