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avere

to have

verb irregular Word 5 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate avere

The present, imperfect, future and passato prossimo, with the English for every form.

Present

io ho I have
tu hai you have
lui/lei ha he/she has
noi abbiamo we have
voi avete you all have
loro hanno they have

Imperfect

io avevo I had / I used to have
tu avevi you had / you used to have
lui/lei aveva he/she had / he/she used to have
noi avevamo we had / we used to have
voi avevate you all had / you all used to have
loro avevano they had / they used to have

Future

io avrò I will have
tu avrai you will have
lui/lei avrà he/she will have
noi avremo we will have
voi avrete you all will have
loro avranno they will have

Passato prossimo

io ho avuto I had / I have had
tu hai avuto you had / you have had
lui/lei ha avuto he/she had / he/she has had
noi abbiamo avuto we had / we have had
voi avete avuto you all had / you all have had
loro hanno avuto they had / they have had

In a sentence

Ho due figli.

I have two children.

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