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ITALIAN VERB

ammettere

to admit

  • #456 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: ammesso
  • Gerund: ammettendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I admit
  2. tu you admit
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she admits
  4. noi we admit
  5. voi you all admit
  6. loro they admit

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I admited
  2. tu you admited
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she admited
  4. noi we admited
  5. voi you all admited
  6. loro they admited

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to admit
  2. tu you used to admit
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to admit
  4. noi we used to admit
  5. voi you all used to admit
  6. loro they used to admit

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will admit
  2. tu you will admit
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will admit
  4. noi we will admit
  5. voi you all will admit
  6. loro they will admit

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would admit
  2. tu you would admit
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would admit
  4. noi we would admit
  5. voi you all would admit
  6. loro they would admit

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I admit
  2. tu (that) you admit
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she admit
  4. noi (that) we admit
  5. voi (that) you all admit
  6. loro (that) they admit

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu admit!
  2. Lei admit! (formal)
  3. noi admit! (let’s)
  4. voi admit! (all of you)

How to use ammettere

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ammetto che il tuo risotto è migliore del mio.

    I admit your risotto is better than mine.

  2. Past

    Alla fine ha ammesso di aver sbagliato.

    In the end he admitted he was wrong.

  3. Imperfect

    Non ammetteva mai di avere torto.

    He never admitted to being wrong.

  4. Future

    Non ammetterà mai di essersi perso.

    He'll never admit he got lost.

  5. Conditional

    Ammetterei l'errore, se fossi in te.

    I'd admit the mistake, if I were you.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Basta che tu ammetta di aver dimenticato.

    It's enough that you admit you forgot.

  7. Imperative

    Ammettilo, ti è piaciuto il film.

    Admit it, you liked the film.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ere verb.