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Conjugation of the Italian verb mentire

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

mentire is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
mentire	to lie

Present		Scored
io mento	I lie
tu menti	you lie
lui mente	he lies
lei mente	she lies
noi mentiamo	we lie
voi mentite	you lie
loro mentono	they lie

Imperfect		Scored
io mentivo	I was lying
tu mentivi	you were lying
lui mentiva	he was lying
lei mentiva	she was lying
noi mentivamo	we were lying
voi mentivate	you were lying
loro mentivano	they were lying

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 mentii	I lied
tu mentisti	you lied
lui mentì	he lied
lei mentì	she lied
noi mentimmo	we lied
voi mentiste	you lied
loro mentirono	they lied

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

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

Future		Scored
io mentirò	I will lie
tu mentirai	you will lie
lui mentirà	he will lie
lei mentirà	she will lie
noi mentiremo	we will lie
voi mentirete	you will lie
loro mentiranno	they will lie

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

Conditional		Scored
io mentirei	I would lie
tu mentiresti	you would lie
lui mentirebbe	he would lie
lei mentirebbe	she would lie
noi mentiremmo	we would lie
voi mentireste	you would lie
loro mentirebbero	they would lie

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io menta	(... that) I lie
(... che) tu menta	(... that) you lie
(... che) lui menta	(... that) he lies
(... che) lei menta	(... that) she lies
(... che) noi mentiamo	(... that) we lie
(... che) voi mentiate	(... that) you lie
(... che) loro mentano	(... that) they lie

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io mentissi	(... that) I was lying
(... che) tu mentissi	(... that) you were lying
(... che) lui mentisse	(... that) he was lying
(... che) lei mentisse	(... that) she was lying
(... che) noi mentissimo	(... that) we were lying
(... che) voi mentiste	(... that) you were lying
(... che) loro mentissero	(... that) they were lying

Imperative		Scored
menti	Lie
mentiamo	Let's lie
mentite	Lie

Present Participle		Scored
mentente	lying

Past Participle		Scored
mentito	lied

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