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essere

to be

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The Italian verb essere (to be)

Is a fundamental irregular auxiliary verb of the 2nd conjugation in Italian. It uses the auxiliary verb essere in compound tenses, requiring the past participle (stato) to agree in gender and number with the subject (-o, -a, -i, -e).

Coniugazioni

Presente(present)

Io	sono	I am
Tu	sei	you are
Lui/Lei	è	he/she is
Noi	siamo	we are
Voi	siete	you all are
Loro	sono	they are

Passato Prossimo(present perfect)

Io	sono stato/a	I have been
Tu	sei stato/a	you have been
Lui/Lei	è stato/a	he/she has been
Noi	siamo stati/e	we have been
Voi	siete stati/e	you all have been
Loro	sono stati/e	they have been

Imperfetto(imperfect)

Io	ero	I was
Tu	eri	you were
Lui/Lei	era	he/she was
Noi	eravamo	we were
Voi	eravate	you all were
Loro	erano	they were

Futuro Semplice(simple future)

Io	sarò	I will be
Tu	sarai	you will be
Lui/Lei	sarà	he/she will be
Noi	saremo	we will be
Voi	sarete	you all will be
Loro	saranno	they will be

Futuro Composto(future perfect)

Io	sarò stato/a	I will have been
Tu	sarai stato/a	you will have been
Lui/Lei	sarà stato/a	he/she will have been
Noi	saremo stati/e	we will have been
Voi	sarete stati/e	you all will have been
Loro	saranno stati/e	they will have been

Condizionale(conditional)

Io	sarei	I would be
Tu	saresti	you would be
Lui/Lei	sarebbe	he/she would be
Noi	saremmo	we would be
Voi	sareste	you all would be
Loro	sarebbero	they would be

Trapassato Prossimo(past perfect)

Io	ero stato/a	I had been
Tu	eri stato/a	you had been
Lui/Lei	era stato/a	he/she had been
Noi	eravamo stati/e	we had been
Voi	eravate stati/e	you all had been
Loro	erano stati/e	they had been

Passato Remoto(past historic)

Io	fui	I was
Tu	fosti	you were
Lui/Lei	fu	he/she was
Noi	fummo	we were
Voi	foste	you all were
Loro	furono	they were

Esempi d'uso (Indicativo)

"Sono molto felice di vederti."

I am very happy to see you.

"Ieri siamo stati a casa tutto il giorno."

Yesterday we stayed home all day.

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