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3 uses of l'imperfetto
1 WETMAP
2 habitual actions in past
3 action in progress while another action was taking place or completed
3rd person plural
(including formal "you")
dir obj pronouns
v
indirect obj pronouns
1 dir obj pronouns:
li, le, Li, Le
2 indir obj pronouns:
gli (loro), Loro
3rd person singular
(including formal "you")
dir obj pronouns
v
indirect obj pronouns
1dir obj pronouns:
lo, la, La

2 ind obj pronouns:
gli, le, Le
a causa di
because of

note: the book just says "because"
abbastanza
good enough
abbondante
abbondanti
abundant
accendere
to turn on
accettare
to accept
adesso
now
adverb placement:
compound tenses
if there is a non (eg, non...mai), the non precedes the aux verb and the 2nd part goes between the aux verb and the pp;

otherwise it goes between the aux and pp
adverb placement:
simple tenses
generally after the verb
adverbs:
4 ways to form from adjectives
add -mente to:
1 fem form of adj that ends in -a;
2 adj that ends in -e;
3 adj that ends in -le, drop final -e first
4 adj that ends in -re, drop final -e first
affrontare
to face
alla tivù
on TV
allora
well
ambientato
ambientata
set
ancora
still,
more,
again,
yet
arrabbiato
arrabbiata
mad
attentamente
carefully
attraversare
to cross
avere reso
made
c'era una volta
once upon a time
cioè
that is
circa
about
clues:
habitual past actions
di solito
sempre
spesso
qualche volt
ogni
conoscere
passato prossimo
v
imperfetto
pass pro: to meet
imperfetto: to know
Cos'è successo?
What happened?
così così
so so
culturale
culturali
cultural
Da quando...
(+ pres indicative)?
since,
since when

Note: Italian uses the indicative while the English translation is in the present perfect.
Da quanti anni sei a Roma?

Da quanti giorni...+ present tense?
For how many years/days have been in Rome?

Note: Italian uses the present indicative tense here while English uses the present perfect.

also note that quanto agrees in number and gender with the noun it modifies.
Da quanto tempo...?
(For) how long ...?
dare un film
to show a movie
decidere
to decide
describes actions
passato prossimo
describes circumstances and states of being
imperfetto
discutere
to discuss
diverso
diversa
different,
various
dopo
later.
after
dovere:
passato prossimo
v
imperfetto
pass pro: supposed to
imperfetto: had to
English equivalent:
actions in progress
Meanwhile, I was reading ...
We were eating when ...
esprimere
to express
essere annoiato

essere annoiata
to get bored
estero
estera
foreign
è meglio di niente
it's better than nothing
facilmente
easily
farcela
to make it
fare la parte
to play the role
fare quattro chiacchiere
to have a chat
fino a
until
firmare
to sign
fortunatamente
fortunately
funzionare
to work;
used for cars, watches, equipment, etc.
già
already
girare un film
to make a movie
giudicare
to judge
i colloqui
interviews
i sottotitoli
subtitles
i video giochi
video games
idealista (m/f sing)
idealisti
idealiste
idealist
il canale
channel
il cartone animato
cartoon
il cinema
cinema
il collega
la collega
i colleghi
le colleghe
colleague
il consiglio
advice
il discorso
speech
il documentario
documentary
il doppio
double
il giornale
newspaper
il giornalista
la giornalista
reporter
il giudizio
judgment
il lavoro a tempo pieno
full-time job
il personaggio
character
il programma
TV program
il racconto
short story
il regista
la regista
director
il riassunto
summary
il romanzo
novel
il romanzo di fantascienza
science fiction
il romanzo giallo
mystery
il telecomando
remote control
il telegiornale
TV news
il televisore
TV set
il tironcinio
apprenticeship
il titolo
title
il trapassato prossimo
expresses an action that took place before another action in the past

Non aveva fame perché aveva già mangiato.
il trapassato prossimo
formation
conjugated verb (avere or essere) in l'imperfetto + past participle
il videoregistratore
VCR
imperfetto + da
an action that started in the past and was still in progress when another action ocurred

the second action is expressed in the pass prossimo

Parlava da 30 minuti quando l'amico è arrivato.
imperfetto:
4 irregular verbs
1 bere
2 dire
3 fare
4 essere
inoltre
in addition
intanto
meanwhile
interessarsi (di)
to be interested (in)
intervistare
to interview
invece
instead
l'annunciatore
anchorman,
male newscaster
l'annunciatrice
anchorwoman.
female newscaster
l'articolo
article
l'articolo (il libro, il film) tratta di...
the article (book, movie) deals with...
l'attore
male actor
l'attrice
actress
l'autore
male author
l'autrice
female author
l'edicola
newsstand
l'imperfetto
endings
vo
vi
va
vamo
vate
vano
l'impiego
job,
work
l'inizio
beginning
l'intervista
interview
la bugia
lie
(as in fib, not reclining)
la cifra
amount
la debolezza
weakness
la discussione
discussion
la fine
end
la firma
signature
la gente
people

note: this is always singular even though it refers to more than one person
la giornata
day
la manutenzione
maintenance
la nazione
nation
la politica
politics
la polizia
police
la precedenza
right of way
la ricevuta
receipt
la rivista
magazine
la scelta
choice
la scrittrice
female writer
la spettatrice
viewer,
female spectator
la stampa
the press
la stella
star
la tavola calda
snack bar
la telenovela
soap opera
la televisione
television
la tivù
TV
la trama
plot
la valuta
currency
le notizie
news
lentamente
slowly
litigare
to argue,
to quarrel
lo scrittore
male writer
lo spettatore
viewer,
male spectator
lo stipendio
salary
mai in an affirmative question
ever
niente di meglio
nothing better
noleggiare
to rent
noleggiare
to rent
non ... ancora
not yet
non ... mai
never
non ... più
not any longer,
not anymore
non dirlo a me
don't tell me about it
non mi va + infintive
I don't feel like...
ora
now
ottimista (m/f sing.)
ottimisti
ottomiste
optimistic
parecchio
a lot
partecipare
to participate
particolarmente
particularly
passato prossimo + per
used when the action began and ended in the past

Ha parlato per 30 minuti.
passato prossimo pp and the ind obj pronoun
the pp NEVER agrees with the IND obj pronoun

(while it ALWAYS agrees with the DIR obj pronoun!!!)
passato prossimo:
reflexive & reciprocal verbs
1 conjugated with essere
2 pp agree in number and gender with subject
past action occurs once
passato prossimo
past action performed within a definite period of time
passato prossimo
past action was habitual
imperfetto
past action was repeated a specific number of times
passato prossimo
past action was repeated an unspecified number of times
imperfetto
pazientemente
patiently
per caso
by chance
per fortuna
luckily
pessimista (m/f sing)
pessimisti
pessimiste
pessimistic
più tardi
later
poi
then
poiché
since
politico
politica
political
potere:
passato prossimo
v
imperfetto
pass pro: to be able to
imperfetto: to be capable of
pp accendere
acceso
pp decidere
deciso
pp discutere
discusso
pp esprimere
espresso
pp sedersi
è seduto(a)
pp spegnere
spento
prenotare
to reserve
prepararsi
to prepare oneself,
to get ready
presto
early,
soon
prima
first,
before
probabilmente
probably
promettente
promising
qualche volta
sometimes
rapidamente
rapidly
raramente
seldom,
rarely
risparmiare
to save
rispondere a
unlike Eng this verb takes an ind obj pronoun

(try learning the verb with the preposition)
Hai risposto A Piero?
No, non GLI ho risposto.
romantico
romantica
romantic
salve
hello
sapere:
passato prossimo
v
imperfetto
pass pro: to find out
imperfetto: to know
semplicemente
simply
sempre
always
sempre meno
less and less
soggiornare
to stay
spegnere
to turn off
spericolatamente
recklessly
spesso
often
straniero
straniera
foreign
succedere
to happen

note: conjugate past tenses with essere
suonare
to ring,
to play an instrument
tardi
late
trascinare
to drag
tutt'e due
both
un aumento
an increase
un canone annuo
annual fee
un classico
a classic
un mazzo di fiori
a bouquet of flowers
un uomo d'affari
a businessman
velocemente
fast,
quickly
volere:
passato prossimo
v
imperfetto
pass pro: to want to
imperfetto: to prefer to
WETMAP!
when to use imperfetto
to describe something
1 weather
2 environment
3 time
4 mental state
5 age (in the past)
6 physical state