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Conjugation of the Italian verb sentire

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

sentire is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sentire	to feel

Present		Scored
io sento	I feel
tu senti	you feel
lui sente	he feels
lei sente	she feels
noi sentiamo	we feel
voi sentite	you feel
loro sentono	they feel

Imperfect		Scored
io sentivo	I was feeling
tu sentivi	you were feeling
lui sentiva	he was feeling
lei sentiva	she was feeling
noi sentivamo	we were feeling
voi sentivate	you were feeling
loro sentivano	they were feeling

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 sentii	I felt
tu sentisti	you felt
lui senti	he felt
lei senti	she felt
noi sentimmo	we felt
voi sentiste	you felt
loro sentirono	they felt

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

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

Future		Scored
io sentirò	I will feel
tu sentirai	you will feel
lui sentirà	he will feel
lei sentirà	she will feel
noi sentiremo	we will feel
voi sentirete	you will feel
loro sentiranno	they will feel

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

Conditional		Scored
io sentirei	I would feel
tu sentiresti	you would feel
lui sentirebbe	he would feel
lei sentirebbe	she would feel
noi sentiremmo	we would feel
voi sentireste	you would feel
loro sentirebbero	they would feel

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io senta	(... that) I feel
(... che) tu senta	(... that) you feel
(... che) lui senta	(... that) he feels
(... che) lei senta	(... that) she feels
(... che) noi sentissimo	(... that) we feel
(... che) voi sentiate	(... that) you feel
(... che) loro sentano	(... that) they feel

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sentissi	(... that) I was feeling
(... che) tu sentissi	(... that) you were feeling
(... che) lui sentisse	(... that) he was feeling
(... che) lei sentisse	(... that) she was feeling
(... che) noi sentissimo	(... that) we were feeling
(... che) loro sentissero	(... that) they were feeling

Imperative		Scored
senti	Feel
sentiamo	Let's feel
sentite	Feel

Present Participle		Scored
sentente	feeling

Past Participle		Scored
sentito	felt

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