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Conjugation of the Italian verb osservare

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

osservare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
osservare	to observe

Present		Scored
io osservo	I observe
tu osservi	you observe
lui osserva	he observes
lei osserva	she observes
noi osserviamo	we observe
voi osservate	you observe
loro osservano	they observe

Imperfect		Scored
io osservavo	I was observing
tu osservavi	you were observing
lui osservava	he was observing
lei osservava	she was observing
noi osservavamo	we were observing
voi osservavate	you were observing
loro osservavano	they were observing

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 osservai	I observed
tu osservasti	you observed
lui osservò	he observed
lei osservò	she observed
noi osservammo	we observed
voi osservaste	you observed
loro osservarono	they observed

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

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

Future		Scored
io osserverò	I will observe
tu osserverai	you will observe
lui osserverà	he will observe
lei osserverà	she will observe
noi osserveremo	we will observe
voi osserverete	you will observe
loro osserveranno	they will observe

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

Conditional		Scored
io osserverei	I would observe
tu osserveresti	you would observe
lui osserverebbe	he would observe
lei osserverebbe	she would observe
noi osserveremmo	we would observe
voi osservereste	you would observe
loro osserverebbero	they would observe

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io osservi	(... that) I observe
(... che) tu osservi	(... that) you observe
(... che) lui osservi	(... that) he observes
(... che) lei osservi	(... that) she observes
(... che) noi osserviamo	(... that) we observe
(... che) voi osserviate	(... that) you observe
(... che) loro osservino	(... that) they observe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io osservassi	(... that) I was observing
(... che) tu osservassi	(... that) you were observing
(... che) lui osservasse	(... that) he was observing
(... che) lei osservasse	(... that) she was observing
(... che) noi osservassimo	(... that) we were observing
(... che) voi osservaste	(... that) you were observing
(... che) loro osservassero	(... that) they were observing

Imperative		Scored
osserva	Observe
osserviamo	Let's observe
osservate	Observe

Present Participle		Scored
osservante	observing

Past Participle		Scored
osservato	observed

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