Il passato prossimo con AVERE

Il passato prossimo

The passato prossimo:

• reports actions that were completed in the past
• consists of two words

Avere or essere?

• Most verbs are conjugated with avere.
• Verbs indicating movement, inactivity, and changes in the state of being are conjugated with essere: andare (to go), arrivare (to arrive), diventare (to become), entrare (to enter, to go in), essere (to be), morire (to die), nascere (to be born), partire (to leave, to depart), (re)stare (to stay), rimanere (to remain), (ri)tornare (to return), uscire (to exit, to go out), venire (to come).

Passato prossimo con avere

1. Present tense of avere
   

   Presente di avere
   (io) ho I have	(noi) abbiamo we have
   (tu) hai you have (informal)	(voi) avete you have
   (Lei) ha you have (formal)
   (lui/lei) ha he/she has	(loro) hanno they have

2. Participio passato (past participle)
   • Regular. The participio passato of regular verbs is formed by:
     • dropping the infinitive ending -are/ere/ire;
     • adding -ato (-are verbs), -uto (-ere verbs), -ito (-ire verbs) to the remaining stem.

• • Irregular. Many verbs have irregular past participles:

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