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Conjugation of the Italian verb stare

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

stare is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
stare	to stay

Present		Scored
io sto	I stay
tu stai	you stay
lui sta	he stays
lei sta	she stays
noi stiamo	we stay
voi state	you stay
loro stanno	they stay

Imperfect		Scored
io stavo	I was staying
tu stavi	you were staying
lui stava	he was staying
lei stava	she was staying
noi stavamo	we were staying
voi stavate	you were staying
loro stavano	they were staying

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 stetti	I stayed
tu stesti	you stayed
lui stette	he stayed
lei stette	she stayed
noi stemmo	we stayed
voi steste	you stayed
loro stettero	they stayed

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io sono stato	I stayed
tu sei stato	you stayed
lui è stato	he stayed
lei è stata	she stayed
noi siamo stati	we stayed
voi siete stati	you stayed
loro sono stati	they stayed
loro sono state	they stayed

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io ero stato	I had stayed
tu eri stato	you had stayed
lui era stato	he had stayed
lei era stata	she had stayed
noi eravamo stati	we had stayed
voi eravate stati	you had stayed
loro erano stati	they had stayed
loro erano state	they had stayed

Future		Scored
io starò	I will stay
tu starai	you will stay
lui starà	he will stay
lei starà	she will stay
noi staremo	we will stay
voi starete	you will stay
loro staranno	they will stay

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 sarò stato	I will have stayed
tu sarai stato	you will have stayed
lui sarà stato	he will have stayed
lei sarà stata	she will have stayed
noi saremo stati	we will have stayed
voi sarete stati	you will have stayed
loro saranno stati	they will have stayed
loro saranno state	they will have stayed

Conditional		Scored
io starei	I would stay
tu staresti	you would stay
lui starebbe	he would stay
lei starebbe	she would stay
noi staremmo	we would stay
voi stareste	you would stay
loro starebbero	they would stay

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 sarei stato	I would have stayed
tu saresti stato	you would have stayed
lui sarebbe stato	he would have stayed
lei sarebbe stata	she would have stayed
noi saremmo stati	we would have stayed
voi sareste stati	you would have stayed
loro sarebbero stati	they would have stayed
loro sarebbero state	they would have stayed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io stia	(... that) I stay
(... che) tu stia	(... that) you stay
(... che) lui stia	(... that) he stays
(... che) lei stia	(... that) she stays
(... che) noi stiamo	(... that) we stay
(... che) voi stiate	(... that) you stay
(... che) loro stiano	(... that) they stay

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io stessi	(... that) I was staying
(... che) tu stessi	(... that) you were staying
(... che) lui stesse	(... that) he was staying
(... che) lei stesse	(... that) she was staying
(... che) noi stessimo	(... that) we were staying
(... che) voi steste	(... that) you were staying
(... che) loro stessero	(... that) they were staying

Imperative		Scored
stai	Stay
stiamo	Let's stay
state	Stay

Present Participle		Scored
stante	staying

Past Participle		Scored
stato	stayed

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