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Conjugation of the Italian verb sperare

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

sperare is a regular verb

Infinitive		Scored
sperare	to hope

Present		Scored
io spero	I hope
tu speri	you hope
lui spera	he hopes
lei spera	she hopes
noi speriamo	we hope
voi sperate	you hope
loro sperano	they hope

Imperfect		Scored
io speravo	I was hoping
tu speravi	you were hoping
lui sperava	he was hoping
lei sperava	she was hoping
noi speravamo	we were hoping
voi speravate	you were hoping
loro speravano	they were hoping

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 sperai	I hoped
tu sperasti	you hoped
lui sperò	he hoped
lei sperò	she hoped
noi sperammo	we hoped
voi speraste	you hoped
loro sperarono	they hoped

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

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

Future		Scored
io spererò	I will hope
tu spererai	you will hope
lui spererà	he will hope
lei spererà	she will hope
noi spereremo	we will hope
voi spererete	you will hope
loro spereranno	they will hope

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

Conditional		Scored
io spererei	I would hope
tu spereresti	you would hope
lui spererebbe	he would hope
lei spererebbe	she would hope
noi spereremmo	we would hope
voi sperereste	you would hope
loro spererebbero	they would hope

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io speri	(... that) I hope
(... che) tu speri	(... that) you hope
(... che) lui speri	(... that) he hopes
(... che) lei speri	(... that) she hopes
(... che) speriamo	(... that) we hope
(... che) voi speriate	(... that) you hope
(... che) loro sperino	(... that) they hope

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io sperassi	(... that) I was hoping
(... che) tu sperassi	(... that) you were hoping
(... che) lui sperasse	(... that) he was hoping
(... che) lei sperasse	(... that) she was hoping
(... che) noi sperassimo	(... that) we were hoping
(... che) voi speraste	(... that) you were hoping
(... che) loro sperassero	(... that) they were hoping

Imperative		Scored
spera	Hope
speriamo	Let's hope
sperate	Hope

Present Participle		Scored
sperante	hoping

Past Participle		Scored
sperato	hoped

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