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Conjugation of the Italian verb raccontare

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

raccontare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
raccontare	to tell

Present		Scored
io racconto	I tell
tu racconti	you tell
lui racconta	he tells
lei racconta	she tells
noi raccontiamo	we tell
voi raccontate	you tell
loro raccontano	they tell

Imperfect		Scored
io raccontavo	I was telling
tu raccontavi	you were telling
lui raccontava	he was telling
lei raccontava	she was telling
noi raccontavamo	we were telling
voi raccontavate	you were telling
loro raccontavano	they were telling

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 raccontai	I told
tu raccontasti	you told
lui raccontò	he told
lei raccontò	she told
noi raccontammo	we told
voi raccontaste	you told
loro raccontarono	they told

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

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

Future		Scored
io racconterò	I will tell
tu racconterai	you will tell
lui racconterà	he will tell
lei racconterà	she will tell
noi racconteremo	we will tell
voi racconterete	you will tell
loro racconteranno	they will tell

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

Conditional		Scored
io racconterei	I would tell
tu racconteresti	you would tell
lui racconterebbe	he would tell
lei racconterebbe	she would tell
noi racconteremmo	we would tell
voi raccontereste	you would tell
loro racconterebbero	they would tell

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io racconti	(... that) I tell
(... che) tu racconti	(... that) you tell
(... che) lui racconti	(... that) he tells
(... che) lei racconti	(... that) she tells
(... che) noi raccontiamo	(... that) we tell
(... che) voi raccontiate	(... that) you tell
(... che) loro raccontino	(... that) they tell

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io raccontassi	(... that) I was telling
(... che) tu raccontassi	(... that) you were telling
(... che) lui raccontasse	(... that) he was telling
(... che) lei raccontasse	(... that) she was telling
(... che) noi raccontassimo	(... that) we were telling
(... che) voi raccontaste	(... that) you were telling
(... che) loro raccontassero	(... that) they were telling

Imperative		Scored
racconta	Tell
raccontiamo	Let's tell
raccontate	Tell

Present Participle		Scored
raccontante	telling

Past Participle		Scored
raccontato	told

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