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Conjugation of the Italian verb potere

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

potere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
potere	to be able to

Present		Scored
io posso	I can
tu puoi	you can
lui può	he can
lei può	she can
noi possiamo	we can
voi potete	you can
loro possono	they can

Imperfect		Scored
io potevo	I was able to
tu potevi	you were able to
lui poteva	he was able to
lei poteva	she was able to
noi potevamo	we were able to
voi potevate	you were able to
loro potevano	they were able to

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 potei	I could
tu potesti	you could
lui poté	he could
lei poté	she could
noi potemmo	we could
voi poteste	you could
loro poterono	they could

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

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

Future		Scored
io potrò	I will be able to
tu potrai	you will be able to
lui potrà	he will be able to
lei potrà	she will be able to
noi potremo	we will be able to
voi potrete	you will be able to
loro potranno	they will be able to

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 potuto	I will have been able to
tu avrai potuto	you will have been able to
lui avrà potuto	he will have been able to
lei avrà potuto	she will have been able to
noi avremo potuto	we will have been able to
voi avrete potuto	you will have been able to
loro avranno potuto	they will have been able to

Conditional		Scored
io potrei	I could
tu potresti	you could
lui potrebbe	he could
lei potrebbe	she could
noi potremmo	we could
voi potreste	you could
loro potrebbero	they could

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 potuto	I would have been able to
tu avresti potuto	you would have been able to
lui avrebbe potuto	he would have been able to
lei avrebbe potuto	she would have been able to
noi avremmo potuto	we would have been able to
voi avreste potuto	you would have been able to
loro avrebbero potuto	they would have been able to

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io possa	(... that) I can
(... che) tu possa	(... that) you can
(... che) lui possa	(... that) he can
(... che) lei possa	(... that) she can
(... che) voi possiate	(... that) you can
(... che) loro possano	(... that) they can

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io potessi	(... that) I was able to
(... che) tu potessi	(... that) you were able to
(... che) lui potesse	(... that) he was able to
(... che) lei potesse	(... that) she was able to
(... che) noi potessimo	(... that) we were able to
(... che) voi poteste	(... that) you were able to
(... che) loro potessero	(... that) they were able to

Present Participle		Scored
potente	being able to

Past Participle		Scored
potuto	been able to

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