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Conjugation of the Italian verb bere

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

bere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
bere	to drink

Present		Scored
io bevo	I drink
tu bevi	you drink
lui beve	he drinks
lei beve	she drinks
noi beviamo	we drink
voi bevete	you drink
loro bevono	they drink

Imperfect		Scored
io bevevo	I was drinking
tu bevevi	you were drinking
lui beveva	he was drinking
lei beveva	she was drinking
noi bevevamo	we were drinking
voi bevevate	you were drinking
loro bevevano	they were drinking

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 bevvi	I drank
tu bevesti	you drank
lui bevve	he drank
lei bevve	she drank
noi bevemmo	we drank
voi beveste	you drank
loro bevvero	they drank

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

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

Future		Scored
io berrò	I will drink
tu berrai	you will drink
lui berrà	he will drink
lei berrà	she will drink
noi berremo	we will drink
voi berrete	you will drink
loro berranno	they will drink

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

Conditional		Scored
io berrei	I would drink
tu berresti	you would drink
lui berrebbe	he would drink
lei berrebbe	she would drink
noi berremmo	we would drink
voi berreste	you would drink
loro berrebbero	they would drink

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io beva	(... that) I drink
(... che) tu beva	(... that) you drink
(... che) lui beva	(... that) he drinks
(... che) lei beva	(... that) she drinks
(... che) noi beviamo	(... that) we drink
(... che) voi beviate	(... that) you drink
(... che) loro bevano	(... that) they drink

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io bevessi	(... that) I was drinking
(... che) tu bevessi	(... that) you were drinking
(... che) lui bevesse	(... that) he was drinking
(... che) lei bevesse	(... that) she was drinking
(... che) noi bevessimo	(... that) we were drinking
(... che) voi beveste	(... that) you were drinking
(... che) loro bevessero	(... that) they were drinking

Imperative		Scored
bevi	Drink
beviamo	Let's drink
bevete	Drink

Present Participle		Scored
bevente	drinking

Past Participle		Scored
bevuto	drunk

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