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Conjugation of the Italian verb mettere

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

mettere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
mettere	to put

Present		Scored
io metto	I put
tu metti	you put
lui mette	he puts
lei mette	she puts
noi mettiamo	we put
voi mettete	you put
loro mettono	they put

Imperfect		Scored
io mettevo	I was putting
tu mettevi	you were putting
lui metteva	he was putting
lei metteva	she was putting
noi mettevamo	we were putting
voi mettevate	you were putting
loro mettevano	they were putting

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 misi	I put
tu mettesti	you put
lui mise	he put
lei mise	she put
noi mettemmo	we put
voi metteste	you put
loro misero	they put

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

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

Future		Scored
io metterò	I will put
tu metterai	you will put
lui metterà	he will put
lei metterà	she will put
noi metteremo	we will put
voi metterete	you will put
loro metteranno	they will put

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

Conditional		Scored
io metterei	I would put
tu metteresti	you would put
lui metterebbe	he would put
lei metterebbe	she would put
noi metteremmo	we would put
voi mettereste	you would put
loro metterebbero	they would put

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io metta	(... that) I put
(... che) tu metta	(... that) you put
(... che) lui metta	(... that) he puts
(... che) lei metta	(... that) she puts
(... che) noi mettiamo	(... that) we put
(... che) voi mettiate	(... that) you put
(... che) loro mettano	(... that) they put

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io mettessi	(... that) I was putting
(... che) tu mettessi	(... that) you were putting
(... che) lui mettesse	(... that) he was putting
(... che) lei mettesse	(... that) she was putting
(... che) noi mettessimo	(... that) we were putting
(... che) voi metteste	(... that) you were putting
(... che) loro mettessero	(... that) they were putting

Imperative		Scored
metti	Put
mettiamo	Let's put
mettete	Put

Present Participle		Scored
mettente	putting

Past Participle		Scored
messo	put

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