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Describing Past Habits and Memories in Italian
Learn to use the Italian imperfect tense (imperfetto) to describe past habits, childhood memories, and background scenes, and contrast it with the passato prossimo.
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Describing Past Habits and Memories in Italian
Learn to use the Italian imperfect tense (imperfetto) to describe past habits, childhood memories, and background scenes, and contrast it with the passato prossimo.
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17 CardsLesson#1
To talk about the past in Italian, you'll often use the 'imperfetto' tense. It's perfect for describing things that happened repeatedly, like habits, or for setting the scene by describing how things were. Let's see how it works.
Lesson#2
First, we use the imperfetto to talk about past habits or actions that you 'used to' do. For example, 'Quando ero piccolo, andavo a scuola a piedi' means 'When I was little, I used to go to school on foot'.
Quiz#3
Translate into Italian: 'When I was little, I used to go to school on foot.'
Quando ero piccolo andavo a scuola a piedi.
Quiz#4
How do you say 'Every summer we used to go to the seaside' in Italian?
Ogni estate andavamo al mare.
Lesson#5
This is great for talking about childhood memories. You can start a sentence with 'Da bambino', meaning 'As a child'. For instance, 'Da bambino, giocavo sempre fuori' means 'As a child, I always played outside'.
Quiz#6
How do you say 'As a child, I always played outside' in Italian?
Da bambino giocavo sempre fuori.
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