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Conjugation of the Italian verb soffrire

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

soffrire is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
soffrire	to suffer

Present		Scored
io soffro	I suffer
tu soffri	you suffer
lui soffre	he suffers
lei soffre	she suffers
noi soffriamo	we suffer
voi soffrite	you suffer
loro soffrono	they suffer

Imperfect		Scored
io soffrivo	I was suffering
tu soffrivi	you were suffering
lui soffriva	he was suffering
lei soffriva	she was suffering
noi soffrivamo	we were suffering
voi soffrivate	you were suffering
loro soffrivano	they were suffering

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 soffrii	I suffered
tu soffristi	you suffered
lui soffrì	he suffered
lei soffrì	she suffered
noi soffrimmo	we suffered
voi soffriste	you suffered
loro soffrirono	they suffered

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

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

Future		Scored
io soffrirò	I will suffer
tu soffrirai	you will suffer
lui soffrirà	he will suffer
lei soffrirà	she will suffer
noi soffriremo	we will suffer
voi soffrirete	you will suffer
loro soffriranno	they will suffer

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

Conditional		Scored
io soffrirei	I would suffer
tu soffriresti	you would suffer
lui soffrirebbe	he would suffer
lei soffrirebbe	she would suffer
noi soffriremmo	we would suffer
voi soffrireste	you would suffer
loro soffrirebbero	they would suffer

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io soffra	(... that) I suffer
(... che) tu soffra	(... that) you suffer
(... che) lui soffra	(... that) he suffers
(... che) lei soffra	(... that) she suffers
(... che) noi soffriamo	(... that) we suffer
(... che) voi soffriate	(... that) you suffer
(... che) loro soffrano	(... that) they suffer

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) noi soffrissimo	(... that) we were suffering
(... che) voi soffriste	(... that) you were suffering
(... che) loro soffrissero	(... that) they were suffering

Imperative		Scored
soffri	Suffer
soffriamo	Let's suffer
soffrite	Suffer

Present Participle		Scored
soffrente	suffering

Past Participle		Scored
sofferto	suffered

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