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Conjugation of the Italian verb cantare

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

cantare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
cantare	to sing

Present		Scored
io canto	I sing
tu canti	you sing
lui canta	he sings
lei canta	she sings
noi cantiamo	we sing
voi cantate	you sing
loro cantano	they sing

Imperfect		Scored
io cantavo	I was singing
tu cantavi	you were singing
lui cantava	he was singing
lei cantava	she was singing
noi cantavamo	we were singing
voi cantavate	you were singing
loro cantavano	they were singing

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 cantai	I sang
tu cantasti	you sang
lui cantò	he sang
lei cantò	she sang
noi cantammo	we sang
voi cantaste	you sang
loro cantarono	they sang

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

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

Future		Scored
io canterò	I will sing
tu canterai	you will sing
lui canterà	he will sing
lei canterà	she will sing
noi canteremo	we will sing
voi canterete	you will sing
loro canteranno	they will sing

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

Conditional		Scored
io canterei	I would sing
tu canteresti	you would sing
lui canterebbe	he would sing
lei canterebbe	she would sing
noi canteremmo	we would sing
voi cantereste	you would sing
loro canterebbero	they would sing

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io canti	(... that) I sing
(... che) tu canti	(... that) you sing
(... che) lui canti	(... that) he sings
(... che) lei canti	(... that) she sings
(... che) noi cantiamo	(... that) we sing
(... che) voi cantiate	(... that) you sing
(... che) loro cantino	(... that) they sing

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io cantassi	(... that) I was singing
(... che) tu cantassi	(... that) you were singing
(... che) lui cantasse	(... that) he was singing
(... che) lei cantasse	(... that) she was singing
(... che) noi cantassimo	(... that) we were singing
(... che) voi cantaste	(... that) you were singing
(... che) loro cantassero	(... that) they were singing

Imperative		Scored
canta	Sing
cantiamo	Let's sing
cantate	Sing

Present Participle		Scored
cantante	singing

Past Participle		Scored
cantato	sung

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