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dovere

to have to/must

Ausiliareavere

Participio Passatodovuto

The Italian verb dovere (to have to/must)

Is a irregular verb belonging to the 2nd conjugation (-ere). It uses the auxiliary verb avere in compound tenses with an invariable past participle (dovuto).

Coniugazioni

Presente(present)

Io	devo	I must / have to
Tu	devi	you must / have to
Lui/Lei	deve	he/she must / has to
Noi	dobbiamo	we must / have to
Voi	dovete	you all must / have to
Loro	devono	they must / have to

Passato Prossimo(present perfect)

Io	ho dovuto	I have had to
Tu	hai dovuto	you have had to
Lui/Lei	ha dovuto	he/she has had to
Noi	abbiamo dovuto	we have had to
Voi	avete dovuto	you all have had to
Loro	hanno dovuto	they have had to

Imperfetto(imperfect)

Io	dovevo	I had to
Tu	dovevi	you had to
Lui/Lei	doveva	he/she had to
Noi	dovevamo	we had to
Voi	dovevate	you all had to
Loro	dovevano	they had to

Futuro Semplice(simple future)

Io	dovrò	I will have to
Tu	dovrai	you will have to
Lui/Lei	dovrà	he/she will have to
Noi	dovremo	we will have to
Voi	dovrete	you all will have to
Loro	dovranno	they will have to

Futuro Composto(future perfect)

Io	avrò dovuto	I will have had to
Tu	avrai dovuto	you will have had to
Lui/Lei	avrà dovuto	he/she will have had to
Noi	avremo dovuto	we will have had to
Voi	avrete dovuto	you all will have had to
Loro	avranno dovuto	they will have had to

Condizionale(conditional)

Io	dovrei	I should / ought to
Tu	dovresti	you should / ought to
Lui/Lei	dovrebbe	he/she should / ought to
Noi	dovremmo	we should / ought to
Voi	dovreste	you all should / ought to
Loro	dovrebbero	they should / ought to

Trapassato Prossimo(past perfect)

Io	avevo dovuto	I had had to
Tu	avevi dovuto	you had had to
Lui/Lei	aveva dovuto	he/she had had to
Noi	avevamo dovuto	we had had to
Voi	avevate dovuto	you all had had to
Loro	avevano dovuto	they had had to

Passato Remoto(past historic)

Io	dovetti	I had to
Tu	dovesti	you had to
Lui/Lei	dovette	he/she had to
Noi	dovemmo	we had to
Voi	doveste	you all had to
Loro	dovettero	they had to

Esempi d'uso (Indicativo)

"Devo andare a casa adesso."

I have to go home now.

"Ho dovuto aspettare due ore."

I had to wait two hours.

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