{"id":2485,"date":"2012-10-12T15:18:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2012-10-12T15:19:16","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:19:16","slug":"trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/trapassato-prossimo-e-passato-prossimo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trapassato Prossimo e Passato Prossimo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Il trapassato prossimo<\/span><\/strong> (the pluperfect or past perfect tense) describes something that had happened or we had done in the past, for example: era partito <\/strong>(he had left), non ti avevo sentito<\/strong> (I hadn\u2019t heard you). Technically speaking, as you can see from the examples, it\u2019s constructed using the auxiliary verbs essere <\/strong>(to be) or avere <\/strong>(to have) which are conjugated in the imperfect tense and followed by the past participle. If you need to revise the use of essere<\/strong> and avere<\/strong> with il participio passato<\/strong> check this link: Transitive and Intransitive verbs<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at a few more examples in order to clarify its construction:<\/p>\n

Siccome non<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>l\u2019avevo vista <\/span>in giro pensavo che si fosse trasferita <\/span><\/strong>(As I hadn\u2019t seen<\/span> you around I thought that you\u2019d moved away. N.B. you formal)<\/p>\n

Mi dispiace, mi <\/span>ero addormentato\/a<\/span><\/strong> (I\u2019m sorry, I had fallen asleep<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Alla festa c\u2019era anche il fratello di Lucia. Non l\u2019avevo<\/span> mai incontrato<\/span> prima<\/strong> (Lucia\u2019s brother was also at the party. I had<\/span> never met<\/span> him before)<\/p>\n

Fortunatamente nessuno si<\/span> era fatto<\/span> male<\/span><\/strong> (Luckily nobody had hurt<\/span> <\/span>themselves<\/span>)<\/p>\n

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Il passato prossimo<\/strong> (present perfect)<\/span><\/span>, on the other hand, is used when talking about the past in general, i.e. about something that happened or that we did, e.g ieri sono andato a Roma<\/strong> (I went to Rome yesterday) or Luned\u00ec \u00e8 piovuto a catinelle<\/strong> (It rained cats and dogs on Monday). Both the trapassato prossimo<\/span><\/strong> and the passato prossimo<\/strong><\/span> <\/span>are often used together in the same sentence. In this type of construction <\/span>we normally use il passato prossimo<\/strong> or, occasionally, il passato remoto<\/strong> (historical past) to express the most recent event and il trapassato prossimo<\/strong> to express the older event. Let\u2019s see how this works in the following examples:<\/p>\n

Avevamo<\/span> appena finito<\/span> di cenare quando \u00e8 arrivato<\/span><\/strong> Giorgio<\/strong> (We had<\/span> just finished<\/span> dinner when Giorgio arrived<\/span>)<\/p>\n

Mi dispiace, mi ero addormentato\/a<\/span> e non ti ho sentito<\/span> arrivare<\/strong> (I\u2019m sorry, I had fallen<\/span> asleep and I didn\u2019t hear<\/span> you arrive)<\/p>\n

Siamo arrivati<\/span> in ritardo perch\u00e9 il vento\u00a0 aveva abbattuto<\/span> degli alberi bloccando la strada<\/strong> (we arrived<\/span> late because the wind had knocked <\/span>down some trees, blocking the road)<\/p>\n

Eravamo pronti per partire quando Giorgio si \u00e8 accorto<\/span> che aveva dimenticato<\/span> il passaporto a casa<\/strong> (we were ready to go when Giorgio realised<\/span> he had forgotten<\/span> his passport at home)<\/p>\n

Avevamo deciso<\/span> di fare una passeggiata, ma poi \u00e8 cominciato<\/span> a piovere <\/strong>(We had decided<\/span> to go for a walk, but then it started<\/span> to rain)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019t heard you). Technically speaking, as you can see from the examples, it\u2019s constructed using the auxiliary verbs essere (to be) or…<\/p>\n

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