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Conjugation of the Italian verb sorprendere

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

sorprendere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sorprendere	to surprise

Present		Scored
io sorprendo	I surprise
tu sorprenda	you surprise
lui sorprende	he surprises
lei sorprende	she surprises
noi sorprendiamo	we surprise
voi sorprendete	you surprise
loro sorprendono	they surprise

Imperfect		Scored
io sorprendevo	I was surprising
tu sorprendevi	you were surprising
lui sorprendeva	he was surprising
lei sorprendeva	she was surprising
noi sorprendevamo	we were surprising
voi sorprendevate	you were surprising
loro sorprendevano	they were surprising

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
tu sorprendesti	you surprised
noi sorprendemmo	we surprised
voi sorprendeste	you surprised
loro sorpresero	they surprised

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

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

Future		Scored
io sorprenderò	I will surprise
tu sorprenderai	you will surprise
lui sorprenderà	he will surprise
lei sorprenderà	she will surprise
noi sorprenderemo	we will surprise
voi sorprenderete	you will surprise
loro sorprenderanno	they will surprise

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

Conditional		Scored
io sorprenderei	I would surprise
tu sorprenderesti	you would surprise
lui sorprenderebbe	he would surprise
lei sorprenderebbe	she would surprise
noi sorprenderemmo	we would surprise
voi sorprendereste	you would surprise
loro sorprenderebbero	they would surprise

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) noi sorprendiamo	(... that) we surprise
(... che) voi sorprendiate	(... that) you surprise
(... che) loro sorprendano	(... that) they surprise

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sorprendessi	(... that) I was surprising
(... che) tu sorprendessi	(... that) you were surprising
(... che) lui sorprendesse	(... that) he was surprising
(... che) lei sorprendesse	(... that) she was surprising
(... che) noi sorprendessimo	(... that) we were surprising
(... che) voi sorprendeste	(... that) you were surprising
(... che) loro sorprendessero	(... that) they were surprising

Imperative		Scored
sorprendi	Surprise
sorprendiamo	Let's surprise
sorprendete	Surprise

Present Participle		Scored
sorprendente	surprising

Past Participle		Scored
sorpreso	surprised

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