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Italian verb conjugation
prendere
to take
verb
irregular
Word 72 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials
How to conjugate prendere
The present, imperfect, future and passato prossimo, with the English for every form.
Present
| io | prendo I take / I am taking | |
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| tu | prendi you take / you are taking | |
| lui/lei | prende he/she takes / he/she is taking | |
| noi | prendiamo we take / we are taking | |
| voi | prendete you all take / you all are taking | |
| loro | prendono they take / they are taking |
Imperfect
| io | prendevo I was taking / I used to take | |
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| tu | prendevi you were taking / you used to take | |
| lui/lei | prendeva he/she was taking / he/she used to take | |
| noi | prendevamo we were taking / we used to take | |
| voi | prendevate you all were taking / you all used to take | |
| loro | prendevano they were taking / they used to take |
Future
| io | prenderò I will take | |
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| tu | prenderai you will take | |
| lui/lei | prenderà he/she will take | |
| noi | prenderemo we will take | |
| voi | prenderete you all will take | |
| loro | prenderanno they will take |
Passato prossimo
| io | ho preso I took / I have taken | |
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| tu | hai preso you took / you have taken | |
| lui/lei | ha preso he/she took / he/she has taken | |
| noi | abbiamo preso we took / we have taken | |
| voi | avete preso you all took / you all have taken | |
| loro | hanno preso they took / they have taken |
In a sentence
Prendo la macchina per andare al lavoro.
I take the car to go to work.
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