Italian Language Blog
Menu
Search

Tag Archives: trapassato prossimo

Grammar Quiz: Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo – the solutions Posted by on Oct 19, 2012

Here are the solutions to our quiz about the use of the Trapassato Prossimo and the Passato Prossimo as explained in our recent blogs Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo and e finì tutto a tarallucci e vino I asked you to complete the following sentences using either the trapassato prossimo or the passato prossimo.  Let’s…

Continue Reading

Grammar Quiz: Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo Posted by on Oct 17, 2012

Here’s a quiz to help you check your knowledge of the use of the Trapassato Prossimo and the Passato Prossimo. If you haven’t already done so you should read our recent blogs Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo and e finì tutto a tarallucci e vino Complete the following sentences using either the trapassato prossimo or…

Continue Reading

e finì tutto a tarallucci e vino Posted by on Oct 16, 2012

In our previous blog we wrote about il Trapassato Prossimo and il Passato . Here’s a little story recounting an event that happened a few days ago. I have highlighted il Trapassato Prossimo in blue, and il Passato Prossimo in red. Sabato mattina dovevamo andare giù a Pontremoli a fare un po’ di spesa, e…

Continue Reading

Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo Posted by on Oct 12, 2012

Il trapassato prossimo (the pluperfect or past perfect tense) describes something that had happened or we had done in the past, for example: era partito (he had left), non ti avevo sentito (I hadn’t heard you). Technically speaking, as you can see from the examples, it’s constructed using the auxiliary verbs essere (to be) or…

Continue Reading