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Conjugation of the Italian verb avere

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

avere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
avere	to have

Present		Scored
io ho	I have
tu hai	you have
lui ha	he has
lei ha	she has
noi abbiamo	we have
voi avete	you have
loro hanno	they have

Imperfect		Scored
io avevo	I was having
tu avevi	you were having
lui aveva	he was having
lei aveva	she was having
noi avevamo	we were having
voi avevate	you were having
loro avevano	they were having

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 ebbi	I had
tu avesti	you had
lui ebbe	he had
lei ebbe	she had
noi avemmo	we had
voi aveste	you had
loro ebbero	they had

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

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

Future		Scored
io avrò	I will have
tu avrai	you will have
lui avrà	he will have
lei avrà	she will have
noi avremo	we will have
voi avrete	you will have
loro avranno	they will have

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

Conditional		Scored
io avrei	I would have
tu avresti	you would have
lui avrebbe	he would have
lei avrebbe	she would have
noi avremmo	we would have
voi avreste	you would have
loro avrebbero	they would have

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io abbia	(... that) I have
(... che) tu abbia	(... that) you have
(... che) lui abbia	(... that) he has
(... che) lei abbia	(... that) she has
(... che) noi abbiamo	(... that) we have
(... che) voi abbiate	(... that) you have
(... che) loro abbiano	(... that) they have

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io avessi	(... that) I was having
(... che) tu avessi	(... that) you were having
(... che) lui avesse	(... that) he was having
(... che) lei avesse	(... that) she was having
(... che) noi avessimo	(... that) we were having
(... che) voi aveste	(... that) you were having
(... che) loro avessero	(... that) they were having

Imperative		Scored
abbi	Have
abbiamo	Let's have
abbiate	Have

Present Participle		Scored
avente	having

Past Participle		Scored
avuto	had

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