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Conjugation of the Italian verb chiedere

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

chiedere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
chiedere	to ask

Present		Scored
io chiedo	I ask
tu chiedi	you ask
lui chiede	he asks
lei chiede	she asks
noi chiediamo	we ask
voi chiedete	you ask
loro chiedono	they ask

Imperfect		Scored
io chiedevo	I was asking
tu chiedevi	you were asking
lui chiedeva	he was asking
lei chiedeva	she was asking
noi chiedevamo	we were asking
voi chiedevate	you were asking
loro chiedevano	they were asking

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 chiesi	I asked
tu chiedesti	you asked
lui chiese	he asked
lei chiese	she asked
noi chiedemmo	we asked
voi chiedeste	you asked
loro chiesero	they asked

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

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

Future		Scored
io chiederò	I will ask
tu chiederai	you will ask
lui chiederà	he will ask
lei chiederà	she will ask
noi chiederemo	we will ask
voi chiederete	you will ask
loro chiederanno	they will ask

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

Conditional		Scored
io chiederei	I would ask
tu chiederesti	you would ask
lui chiederebbe	he would ask
lei chiederebbe	she would ask
noi chiederemmo	we would ask
voi chiedereste	you would ask
loro chiederebbero	they would ask

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io chieda	(... that) I ask
(... che) tu chieda	(... that) you ask
(... che) lui chieda	(... that) he asks
(... che) lei chieda	(... that) she asks
(... che) noi chiediamo	(... that) we ask
(... che) voi chiediate	(... that) you ask
(... che) loro chiedano	(... that) they ask

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io chiedessi	(... that) I was asking
(... che) tu chiedessi	(... that) you were asking
(... che) lui chiedesse	(... that) he was asking
(... che) lei chiedesse	(... that) she was asking
(... che) noi chiedessimo	(... that) we were asking
(... che) voi chiedeste	(... that) you were asking
(... che) loro chiedessero	(... that) they were asking

Imperative		Scored
chiedi	Ask
chiediamo	Let's ask
chiedete	Ask

Present Participle		Scored
chiedente	asking

Past Participle		Scored
chiesto	asked

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