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Conjugation of the Italian verb chiamare

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

chiamare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
chiamare	to call

Present		Scored
io chiamo	I call
tu chiami	you call
lui chiama	he calls
lei chiama	she calls
noi chiamiamo	we call
voi chiamate	you call
loro chiamano	they call

Imperfect		Scored
io chiamavo	I was calling
tu chiamavi	you were calling
lui chiamava	he was calling
lei chiamava	she was calling
noi chiamavamo	we were calling
voi chiamavate	you were calling
loro chiamavano	they were calling

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 chiamai	I called
tu chiamasti	you called
lui chiamò	he called
lei chiamò	she called
noi chiamammo	we called
voi chiamaste	you called
loro chiamarono	they called

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

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

Future		Scored
io chiamerò	I will call
tu chiamerai	you will call
lui chiamerà	he will call
lei chiamerà	she will call
noi chiameremo	we will call
voi chiamerete	you will call
loro chiameranno	they will call

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

Conditional		Scored
io chiamerei	I would call
tu chiameresti	you would call
lui chiamerebbe	he would call
lei chiamerebbe	she would call
noi chiameremmo	we would call
voi chiamereste	you would call
loro chiamerebbero	they would call

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io chiami	(... that) I call
(... che) tu chiami	(... that) you call
(... che) lui chiami	(... that) he calls
(... che) lei chiami	(... that) she calls
(... che) noi chiamiamo	(... that) we call
(... che) voi chiamiate	(... that) you call
(... che) loro chiamino	(... that) they call

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io chiamassi	(... that) I was calling
(... che) tu chiamassi	(... that) you were calling
(... che) lui chiamasse	(... that) he was calling
(... che) lei chiamasse	(... that) she was calling
(... che) noi chiamassimo	(... that) we were calling
(... che) voi chiamaste	(... that) you were calling
(... che) loro chiamassero	(... that) they were calling

Imperative		Scored
chiama	Call
chiamiamo	Let's call
chiamate	Call

Present Participle		Scored
chiamante	calling

Past Participle		Scored
chiamato	called

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