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| habitual actions. age, time, weather. physical, mental, emotional states. actions in progress when something else happens. |
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| -vo, -vi, -va, -vamo, -vate, -vano |
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ero eramo
eri erate
era erano |
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| What happened at a given moment in the past |
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| Passato Prossimo and avere: |
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1) ends in "o" regardless of number
2) usually takes d.o. |
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| Passato Prossimo and essere: |
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1) ends in o/i/a/e and agrees in number
2) usually for action verbs |
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| Action that took place before another past action or point in time |
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avevo avevamo
avevi avevate
aveva avevano |
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1) ends in "o" not regarding number
2) plus imperfetto of avere |
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1) ends in o/i/a/e agrees with number
2) plus imperfect tense of essere |
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