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Conjugation of the Italian verb piangere

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

piangere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
piangere	to cry

Present		Scored
io piango	I cry
tu piangi	you cry
lui piange	he cries
lei piange	she cries
noi piangiamo	we cry
voi piangete	you cry
loro piangono	they cry

Imperfect		Scored
io piangevo	I was crying
tu piangevi	you were crying
lui piangeva	he was crying
lei piangeva	she was crying
noi piangevamo	we were crying
voi piangevate	you were crying
loro piangevano	they were crying

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 piansi	I cried
tu piangesti	you cried
lui pianse	he cried
lei pianse	she cried
noi piangemmo	we cried
voi piangeste	you cried
loro piansero	they cried

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

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

Future		Scored
io piangerò	I will cry
tu piangerai	you will cry
lui piangerà	he will cry
lei piangerà	she will cry
noi piangeremo	we will cry
voi piangerete	you will cry
loro piangeranno	they will cry

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

Conditional		Scored
io piangerei	I would cry
tu piangeresti	you would cry
lui piangerebbe	he would cry
lei piangerebbe	she would cry
noi piangeremmo	we would cry
voi piangereste	you would cry
loro piangerebbero	they would cry

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io pianga	(... that) I cry
(... che) tu pianga	(... that) you cry
(... che) lui pianga	(... that) he cries
(... che) lei pianga	(... that) she cries
(... che) noi piangiamo	(... that) we cry
(... che) voi piangiate	(... that) you cry
(... che) loro piangano	(... that) they cry

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io piangessi	(... that) I was crying
(... che) tu piangessi	(... that) you were crying
(... che) lui piangesse	(... that) he was crying
(... che) lei piangesse	(... that) she was crying
(... che) noi piangessimo	(... that) we were crying
(... che) voi piangeste	(... that) you were crying
(... che) loro piangessero	(... that) they were crying

Imperative		Scored
piangi	Cry
piangiamo	Let's cry
piangete	Cry

Present Participle		Scored
piangente	crying

Past Participle		Scored
pianto	cried

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