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ITALIAN VERB

sopravvivere

to survive

  • #378 most used
  • Irregular -ere verb
  • Past participle: sopravvissuto
  • Gerund: sopravvivendo

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

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

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

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

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

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

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

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

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use sopravvivere

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

  1. Present

    Con questo stipendio si sopravvive, non si vive.

    On this salary you survive, you don't live.

  2. Past

    Il nonno è sopravvissuto alla guerra e a due infarti.

    Grandpa survived the war and two heart attacks.

  3. Imperfect

    In montagna la gente sopravviveva con poco.

    In the mountains, people survived on little.

  4. Future

    Tranquillo, sopravvivrai a una settimana senza telefono.

    Relax, you'll survive a week without your phone.

  5. Conditional

    Senza il bar sotto casa non sopravvivrei.

    Without the bar downstairs, I wouldn't survive.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Spero che la pianta sopravviva alle vacanze.

    I hope the plant survives the holidays.

  7. Imperative

    Sopravvivi alla riunione, poi andiamo a pranzo.

    Survive the meeting, then we'll go to lunch.

Good to know

  • Sopravvivere a qualcosa, with essere: è sopravvissuto all'incidente.

Verbs like this one

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