L’imperfetto The Imperfect Past Tense. When we use l’imperfetto  “was/were doing”  Used to do  Time in past tense - Erano le otto. /Era l’una. - It.

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L’imperfetto The Imperfect Past Tense

When we use l’imperfetto  “was/were doing”  Used to do  Time in past tense - Erano le otto. /Era l’una. - It was eight./ It was one.  Age in past tense - Avevo cinque anni. - I was five years old.

When we use l’imperfetto  Weather expressions - Faceva bel tempo./ Pioveva. - It was nice out./ It was raining.  Habit in the past - uses “each/ every”  “ogni” - Quando ero giovane, visitavo i nonni ogni domenica. - When I was young, I used to visit my grandparents every Sunday.

When we use l’imperfetto  Continuous or unfinished action in the past (being general- we don’t know when the action started or ended) - I bambini giocavano a calcio. - Faceva caldo nella scuola.

What does it look like? Chop off –re and add endings: -vo-vamo -vi-vate -va-vano

AndareLeggereFinire andavoleggevofinivo andavileggevifinivi andavaleggevafiniva andavamoleggevamofinivamo andavateleggevatefinivate andavanoleggevanofinivano

Irregolari! Fare Fare facevofacevamo facevifacevate facevafacevano

Irregolari! Bere Bere bevevobevevamo bevevibevevate bevevabevevano

Irregolari! Dire Dire dicevodicevamo dicevidicevate dicevadicevano

Irregolari! Essere Essere eroeravamo erieravate eraerano

L’imperfetto vs. pass. pross. L’imperfettovs.Pass. Pross. ~~~~~~~~~l l Faceva = was doingHa fatto = did Giocava = was playingHa giocato = played Era = was (description)È stato = was (location) Beveva = was drinkingHa bevuto = drank Diceva = was sayingHa detto = said

Which one?  When 2 continuous actions are happening together, both use the imperfect. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   2 actions happening together usually use the word “while”  “mentre” or “when”  “quando”

Esempi  Mentre camminavo a scuola, parlavo con la mia amica.  Ascoltavo la musica mentre facevo i compiti.  Quando l’aereo partiva, diventavo nervosa.

Interruptions  When an action is interrupted by another action, the one that interrupts uses pass. pross. ~~~~~l-----l  Interruptions also can use “quando”

Esempi  Facevo i compiti quando mio fratello è entrato nella mia camera.  Mangiavo la pizza quando il mio bicchiere è caduto!  Parlavo con Antonio quando mia mamma è arrivata.  Puliva la cucina quando i ragazzi sono partiti per scuola.

Reflessivi  Remember reflexives? (vestirsi, svegliarsi, farsi….)  Those can be put into the imperfect, too! Esempi: Mi facevo una doccia Si vestiva Ci preparavamo per uscire Si mettevano le calze

Words often used with imperfect Ogni – every Sempre – always/all the time Di solito – normally il sabato / di sabato, la domenica/di domenica- every Saturday, every Sunday, etc. Mentre – while (simultaneous actions – 2 imperfect verbs going on at once) Quando – when (pass. pross. verb interrupts imperfect verb) Quando – when (pass. pross. verb interrupts imperfect verb)