{"id":1682,"date":"2012-03-30T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2012-03-30T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T13:00:39","slug":"verbi-di-movimento-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/verbi-di-movimento-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbi di Movimento – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

To follow on from our series of articles on the verbs \u2018andare\u2019<\/strong> and \u2018venire\u2019<\/strong>, I thought it would be good to take a look at the most common verbs that describe movement, and to find out when to use essere<\/strong> and when to use avere <\/strong>to construct the passato prossimo<\/strong> (present perfect). <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with a list of the verbs that use essere<\/font> <\/strong>in the passato prossimo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

andare <\/strong>(to go), e.g. Maria \u00e8 andata<\/font> al mercato <\/strong>(Maria went to the market)<\/p>\n

arrivare <\/strong>(to arrive), e.g. il treno \u00e8 arrivato<\/font> in ritardo <\/strong>(the train arrived late)<\/p>\n

entrare<\/strong> (to enter), e.g. i ladri sono entrati<\/font> dalla finestra del soggiorno<\/strong> (the burglars entered through the living room window)<\/p>\n

partire<\/strong> (to leave), e.g. siamo partiti<\/font> la mattina presto<\/strong> (we left early in the morning)<\/p>\n

rimanere\/restare<\/strong> (to remain\/stay), e.g. sono rimasta\/restata<\/font> in casa tutto il pomeriggio a studiare<\/strong> (I stayed at home studying all afternoon)<\/p>\n

tornare\/ritornare<\/strong> (to return), e.g Maria e Luisa sono tornate<\/font> dalle vacanze luned\u00ec sera<\/strong> (Maria and Luisa returned from their holidays on Monday evening)<\/p>\n

uscire<\/strong> (to go out), e.g. Giorgio \u00e8 <\/font>uscito<\/font><\/strong> a comprare il giornale <\/strong>(Giorgio has gone out to buy the newspaper)<\/p>\n

venire<\/strong> (to come), e.g. Ciao, siamo venuti<\/font> a trovarti!<\/strong> (Hi, we\u2019ve come to visit you!)<\/p>\n

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N.B. <\/strong>Reflexive verbs<\/font> are always constructed with the verb essere<\/font><\/strong>, e.g. durante le vacanze ci siamo<\/font> <\/font>fermati<\/font> un paio di giorni a Roma<\/strong> (during our holidays we stopped for a couple of days in Rome), me ne sono andata<\/font> presto perch\u00e9 ero stanca<\/strong> (I went away early because I was tired).<\/p>\n

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and now for the verbs that use avere<\/font> <\/strong>in the passato prossimo<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

ballare<\/strong> (to dance), e.g. Hai ballato<\/font> alla festa?<\/strong> (Did you dance at the party?)<\/p>\n

camminare <\/strong>(to walk), e.g. abbiamo camminato<\/font> per tre ore<\/strong> (we walked for three hours)<\/p>\n

cavalcare<\/strong> (to ride \/ horse ride ), e.g. Maria ha calvacato<\/font> tutta la mattina il suo cavallo<\/strong> (Maria rode her horse all morning)<\/p>\n

nuotare<\/strong> (to swim), e.g. Byron ha nuotato<\/font> da Portovenere a Lerici<\/strong> (Byron swam from Portovenere to Lerici)<\/p>\n

passeggiare<\/strong> (to stroll), e.g. a Firenze abbiamo passeggiato<\/font> per il Lungarno<\/strong> (in Florence we strolled along the Lungarno)<\/p>\n

sciare <\/strong>(to ski), e.g. quando siamo andati a Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo abbiamo sciato<\/font><\/strong> tutto il giorno <\/strong>(when we went to Cortina d\u2019Ampezzo we skied all day) <\/p>\n

viaggiare<\/strong> (to travel), e.g. da Roma a Milano abbiamo viaggiato<\/font> in treno<\/strong> (we travelled from Rome to Milan by train). The verb viaggiare<\/strong> describes the way we travel, or how long we travel for, rather than where we travel to. Therefore we don\u2019t say ho viaggiato a Milano<\/strong> (I travelled to Milan), but ho viaggiato in treno<\/u> fino a Milano<\/strong> (I travelled by train<\/u> to Milan), abbiamo viaggiato tutto il giorno<\/u> per arrivare a Napoli<\/strong> (we travelled all day<\/u> to get to Napoli). If you want to say a sentence such as: \u201cduring the holidays I travelled to Milan\u201d then you should use the verb andare<\/strong>, hence: durante le vacanze sono andata\/o a Milano<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Part 2 of this post I\u2019ll look at movement verbs that use both essere<\/strong> and avere<\/strong> in the passato prossimo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To follow on from our series of articles on the verbs \u2018andare\u2019 and \u2018venire\u2019, I thought it would be good to take a look at the most common verbs that describe movement, and to find out when to use essere and when to use avere to construct the passato prossimo (present perfect). Let\u2019s start with…<\/p>\n

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