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Conjugation of the Italian verb volere

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

volere is an irregular verb

Infinitive		Scored
volere	to want

Present		Scored
io voglio	I want
tu vuoi	you want
lui vuole	he wants
lei vuole	she wants
noi vogliamo	we want
voi volete	you want
loro vogliono	they want

Imperfect		Scored
io volevo	I was wanting
tu volevi	you were wanting
lui voleva	he was wanting
lei voleva	she was wanting
noi volevamo	we were wanting
voi volevate	you were wanting
loro volevano	they were wanting

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 volli	I wanted
tu volesti	you wanted
lui volle	he wanted
lei volle	she wanted
noi volemmo	we wanted
voi voleste	you wanted
loro vollero	they wanted

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

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

Future		Scored
io vorrò	I will want
tu vorrai	you will want
lui vorrà	he will want
lei vorrà	she will want
noi vorremo	we will want
voi vorrete	you will want
loro vorranno	they will want

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

Conditional		Scored
io vorrei	I would want
tu vorresti	you would want
lui vorrebbe	he would want
lei vorrebbe	she would want
noi vorremmo	we would want
voi vorreste	you would want
loro vorrebbero	they would want

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

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io voglia	(... that) I want
(... che) tu voglia	(... that) you want
(... che) lui voglia	(... that) he wants
(... che) lei voglia	(... that) she wants
(... che) noi vogliamo	(... that) we want
(... che) voi vogliate	(... that) you want
(... che) loro vogliano	(... that) they want

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io volessi	(... that) I was wanting
(... che) tu volessi	(... that) you were wanting
(... che) lui volesse	(... that) he was wanting
(... che) lei volesse	(... that) she was wanting
(... che) noi volessimo	(... that) we were wanting
(... che) voi voleste	(... that) you were wanting
(... che) loro volessero	(... that) they were wanting

Imperative		Scored
vogli	Want
vogliamo	Let's want
vogliete	Want

Present Participle		Scored
volente	wanting

Past Participle		Scored
voluto	wanted

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