The Italian verb vivere means "to live". 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 vivere is io vivo, tu vivi, lui/lei vive, noi viviamo, voi vivete, loro vivono. It is irregular in other tenses, while its present follows the regular -ere pattern. Its gerund is vivendo and its past participle is vissuto. 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 | vivo | |
|---|---|---|
| tu | vivi | |
| lui/ | vive | |
| noi | viviamo | |
| voi | vivete | |
| loro | vivono |
| io | ho vissuto (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | hai vissuto (irregular) |
| lui/ | ha vissuto (irregular) |
| noi | abbiamo vissuto (irregular) |
| voi | avete vissuto (irregular) |
| loro | hanno vissuto (irregular) |
| io | vivevo |
|---|---|
| tu | vivevi |
| lui/ | viveva |
| noi | vivevamo |
| voi | vivevate |
| loro | vivevano |
| io | vivrò (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | vivrai (irregular) |
| lui/ | vivrà (irregular) |
| noi | vivremo (irregular) |
| voi | vivrete (irregular) |
| loro | vivranno (irregular) |
| io | vivrei (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tu | vivresti (irregular) |
| lui/ | vivrebbe (irregular) |
| noi | vivremmo (irregular) |
| voi | vivreste (irregular) |
| loro | vivrebbero (irregular) |
| che io | viva |
|---|---|
| che tu | viva |
| che lui/ | viva |
| che noi | viviamo |
| che voi | viviate |
| che loro | vivano |
| tu | vivi |
|---|---|
| Lei | viva |
| noi | viviamo |
| voi | vivete |
| loro | vivano |
Vivere is irregular. Its future and conditional use the stem vivr, as in vivrò and vivrei, while the past participle is vissuto.
Lingo7 is an app for reading books in Italian with a translation under every sentence and audio, so the forms in these tables come back in context.
Vivere is irregular. Its future and conditional forms differ from the regular model shown here.
The forms are vivrò, vivrai, vivrà, vivremo, vivrete, and vivranno.
The past participle is vissuto, and the auxiliary is avere. The passato prossimo uses ho vissuto, hai vissuto, and the corresponding forms.