{"id":1709,"date":"2012-04-11T16:50:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T16:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2012-04-11T19:05:03","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T19:05:03","slug":"verbi-di-movimento-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/verbi-di-movimento-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbi di Movimento – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Part 1<\/span><\/a> of this post I looked at which verbs of movement use the auxiliary essere<\/strong> and which use avere<\/strong> to form the passato<\/strong> prossimo<\/strong>. In Part 2 we\u2019ll be looking at movement verbs that can use either essere<\/strong> or avere<\/strong> in the passato prossimo. <\/strong>Most of these verbs use essere<\/strong> when followed by a preposition such as per<\/strong> (through\/by), da<\/strong> (from), su<\/strong> (on), etc., and avere<\/strong> when followed by a direct object<\/span>. To clarify this I\u2019ve highlighted the constructions with essere<\/strong><\/span> in red, and those with avere<\/strong><\/span> in blue.<\/p>\n

For example, if I want to say \u201cto get to Florence we passed by Lucca\u201d I use essere<\/span><\/strong> because \u2018siamo passati\u2019<\/span><\/strong> (we passed) is followed by the preposition<\/span> \u2018per\u2019<\/strong> (by), hence: per andare a Firenze siamo passati<\/span> per<\/span> Lucca<\/strong>. If on the other hand I want to say \u201cwe\u2019ve just passed the exit for Lucca\u201d I use avere<\/span><\/strong> because \u2018abbiamo appena<\/font> passato\u2019<\/span><\/strong> (we have just passed) is followed by the direct object \u2018lo svincolo\u2019<\/strong> (the exit), hence: abbiamo<\/span> appena passato<\/span> lo svincolo<\/span> per Lucca<\/strong>. Here are some more examples:<\/p>\n

discendere<\/strong> (to descend, to go down), e.g.siamo discesi<\/span> a<\/span><\/span> valle <\/strong>(we went down into<\/span> the valley); abbiamo disceso<\/span> la montagna<\/span><\/strong>  (we went down the mountain)<\/p>\n

salire<\/strong> (to climb, to go up), e.g. Marco \u00e8 salito <\/span>su<\/span><\/span> di sopra<\/strong> (Marco has gone upstairs); Marco ha salito<\/span> i gradini<\/span> di corsa<\/strong> (Marco climbed the steps in a hurry)<\/p>\n

scendere<\/strong>  (to go down), e.g. sono scesa <\/span>dall<\/span>\u2019albero<\/span> a fatica<\/strong> (I got down from<\/span> the the tree with difficulty); ho sceso<\/span> la scala<\/span> a pioli a fatica<\/strong> (I came down the ladder with difficulty)<\/p>\n

saltare<\/strong> (to jump), e.g. i ladri sono saltati <\/span>dal<\/span><\/span> muro<\/strong> (the burglars jumped from<\/span> the wall); i ladri hanno saltato<\/span> il muro<\/span><\/strong> (the burglars jumped the wall).<\/p>\n

Correre <\/strong>(to run) is slightly different: it\u2019s constructed with essere<\/span><\/strong> when the destination<\/span> is expressed or implied, and with avere<\/span><\/strong> when it describes the action of running, e.g. appena saputo dell\u2019incidente, Marco \u00e8 corso<\/span> all\u2019ospedale<\/span> <\/strong>(as soon as he found out about the accident, Marco ran to the hospital); sono stanchissima, ho corso <\/span>tutto il giorno senza mai fermarmi <\/strong>(I\u2019m very tired, I\u2019ve run around all day without ever stopping); Giovanni ha corso<\/span> la Maratona di Londra <\/strong>(Marco ran the London Marathon).<\/p>\n

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Finally, there are a few verbs of movement that can be used with either of the auxiliary verbs, without changing their meaning or construction. The most common ones are:<\/p>\n

atterrare <\/strong>(to land), e.g. l\u2019aereo \u00e8<\/span> gi\u00e0 atterrato<\/span> <\/strong>or l\u2019aereo ha<\/span> gi\u00e0 atterrato<\/span> <\/strong>(the plane has already landed)<\/p>\n

decollare <\/strong>(to take off), e.g. l\u2019aereo \u00e8 decollato<\/span> in ritardo <\/strong>or l\u2019aereo ha decollato<\/span> in ritardo <\/strong>(the plane took off late)<\/p>\n

inciampare <\/strong>(to trip), e.g. sono inciampata<\/span> nel gradino <\/strong>or ho inciampato<\/span> nel gradino <\/strong>(I tripped on the step)<\/p>\n

indietreggiare <\/strong>(to draw back), e.g.sono indietreggiata<\/span> alla vista del cane <\/strong>or ho indietreggiato<\/span> alla vista del cane <\/strong>(I drew back when I saw the dog)<\/p>\n

procedere <\/strong>(to proceed), e.g. siamo proceduti<\/span> a fatica a causa della nebbia <\/strong>or abbiamo proceduto<\/span> a fatica a causa della nebbia <\/strong>(we proceeded with difficulty because of the fog)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Part 1 of this post I looked at which verbs of movement use the auxiliary essere and which use avere to form the passato prossimo. In Part 2 we\u2019ll be looking at movement verbs that can use either essere or avere in the passato prossimo. Most of these verbs use essere when followed by…<\/p>\n

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