The Italian verb bere means "to drink". Below are its 7 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of bere is io bevo, tu bevi, lui/lei beve, noi beviamo, voi bevete, loro bevono. It is irregular: all 6 present forms break the regular -ere pattern. The tables below cover 7 tenses, from the present to the imperative. Its compound tenses are formed with avere. Every present form and 4 example sentences have a listen button.
Forms in orange break the regular -ere pattern.
| io | bevo (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | bevi (irregular) | |
| lui/ | beve (irregular) | |
| noi | beviamo (irregular) | |
| voi | bevete (irregular) | |
| loro | bevono (irregular) |
| io | ho bevuto (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | hai bevuto (irregular) |
| lui/ | ha bevuto (irregular) |
| noi | abbiamo bevuto (irregular) |
| voi | avete bevuto (irregular) |
| loro | hanno bevuto (irregular) |
| io | bevevo (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | bevevi (irregular) |
| lui/ | beveva (irregular) |
| noi | bevevamo (irregular) |
| voi | bevevate (irregular) |
| loro | bevevano (irregular) |
| io | berrò (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | berrai (irregular) |
| lui/ | berrà (irregular) |
| noi | berremo (irregular) |
| voi | berrete (irregular) |
| loro | berranno (irregular) |
| io | berrei (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | berresti (irregular) |
| lui/ | berrebbe (irregular) |
| noi | berremmo (irregular) |
| voi | berreste (irregular) |
| loro | berrebbero (irregular) |
| che io | beva (irregular) |
|---|---|
| che tu | beva (irregular) |
| che lui/ | beva (irregular) |
| che noi | beviamo (irregular) |
| che voi | beviate (irregular) |
| che loro | bevano (irregular) |
| tu | bevi (irregular) |
|---|---|
| Lei | beva (irregular) |
| noi | beviamo (irregular) |
| voi | bevete (irregular) |
| loro | bevano (irregular) |
Bere is irregular. Its present forms include bevo and bevono, while its future and conditional use berrò and berrei, and its participles are bevendo and bevuto.
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No, bere is irregular. Its table includes forms such as bevo, berrò, and bevuto.
The future forms are berrò, berrai, berrà, berremo, berrete, and berranno.
The gerund is bevendo and the past participle is bevuto. The auxiliary is avere.