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Conjugation of the Italian verb ascoltare

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

ascoltare is a regular verb


InfinitiveScored
ascoltareto listen

PresentScored
io ascoltoI listen
tu ascoltiyou listen
lui ascoltahe listens
lei ascoltashe listens
noi ascoltiamowe listen
voi ascoltateyou listen
loro ascoltanothey listen

ImperfectScored
io ascoltavoI was listening
tu ascoltaviyou were listening
lui ascoltavahe was listening
lei ascoltavashe was listening
noi ascoltavamowe were listening
voi ascoltavateyou were listening
loro ascoltavanothey were listening

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 ascoltaiI listened
tu ascoltastiyou listened
lui ascoltòhe listened
lei ascoltòshe listened
noi ascoltammowe listened
voi ascoltasteyou listened
loro ascoltaronothey listened

Past / Passato prossimoScored
io ho ascoltatoI listened
tu hai ascoltatoyou listened
lui ha ascoltatohe listened
lei ha ascoltatoshe listened
noi abbiamo ascoltatowe listened
voi avete ascoltatoyou listened
loro hanno ascoltatothey listened

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimoScored
io avevo ascoltatoI had listened
tu avevi ascoltatoyou had listened
lui aveva ascoltatohe had listened
lei aveva ascoltatoshe had listened
noi avevamo ascoltatowe had listened
voi avevate ascoltatoyou had listened
loro avevano ascoltatothey had listened

FutureScored
io ascolteròI will listen
tu ascolteraiyou will listen
lui ascolteràhe will listen
lei ascolteràshe will listen
noi ascolteremowe will listen
voi ascoltereteyou will listen
loro ascolterannothey will listen

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 ascoltatoI will have listened
tu avrai ascoltatoyou will have listened
lui avrà ascoltatohe will have listened
lei avrà ascoltatoshe will have listened
noi avremo ascoltatowe will have listened
voi avrete ascoltatoyou will have listened
loro avranno ascoltatothey will have listened

ConditionalScored
io ascoltereiI would listen
tu ascolterestiyou would listen
lui ascolterebbehe would listen
lei ascolterebbeshe would listen
noi ascolteremmowe would listen
voi ascolteresteyou would listen
loro ascolterebberothey would listen

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 ascoltatoI would have listened
tu avresti ascoltatoyou would have listened
lui avrebbe ascoltatohe would have listened
lei avrebbe ascoltatoshe would have listened
noi avremmo ascoltatowe would have listened
voi avreste ascoltatoyou would have listened
loro avrebbero ascoltatothey would have listened

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io ascolti(... that) I listen
(... che) tu ascolti(... that) you listen
(... che) lui ascolti(... that) he listens
(... che) lei ascolti(... that) she listens
(... che) noi ascoltiamo(... that) we listen
(... che) voi ascoltiate(... that) you listen
(... che) loro ascoltino(... that) they listen

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io ascoltassi(... that) I was listening
(... che) tu ascoltassi(... that) you were listening
(... che) lui ascoltasse(... that) he was listening
(... che) lei ascoltasse(... that) she was listening
(... che) noi ascoltassimo(... that) we were listening
(... che) voi ascoltaste(... that) you were listening
(... che) loro ascoltassero(... that) they were listening

ImperativeScored
ascolta Listen
ascoltiamoLet's listen
ascoltate Listen

Present ParticipleScored
ascoltante listening

Past ParticipleScored
ascoltato listened

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