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Conjugation of the Italian verb promettere

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

promettere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
promettere	to promise

Present		Scored
io prometto	I promise
tu prometti	you promise
lui promette	he promises
lei promette	she promises
noi promettiamo	we promise
voi promettete	you promise
loro promettono	they promise

Imperfect		Scored
io promettevo	I was promising
tu promettevi	you were promising
lui prometteva	he was promising
lei prometteva	she was promising
noi promettevamo	we were promising
voi promettevate	you were promising
loro promettevano	they were promising

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 promisi	I promised
tu promettesti	you promised
lui promise	he promised
lei promise	she promised
noi promettemmo	we promised
voi prometteste	you promised
loro promisero	they promised

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

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

Future		Scored
io prometterò	I will promise
tu prometterai	you will promise
lui prometterà	he will promise
lei prometterà	she will promise
noi prometteremo	we will promise
voi prometterete	you will promise
loro prometteranno	they will promise

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

Conditional		Scored
io prometterei	I would promise
tu prometteresti	you would promise
lui prometterebbe	he would promise
lei prometterebbe	she would promise
noi prometteremmo	we would promise
voi promettereste	you would promise
loro prometterebbero	they would promise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io prometta	(... that) I promise
(... che) tu prometta	(... that) you promise
(... che) lui prometta	(... that) he promises
(... che) lei prometta	(... that) she promises
(... che) noi promettiamo	(... that) we promise
(... che) voi promettiate	(... that) you promise
(... che) loro promettano	(... that) they promise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io promettessi	(... that) I was promising
(... che) tu promettessi	(... that) you were promising
(... che) lui promettesse	(... that) he was promising
(... che) lei promettesse	(... that) she was promising
(... che) noi promettessimo	(... that) we were promising
(... che) voi prometteste	(... that) you were promising
(... che) loro promettessero	(... that) they were promising

Imperative		Scored
prometti	Promise
promettiamo	Let's promise
promettete	Promise

Present Participle		Scored
promettente	promising

Past Participle		Scored
promesso	promised

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