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Conjugation of the Italian verb dire

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

dire is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
dire	to say

Present		Scored
io dico	I say
tu dici	you say
lui dice	he says
lei dice	she says
noi diciamo	we say
voi dite	you say
loro dicono	they say

Imperfect		Scored
io dicevo	I was saying
tu dicevi	you were saying
lui diceva	he was saying
lei diceva	she was saying
noi dicevamo	we were saying
voi dicevate	you were saying
loro dicevano	they were saying

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 dissi	I said
tu dicesti	you said
lui disse	he said
lei disse	she said
noi dicemmo	we said
voi diceste	you said
loro dissero	they said

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

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

Future		Scored
io dirò	I will say
tu dirai	you will say
lui dirà	he will say
lei dirà	she will say
noi diremo	we will say
voi direte	you will say
loro diranno	they will say

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

Conditional		Scored
io direi	I would say
tu diresti	you would say
lui direbbe	he would say
lei direbbe	she would say
noi diremmo	we would say
voi direste	you would say
loro direbbero	they would say

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io dica	(... that) I say
(... che) tu dica	(... that) you say
(... che) lui dica	(... that) he says
(... che) lei dica	(... that) she says
(... che) noi diciamo	(... that) we say
(... che) voi diciate	(... that) you say
(... che) loro dicano	(... that) they say

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io dicessi	(... that) I was saying
(... che) tu dicessi	(... that) you were saying
(... che) lui dicesse	(... that) he was saying
(... che) lei dicesse	(... that) she was saying
(... che) noi dicessimo	(... that) we were saying
(... che) voi diceste	(... that) you were saying
(... che) loro dicessero	(... that) they were saying

Imperative		Scored
dì	Say
diciamo	Let's say
dite	Say

Present Participle		Scored
dicente	saying

Past Participle		Scored
detto	said

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