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Conjugation of the Italian verb capire

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

capire is an irregular verb


InfinitiveScored
capireto understand

PresentScored
io capiscoI understand
tu capisciyou understand
lui capiscehe understands
lei capisceshe understands
noi capiamowe understand
voi capiteyou understand
loro capisconothey understand

ImperfectScored
io capivoI was understanding
tu capiviyou were understanding
lui capivahe was understanding
lei capivashe was understanding
noi capivamowe were understanding
voi capivateyou were understanding
loro capivanothey were understanding

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 capiiI understood
tu capistiyou understood
lui capìhe understood
lei capìshe understood
noi capimmowe understood
voi capisteyou understood
loro capironothey understood

Past / Passato prossimoScored
io ho capitoI understood
tu hai capitoyou understood
lui ha capitohe understood
lei ha capitoshe understood
noi abbiamo capitowe understood
voi avete capitoyou understood
loro hanno capitothey understood

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimoScored
io avevo capitoI had understood
tu avevi capitoyou had understood
lui aveva capitohe had understood
lei aveva capitoshe had understood
noi avevamo capitowe had understood
voi avevate capitoyou had understood
loro avevano capitothey had understood

FutureScored
io capiròI will understand
tu capiraiyou will understand
lui capiràhe will understand
lei capiràshe will understand
noi capiremowe will understand
voi capireteyou will understand
loro capirannothey will understand

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 capitoI will have understood
tu avrai capitoyou will have understood
lui avrà capitohe will have understood
lei avrà capitoshe will have understood
noi avremo capitowe will have understood
voi avrete capitoyou will have understood
loro avranno capitothey will have understood

ConditionalScored
io capireiI would understand
tu capirestiyou would understand
lui capirebbehe would understand
lei capirebbeshe would understand
noi capiremmowe would understand
voi capiresteyou would understand
loro capirebberothey would understand

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.
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io avrei capitoI would have understood
tu avresti capitoyou would have understood
lui avrebbe capitohe would have understood
lei avrebbe capitoshe would have understood
noi avremmo capitowe would have understood
voi avreste capitoyou would have understood
loro avrebbero capitothey would have understood

Present SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io capisca(... that) I understand
(... che) tu capisca(... that) you understand
(... che) lui capisca(... that) he understands
(... che) lei capisca(... that) she understands
(... che) noi capiamo(... that) we understand
(... che) voi capiate(... that) you understand
(... che) loro capiscano(... that) they understand

Imperfect SubjunctiveScored
(... che) io capissi(... that) I was understanding
(... che) tu capissi(... that) you were understanding
(... che) lui capisse(... that) he was understanding
(... che) lei capisse(... that) she was understanding
(... che) noi capissimo(... that) we were understanding
(... che) voi capiste(... that) you were understanding
(... che) loro capissero(... that) they were understanding

ImperativeScored
capisci Understand
capiamoLet's understand
capite Understand

Present ParticipleScored
capente understanding

Past ParticipleScored
capito understood

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