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Conjugation of the Italian verb negare

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

negare is a regular verb with spelling changes

Infinitive		Scored
negare	to deny

Present		Scored
io nego	I deny
tu neghi	you deny
lui nega	he denies
lei nega	she denies
noi neghiamo	we deny
voi negate	you deny
loro negano	they deny

Imperfect		Scored
io negavo	I was denying
tu negavi	you were denying
lui negava	he was denying
lei negava	she was denying
noi negavamo	we were denying
voi negavate	you were denying
loro negavano	they were denying

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 negai	I denied
tu negasti	you denied
lui negò	he denied
lei negò	she denied
noi negammo	we denied
voi negaste	you denied
loro negarono	they denied

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

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

Future		Scored
io negherò	I will deny
tu negherai	you will deny
lui negherà	he will deny
lei negherà	she will deny
noi negheremo	we will deny
voi negherete	you will deny
loro negheranno	they will deny

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

Conditional		Scored
io negherei	I would deny
tu negheresti	you would deny
lui negherebbe	he would deny
lei negherebbe	she would deny
noi negheremmo	we would deny
voi neghereste	you would deny
loro negherebbero	they would deny

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io neghi	(... that) I deny
(... che) tu neghi	(... that) you deny
(... che) lui neghi	(... that) he denies
(... che) lei neghi	(... that) she denies
(... che) noi neghiamo	(... that) we deny
(... che) voi neghiate	(... that) you deny
(... che) loro neghino	(... that) they deny

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io negassi	(... that) I was denying
(... che) tu negassi	(... that) you were denying
(... che) lui negasse	(... that) he was denying
(... che) lei negasse	(... that) she was denying
(... che) noi negassimo	(... that) we were denying
(... che) voi negaste	(... that) you were denying
(... che) loro negassero	(... that) they were denying

Imperative		Scored
nega	Deny
neghiamo	Let's deny
negate	Deny

Present Participle		Scored
negante	denying

Past Participle		Scored
negato	denied

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