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Conjugation of the Italian verb possedere

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

possedere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
possedere	to own

Present		Scored
io possiedo	I own
tu possiedi	you own
lui possiede	he owns
lei possiede	she owns
noi possediamo	we own
voi possedete	you own
loro possiedono	they own

Imperfect		Scored
io possedevo	I was owning
tu possedevi	you were owning
lui possedeva	he was owning
lei possedeva	she was owning
noi possedevamo	we were owning
voi possedevate	you were owning
loro possedevano	they were owning

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 possedetti	I owned
tu possedesti	you owned
lui possedette	he owned
lei possedette	she owned
noi possedemmo	we owned
voi possedeste	you owned
loro possedettero	they owned

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

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

Future		Scored
io possederò	I will own
tu possederai	you will own
lui possederà	he will own
lei possederà	she will own
noi possederemo	we will own
voi possederete	you will own
loro possederanno	they will own

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

Conditional		Scored
io possederei	I would own
tu possederesti	you would own
lui possederebbe	he would own
lei possederebbe	she would own
noi possederemmo	we would own
voi possedereste	you would own
loro possederebbero	they would own

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io possieda	(... that) I own
(... che) tu possieda	(... that) you own
(... che) lui possieda	(... that) he owns
(... che) lei possieda	(... that) she owns
(... che) noi possediamo	(... that) we own
(... che) voi possediate	(... that) you own
(... che) loro possiedano	(... that) they own

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io possedessi	(... that) I was owning
(... che) tu possedessi	(... that) you were owning
(... che) lui possedesse	(... that) he was owning
(... che) lei possedesse	(... that) she was owning
(... che) noi possedessimo	(... that) we were owning
(... che) voi possedeste	(... that) you were owning
(... che) loro possedessero	(... that) they were owning

Imperative		Scored
possiedi	Own
possediamo	Let's own
possedete	Own

Present Participle		Scored
possedente	owning

Past Participle		Scored
posseduto	owned

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