Употребата на минало свършено време в италианския език (passato prossimo) е основата за изразяване на приключили действия в миналото.
Образуване на минало свършено време на италиански
| AVERE
ESSE |
in the current time + | past participle |
PAST PARTICIPLE – past participle – correct
| I ref. | II ref. | III ref. |
| -ARE → -ATO | -ERE → -UTO | -IRE → -ITO |
| go – went
to speak – spoken to work-to work |
to sell – sold
to see – seen to lose – lost |
to leave – to leave
finish – finished to sleep – to sleep |
| Present tense – Presente | Past perfect tense – Passato prossimo | |||||
| I speak. | I speak. | I spoke. | Io | yes | spoken | |
| You speak. | You speak. | You speak. | You | hello | spoken | |
| He/she speaks. | He/she speaks. | He/she speaks. | Him/her | yes | spoken | |
| We are talking | We are talking. | We talked. | Noi | we have | spoken | |
| You are speaking. | You speak. | You spoke. | You | you have | spoken | |
| They speak. | They are talking. | They spoke. | loro | have | spoken | |
- With an auxiliary verb TO BE, past participle agrees by gender and number!!
- With an auxiliary verb AVERE past participle does not change !!
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Verbs with TO BE
| 1. Verbs of motion | go – I am going, come – I am coming, arrive – I am arriving, return – I'm coming back, to leavee – I am getting on,climbere – I am getting off, young mane – I arrive, enter – I enter, exit – I go out, partire – I leave… |
| 2. Verbs for standing still and staying
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look – I am standing, remain – I stay, rest – I stay… |
| 3. Reflexive verbs
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rise – I get up (from the chair, for example), to wake up – I wake up, to wash – I wash… |
| 4. Intransitive verbs
§ state of existence § uncontrollable change of state § who have no object on which to perform the action § do not use a direct complement § verbs in the passive voice |
to be – I am, to be born – I am born, to die – I am dying, succeed – I succeed, pleasure – I like it, to cost – it costs, to become – I become some kind of something, to sow – I look (good, bad), last – lasts, continues, serve – serves (for something), fall – I fall |
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Verbs with AVERE
| 1. Some intransitive verbs
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to sleep – I am sleeping, ride – I laugh, pioneere – I cry, walking – I am walking, to work – I work, travel – I am traveling… |
| 2. Transitive verbs
§ who have an object on which to perform the action § use a direct object |
Almost all verbs : to call – I call someone, I call someone, ask – I ask, please, eat – I eat, say – I say, to speak – I speak, read – I read, write – I write… |
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Verbs with AVERE and TO BE
| to begin | I started to read – I started reading. | The movie it has begun one hour ago – The movie started an hour ago. |
| finish | Luca has finished to study – Luke finished studying. | The lesson no it's still finite – The lesson is not over yet. |
| change | When will you you have changed the house? – When did you move house? | Laura it is changed lately – Laura has changed lately. |
| pass | The boys they have passed two weeks at the seaside – The boys spent two weeks at sea. | We are past from Anna – We passed through Ana |
- The particles: sempre – always, mai – never, ancora – still, giá – already, appena – barely, just now, piú – more, anche – also- usually stand between the auxiliary verb and the past participle
Laura is always stata gentile con me. – Laura has always been kind to me.
Enrico, hi gia finito di studiare? – Enrico, are you done studying yet?
Rita is just now uscita di casa – Rita just left home
Clara and I are not the same. again arrivate in ufficio – Carla and I haven't arrived at the office yet
Guys, why don't you have May parlato di questa storia? – guys, why haven't you ever talked about this story?
Alfredo and Dora don't have more detto niente – Alfredo and Dora said nothing more
Yes also dormito un po' – I even slept a little – É venuta also Alice – Alice also came
Modal verbs – MODAL VERBS in min.time
- Past participle – correct
dovere must duvoto
potere can potuto
volere I want voluto
- AVERE or TO BE – it depends on what auxiliary verb the semantic verb requires
- Construction:
have/ to be + min. ex. modal verb + inf.
| TO BE | AVERE | |
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DOVER |
I am obliged. start yesterday – I should have left yesterday. | I had to fare breakfast in a hurry – I had to have a quick breakfast. |
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POTERE |
No we could go a Roma – We couldn't go to Rome
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With that noise, not we have could to study – We couldn't study with this noise. |
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LOVE |
Laura it is a volute come alone at the party – Laura wanted to come to the celebration alone. | Giulio not yes will continue this story – Giulio didn't want to continue this story. |
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