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Conjugation of the Italian verb vivere

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

vivere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
vivere	to live

Present		Scored
io vivo	I live
tu vivi	you live
lui vive	he lives
lei vive	she lives
noi viviamo	we live
voi vivete	you live
loro vivono	they live

Imperfect		Scored
io vivevo	I was living
tu vivevi	you were living
lui viveva	he was living
lei viveva	she was living
noi vivevamo	we were living
voi vivevate	you were living
loro vivevano	they were living

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 vissi	I lived
tu vivesti	you lived
lui visse	he lived
lei visse	she lived
noi vivemmo	we lived
voi viveste	you lived
loro vissero	they lived

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

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

Future		Scored
io vivrò	I will live
tu vivrai	you will live
lui vivrà	he will live
lei vivrà	she will live
noi vivremo	we will live
voi vivrete	you will live
loro vivranno	they will live

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

Conditional		Scored
io vivrei	I would live
tu vivresti	you would live
lui vivrebbe	he would live
lei vivrebbe	she would live
noi vivremmo	we would live
voi vivreste	you would live
loro vivrebbero	they would live

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io viva	(... that) I live
(... che) tu viva	(... that) you live
(... che) lui viva	(... that) he lives
(... che) lei viva	(... that) she lives
(... che) noi viviamo	(... that) we live
(... che) voi viviate	(... that) you live
(... che) loro vivano	(... that) they live

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io vivessi	(... that) I was living
(... che) tu vivessi	(... that) you were living
(... che) lui vivesse	(... that) he was living
(... che) lei vivesse	(... that) she was living
(... che) noi vivessimo	(... that) we were living
(... che) voi viveste	(... that) you were living
(... che) loro vivessero	(... that) they were living

Imperative		Scored
vivi	Live
viviamo	Let's live
vivete	Live

Present Participle		Scored
vivente	living

Past Participle		Scored
vissuto	lived

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