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Conjugation of the Italian verb sapere

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

sapere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sapere	to know

Present		Scored
io so	I know
tu sai	you know
lui sa	he knows
lei sa	she knows
noi sappiamo	we know
voi sapete	you know
loro sanno	they know

Imperfect		Scored
io sapevo	I was knowing
tu sapevi	you were knowing
lui sapeva	he was knowing
lei sapeva	she was knowing
noi sapevamo	we were knowing
voi sapevate	you were knowing
loro sapevano	they were knowing

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 seppi	I knew
tu sapesti	you knew
lui seppe	he knew
lei seppe	she knew
noi sapemmo	we knew
voi sapeste	you knew
loro seppero	they knew

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

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

Future		Scored
io saprò	I will know
tu saprai	you will know
lui saprà	he will know
lei saprà	she will know
noi sapremo	we will know
voi saprete	you will know
loro sapranno	they will know

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

Conditional		Scored
io saprei	I would know
tu sapresti	you would know
lui saprebbe	he would know
lei saprebbe	she would know
noi sapremmo	we would know
voi sapreste	you would know
loro saprebbero	they would know

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sappia	(... that) I know
(... che) tu sappia	(... that) you know
(... che) lui sappia	(... that) he knows
(... che) lei sappia	(... that) she knows
(... che) noi sappiamo	(... that) we know
(... che) voi sappiate	(... that) you know
(... che) loro sappiano	(... that) they know

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sapessi	(... that) I was knowing
(... che) tu sapessi	(... that) you were knowing
(... che) lui sapesse	(... that) he was knowing
(... che) lei sapesse	(... that) she was knowing
(... che) noi sapessimo	(... that) we were knowing
(... che) voi sapeste	(... that) you were knowing
(... che) loro sapessero	(... that) they were knowing

Imperative		Scored
sappi	Know
sappiamo	Let's know
sappiate	Know

Present Participle		Scored
sapiente	knowing

Past Participle		Scored
saputo	known

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