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Conjugation of the Italian verb perseguire

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

perseguire is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
perseguire	to pursue

Present		Scored
io perseguo	I pursue
tu persegui	you pursue
lui persegue	he pursues
lei persegue	she pursues
noi perseguiamo	we pursue
voi perseguite	you pursue
loro perseguono	they pursue

Imperfect		Scored
io perseguivo	I was pursuing
tu perseguivi	you were pursuing
lui perseguiva	he was pursuing
lei perseguiva	she was pursuing
noi perseguivamo	we were pursuing
voi perseguivate	you were pursuing
loro perseguivano	they were pursuing

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 perseguii	I pursued
tu perseguisti	you pursued
lui perseguì	he pursued
lei perseguì	she pursued
noi perseguimmo	we pursued
voi perseguiste	you pursued
loro perseguirono	they pursued

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

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

Future		Scored
io perseguirò	I will pursue
tu perseguirai	you will pursue
lui perseguirà	he will pursue
lei perseguirà	she will pursue
noi perseguiremo	we will pursue
voi perseguirete	you will pursue
loro perseguiranno	they will pursue

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

Conditional		Scored
io perseguirei	I would pursue
tu perseguiresti	you would pursue
lui perseguirebbe	he would pursue
lei perseguirebbe	she would pursue
noi perseguiremmo	we would pursue
voi perseguireste	you would pursue
loro perseguirebbero	they would pursue

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io persegua	(... that) I pursue
(... che) tu persegua	(... that) you pursue
(... che) lui persegua	(... that) he pursues
(... che) lei persegua	(... that) she pursues
(... che) noi perseguiamo	(... that) we pursue
(... che) voi perseguiate	(... that) you pursue
(... che) loro perseguano	(... that) they pursue

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io perseguissi	(... that) I was pursuing
(... che) tu perseguissi	(... that) you were pursuing
(... che) lui perseguisse	(... that) he was pursuing
(... che) lei perseguisse	(... that) she was pursuing
(... che) noi perseguissimo	(... that) we were pursuing
(... che) voi perseguiste	(... that) you were pursuing
(... che) loro perseguissero	(... that) they were pursuing

Imperative		Scored
persegui	Pursue
perseguiamo	Let's pursue
perseguite	Pursue

Present Participle		Scored
perseguente	pursuing

Past Participle		Scored
perseguito	pursued

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