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Conjugation of the Italian verb ballare

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

ballare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
ballare	to dance

Present		Scored
io ballo	I dance
tu balli	you dance
lui balla	he dances
lei balla	she dances
noi balliamo	we dance
voi ballate	you dance
loro ballano	they dance

Imperfect		Scored
io ballavo	I was dancing
tu ballavi	you were dancing
lui ballava	he was dancing
lei ballava	she was dancing
noi ballavamo	we were dancing
voi ballavate	you were dancing
loro ballavano	they were dancing

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 ballai	I danced
tu ballasti	you danced
lui ballò	he danced
lei ballò	she danced
noi ballammo	we danced
voi ballaste	you danced
loro ballarono	they danced

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

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

Future		Scored
io ballerò	I will dance
tu ballerai	you will dance
lui ballerà	he will dance
lei ballerà	she will dance
noi balleremo	we will dance
voi ballerete	you will dance
loro balleranno	they will dance

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

Conditional		Scored
io ballerei	I would dance
tu balleresti	you would dance
lui ballerebbe	he would dance
lei ballerebbe	she would dance
noi balleremmo	we would dance
voi ballereste	you would dance
loro ballerebbero	they would dance

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io balli	(... that) I dance
(... che) tu balli	(... that) you dance
(... che) lui balli	(... that) he dances
(... che) lei balli	(... that) she dances
(... che) noi balliamo	(... that) we dance
(... che) voi balliate	(... that) you dance
(... che) loro ballino	(... that) they dance

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io ballassi	(... that) I was dancing
(... che) tu ballassi	(... that) you were dancing
(... che) lui ballasse	(... that) he was dancing
(... che) lei ballasse	(... that) she was dancing
(... che) noi ballassimo	(... that) we were dancing
(... che) voi ballaste	(... that) you were dancing
(... che) loro ballassero	(... that) they were dancing

Imperative		Scored
balla	Dance
balliamo	Let's dance
ballate	Dance

Present Participle		Scored
ballante	dancing

Past Participle		Scored
ballato	danced

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