Condizionale Passato / Past Conditional - Italian Grammar - Grammatica Italiana

Condizionale Passato / Past Conditional

The Condizionale Passato / Past Conditional represents the past of the Condizionale Presente / Present Coditional. It describes states or actions that are irreal and already finished.

Examples:

	Italian	English
Declarative Sentence	Averebbe lavorato.	He would have worked.
Negative Declarative Sentence	Non avrebbe lavorato.	He would not have worked.
Question	Avrebbe lavorato?	Would he have worked?

Form:

The Condizionale Passato / Past Coditional is made up by a form of “avere” (static) or “essere” (movement) and the Participio Passato.

Forms of the Auxiliary Verb (Condizionale Presente / Present Conditional):

avere - to have

Italian	English
avrei	I would have
avresti	you would have
avrebbe	he / she / it would have you would have (polite)
avremmo	we would have
avreste	you would have (plural) you would have (polite)
avrebbero	they would have

essere - to be

Italian	English
sarei	I would be
saresti	you would be
sarebbe	he / she / it would be you would be (polite)
saremmo	we would be
sareste	you would be (plural) you would be (polite)
sarebbero	they would be

The Participio Passato is the second part of the Condizionale Passato / Condizionale Anteriore.

List of the some important verbs which form the Past Conditional with einiger “essere”:

Infinitive	Participio Passato	English
andare	andato	to go
arrivare	arrivato	to arrive
cadere	caduto	to fall
diventare	diventato	to become
entrare	entrato	to enter
morire	morto	to die
nascere	nato	to be born
partire	partito	to leave
restare	restato	to stay
rimanere	rimasto	to stay
salire	salito	to go up, to go on
scendre	sceso	to go down, to get off
stare	stato	to stand
tornare	tornato	to return
uscire	uscito	to go out
venire	venuto	to come

Reflexive Verbs in the Condizionale Passato / Conditional Past

Reflexive verbs always form the Condizionale Passato with the auxiliary verb “essere” - to be.

Example:
Forse domani avrei già dimenticato i problemi di oggi. - Maybe tomorrow I will already have forgotten today’s problems.

When is the Participio Passato adjusted?

- With reflexive verbs > si sarebbe alzata

Other Verbs:

Examples:

A verb forming the Condizionale Passato with “avere - to have”: mangiare (to eat)

Italian	English
avrei mangiato	I would have eaten
avresti mangiato	you would have eaten
avrebbe mangiato	he / she / it would have eaten you would have eaten (polite)
avremmo mangiato	we would have eaten
avreste mangiato	you would have eaten (plural) you would have eaten (polite)
avrebbero mangiato	they would have eaten

A verb forming the Condizionale Passato with “essere - to be”: andare (to go)

Italian	English
sarei andato	I would have gone
saresti andato	you would have gone
sarebbe sandato	he / she / it would have gone you would have gone (polite)
saremmo andati	we would have gone
sareste andati	you would have gone (plural) you would have gone (polite)
sarebbero andati	they would have gone

Examples:

Italian	English
Mi avrebbe piaciuto tanto comprare questa macchina, ma non avevo tanti soldi.	I would have liked to buy this car, but I didn’t have enough money.

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