L’imperfetto I was watching Sesame Street I lived in Wakefield when I was little He was short and chubby What were you doing? I used to watch Sesame Street.

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L’imperfetto I was watching Sesame Street I lived in Wakefield when I was little He was short and chubby What were you doing? I used to watch Sesame Street

L’ imperfetto - A PAST tense, used to describe: What one USED TO do or WAS DOING in the past Repetitive, Habitual actions Physical, Mental and Emotional states Age Time Date Weather IN THE PAST

L’imperfetto Start with the INFINITIVE, then remove the: ARE ERE IRE Add the following endings: -vo –vi –va –vamo –vate -vano

L’ imperfetto parlarescrivere capire parlavoscrivevo capivo parlaviscrivevi capivi parlava scriveva capiva parlavamo scrivevamo capivamo parlavate scrivevate capivate parlavano scrivevano capivano

Do aloud Avere = _________________________ Mangiare = ______________________ Dormire = ________________________ Seguire = ________________________ Giocare = _________________________

Irregolari beredirefare bevevodicevo facevo bevevidicevo facevi bevevadicevo faceva bevevamodicevamo facevamo bevevatedicevate facevate bevevanodicevano facevano

Irregulari ESSERE – to be = WAS Ero Eri Era Eravamo Eravate Erano

Words frequently seen with the IMPERFETTO anni fa = many years ago di solito = usually sempre = always una volta = some time ago, once –C’era una volta = once upon atime il lunedì, il martedì etc. –days of the week preceded by a definite article – meaning ON MONDAYS etc