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Conjugation of the Italian verb dovere

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

dovere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
dovere	to owe

Present		Scored
io devo	I owe
tu devi	you owe
lui deve	he owes
lei deve	she owes
noi dobbiamo	we owe
voi dovete	you owe
loro devono	they owe

Imperfect		Scored
io dovevo	I was owing
tu dovevi	you were owing
lui doveva	he was owing
lei doveva	she was owing
noi dovevamo	we were owing
voi dovevate	you were owing
loro dovevano	they were owing

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 dovei	I owed
tu dovesti	you owed
lui dové	he owed
lei dové	she owed
noi dovemmo	we owed
voi doveste	you owed
loro doverono	they owed

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

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

Future		Scored
io dovrò	I will owe
tu dovrai	you will owe
lui dovrà	he will owe
lei dovrà	she will owe
noi dovremo	we will owe
voi dovrete	you will owe
loro dovranno	they will owe

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

Conditional		Scored
io dovrei	I would owe
tu dovresti	you would owe
lui dovrebbe	he would owe
lei dovrebbe	she would owe
noi dovremmo	we would owe
voi dovreste	you would owe
loro dovrebbero	they would owe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io deva	(... that) I owe
(... che) tu deva	(... that) you owe
(... che) lui deva	(... that) he owes
(... che) lei deva	(... that) she owes
(... che) noi dobbiamo	(... that) we owe
(... che) voi dobbiate	(... that) you owe
(... che) loro devano	(... that) they owe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io dovessi	(... that) I was owing
(... che) tu dovessi	(... that) you were owing
(... che) lui dovesse	(... that) he was owing
(... che) lei dovesse	(... that) she was owing
(... che) noi dovessimo	(... that) we were owing
(... che) voi doveste	(... that) you were owing
(... che) loro dovessero	(... that) they were owing

Present Participle		Scored
dovente	owing

Past Participle		Scored
dovuto	owed

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