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Conjugation of the Italian verb pensare

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

pensare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
pensare	to think

Present		Scored
io penso	I think
tu pensi	you think
lui pensa	he thinks
lei pensa	she thinks
noi pensiamo	we think
voi pensate	you think
loro pensano	they think

Imperfect		Scored
io pensavo	I was thinking
tu pensavi	you were thinking
lui pensava	he was thinking
lei pensava	she was thinking
noi pensavamo	we were thinking
voi pensavate	you were thinking
loro pensavano	they were thinking

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 pensai	I thought
tu pensasti	you thought
lui pensò	he thought
lei pensò	she thought
noi pensammo	we thought
voi pensaste	you thought
loro pensarono	they thought

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

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

Future		Scored
io penserò	I will think
tu penserai	you will think
lui penserà	he will think
lei penserà	she will think
noi penseremo	we will think
voi penserete	you will think
loro penseranno	they will think

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

Conditional		Scored
io penserei	I would think
tu penseresti	you would think
lui penserebbe	he would think
lei penserebbe	she would think
noi penseremmo	we would think
voi pensereste	you would think
loro penserebbero	they would think

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io pensi	(... that) I think
(... che) tu pensi	(... that) you think
(... che) lui pensi	(... that) he thinks
(... che) lei pensi	(... that) she thinks
(... che) noi pensiamo	(... that) we think
(... che) voi pensiate	(... that) you think
(... che) loro pensino	(... that) they think

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io pensassi	(... that) I was thinking
(... che) tu pensassi	(... that) you were thinking
(... che) lui pensasse	(... that) he was thinking
(... che) lei pensasse	(... that) she was thinking
(... che) noi pensassimo	(... that) we were thinking
(... che) voi pensaste	(... that) you were thinking
(... che) loro pensassero	(... that) they were thinking

Imperative		Scored
pensa	Think
pensiamo	Let's think
pensate	Think

Present Participle		Scored
pensante	thinking

Past Participle		Scored
pensato	thought

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