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Italian verb conjugation
contare
to count
verb
Word 349 of the core 1,000 · Stage 2, Everyday
How to conjugate contare
The present, imperfect, future and passato prossimo, with the English for every form.
Present
| io | conto I count / I am counting | |
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| tu | conti you count / you are counting | |
| lui/lei | conta he/she counts / he/she is counting | |
| noi | contiamo we count / we are counting | |
| voi | contate you all count / you all are counting | |
| loro | contano they count / they are counting |
Imperfect
| io | contavo I was counting / I used to count | |
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| tu | contavi you were counting / you used to count | |
| lui/lei | contava he/she was counting / he/she used to count | |
| noi | contavamo we were counting / we used to count | |
| voi | contavate you all were counting / you all used to count | |
| loro | contavano they were counting / they used to count |
Future
| io | conterò I will count | |
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| tu | conterai you will count | |
| lui/lei | conterà he/she will count | |
| noi | conteremo we will count | |
| voi | conterete you all will count | |
| loro | conteranno they will count |
Passato prossimo
| io | ho contato I counted / I have counted | |
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| tu | hai contato you counted / you have counted | |
| lui/lei | ha contato he/she counted / he/she has counted | |
| noi | abbiamo contato we counted / we have counted | |
| voi | avete contato you all counted / you all have counted | |
| loro | hanno contato they counted / they have counted |
In a sentence
Il bambino sa contare fino a dieci.
The child can count to ten.
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