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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

Infinitive		Scored
capire	to understand

Present		Scored
io capisco	I understand
tu capisci	you understand
lui capisce	he understands
lei capisce	she understands
noi capiamo	we understand
voi capite	you understand
loro capiscono	they understand

Imperfect		Scored
io capivo	I was understanding
tu capivi	you were understanding
lui capiva	he was understanding
lei capiva	she was understanding
noi capivamo	we were understanding
voi capivate	you were understanding
loro capivano	they 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 capii	I understood
tu capisti	you understood
lui capì	he understood
lei capì	she understood
noi capimmo	we understood
voi capiste	you understood
loro capirono	they understood

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

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

Future		Scored
io capirò	I will understand
tu capirai	you will understand
lui capirà	he will understand
lei capirà	she will understand
noi capiremo	we will understand
voi capirete	you will understand
loro capiranno	they 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 capito	I will have understood
tu avrai capito	you will have understood
lui avrà capito	he will have understood
lei avrà capito	she will have understood
noi avremo capito	we will have understood
voi avrete capito	you will have understood
loro avranno capito	they will have understood

Conditional		Scored
io capirei	I would understand
tu capiresti	you would understand
lui capirebbe	he would understand
lei capirebbe	she would understand
noi capiremmo	we would understand
voi capireste	you would understand
loro capirebbero	they 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.		Scored
io avrei capito	I would have understood
tu avresti capito	you would have understood
lui avrebbe capito	he would have understood
lei avrebbe capito	she would have understood
noi avremmo capito	we would have understood
voi avreste capito	you would have understood
loro avrebbero capito	they would have understood

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... 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 Subjunctive		Scored
(... 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

Imperative		Scored
capisci	Understand
capiamo	Let's understand
capite	Understand

Present Participle		Scored
capente	understanding

Past Participle		Scored
capito	understood

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