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Conjugation of the Italian verb governare

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

governare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
governare	to rule

Present		Scored
io governo	I rule
tu governi	you rule
lui governa	he rules
lei governa	she rules
noi governiamo	we rule
voi governate	you rule
loro governano	they rule

Imperfect		Scored
io governavo	I was ruling
tu governavi	you were ruling
lui governava	he was ruling
lei governava	she was ruling
noi governavamo	we were ruling
voi governavate	you were ruling
loro governavano	they were ruling

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 governai	I ruled
tu governasti	you ruled
lui governò	he ruled
lei governò	she ruled
noi governammo	we ruled
voi governaste	you ruled
loro governarono	they ruled

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

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

Future		Scored
io governerò	I will rule
tu governerai	you will rule
lui governerà	he will rule
lei governerà	she will rule
noi governeremo	we will rule
voi governerete	you will rule
loro governeranno	they will rule

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

Conditional		Scored
io governerei	I would rule
tu governeresti	you would rule
lui governerebbe	he would rule
lei governerebbe	she would rule
noi governeremmo	we would rule
voi governereste	you would rule
loro governerebbero	they would rule

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io governi	(... that) I rule
(... che) tu governi	(... that) you rule
(... che) lui governi	(... that) he rules
(... che) lei governi	(... that) she rules
(... che) noi governiamo	(... that) we rule
(... che) voi governiate	(... that) you rule
(... che) loro governino	(... that) they rule

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io governassi	(... that) I was ruling
(... che) tu governassi	(... that) you were ruling
(... che) lui governasse	(... that) he was ruling
(... che) lei governasse	(... that) she was ruling
(... che) noi governassimo	(... that) we were ruling
(... che) voi governaste	(... that) you were ruling
(... che) loro governassero	(... that) they were ruling

Imperative		Scored
governa	Rule
governiamo	Let's rule
governate	Rule

Present Participle		Scored
governante	ruling

Past Participle		Scored
governato	ruled

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