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Passato Prossimo
Ho comprato un biglietto Sono adato/a al cinema |
A tense used to talk about the past. It is made up of two words: the present tense of Avere and Essere (known as the auxilliary verb) and il participio passato (past participle) of the verb
I have bought a ticket I have gone to the movies |
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Passato Prossimo
-are -> guardare -ire -> uscire -ere -> credere |
Passato Prossimo
-ato -> guardato -ito -> uscito -uto -> creduto |
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-Gessica ha ballato tutta la notte.
-Gessica e Tina hanno ballato tutta la notte. -Luigi ha mangiato la pasta. -Luigi e Massimo hanno mangiato la pasta. |
When Avere is used as the auxiliary, the past participle ends in -o regardless of the subject of the verb
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-Gessica e' andata in discoteca.
-Gessica e Tina sono andate in discoteca. -Luigi e' tornato a casa. -Luigi e Maria sono tornati a casa. |
When Essere is used as the auxiliary, the part participle agrees in gender and number with the subject of the verb. Therefore the past participle has 4 forms ending in -o, -a, -i, -e
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andare (to go)
arrivare (to arrive) entrare (to enter) partire (to depart/leave) stare (to stay) tornare (to return) uscire (to go out) |
Most verbs take Avere, few take Essere. Usually Essere involve the expression of motion from one place to another. The most frequent Essere verbs with regular past participles are...
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ieri
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yesterday
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scorso/a/e/i
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last
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fa
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ago
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Maria non e' mai andata a teatro
Gianni e Roberto non hanno mai mangiato il pesce |
If you have never done a particular activity in the past, place non before the auxiliary and mai after it.
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prima
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first
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poi
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then
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dopo
dopo di chi |
after
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