{"id":4736,"date":"2014-02-17T09:40:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T09:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=4736"},"modified":"2014-02-17T15:41:29","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T15:41:29","slug":"to-be-or-to-have-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/to-be-or-to-have-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be or to Have? Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

As promised in Part 1<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/a> of this blog, today we\u2019re going to look at some more verbs which use both essere<\/strong> and avere<\/strong> in the passato prossimo<\/strong>. Let\u2019s dive straight in:<\/p>\n

1. suonare<\/strong> = to play, to ring. This is a transitive verb, so it\u2019s normally built with the verb avere<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Giovanni ha suonato la chitarra elettrica per molti anni prima di passare a quella acustica <\/strong>= Giovanni played the electric guitar for many years before moving onto the acoustic guitar<\/font><\/p>\n

le campane hanno suonato mezzogiorno <\/strong>= the bells have struck midday<\/font> <\/p>\n

However<\/u>, when we don\u2019t express who or what did the action of playing, we use essere<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

\u00e8 suonato mezzogiorno<\/strong> = literally: it has sounded midday, equivalent to \u2018the bells\/clock have struck midday\u2019 <\/font><\/p>\n

\u00e8 suonata la sveglia<\/strong> = the alarm rang<\/font><\/p>\n

2. correre<\/strong> = to run. This is normally used with the auxiliary verb avere<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

Mario ha corso la maratona di New York <\/strong>= Mario ran the New York Marathon <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

ho corso per mezz\u2019ora <\/strong>= I\u2019ve run for half an hour<\/font> <\/p>\n

However<\/u>, we use essere<\/strong> when correre<\/strong> takes on the meaning of \u2018to rush\u2019: <\/p>\n

siamo corsi subito all\u2019ospedale<\/strong> = we immediately rushed to the hospital <\/font><\/p>\n

sono corsa a telefonare <\/strong>= I ran\/rushed to make a phone call <\/font><\/p>\n

Essere<\/strong> is also used when correre<\/strong> is part of an in idiomatic expression: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00e8<\/font> corsa voce che tu avessi fatto un incidente di maccchina<\/font><\/strong> = there was a rumour that you had had a car crash<\/font><\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> volare<\/strong> = to fly. This is normally used with avere: <\/strong><\/p>\n

abbiamo volato con Alitalia <\/strong>= we flew with Alitalia<\/font><\/p>\n

le anatre hanno volato a lungo prima di posarsi<\/strong> = the ducks flew for a long time before setting down <\/font><\/p>\n

However<\/u>, if we express where we are flying to or from, we use essere<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

gli uccellini sono volati via dal nido<\/strong> = the fledglings flew away from the nest. <\/font><\/p>\n

Essere<\/strong> is also used when the action of flying is caused by an external force such as the wind or a kick, and in most idiomatic and figurative expressions: <\/strong><\/p>\n

il pallone \u00e8 volato aldil\u00e0 della rete<\/strong> = the ball flew past the net<\/font><\/p>\n

il nonno \u00e8 volato in cielo<\/strong> = granddad flew to heaven (passed away)<\/font><\/p>\n

Finally there is a group of verbs in  which both essere<\/strong> and avere<\/strong> are completely interchangeable, and despite the fact that my teacher at the primary school used to insist that essere<\/strong> was more correct, all my grammar books and dictionaries say that there is absolutely no difference between the two. Here are the verbs:<\/p>\n

nevicare<\/strong> = to snow, piovere<\/strong> = to rain, diluviare<\/strong> = to pour\/to shower, grandinare<\/strong> = to hail, inciampare<\/strong> = to stumble\/to trip, sbandare<\/strong> = to skid, scivolare<\/strong> = to slip\/to slide:<\/p>\n

questa notte ha\/\u00e8 piovuto a dirotto<\/strong>= last night it poured down<\/font><\/p>\n

l\u2019inverno scorso ha\/\u00e8 nevicato varie molto<\/strong> = last winter it snowed several times <\/font><\/p>\n

ho inciampato\/sono inciampata su un sasso<\/strong> = I tripped on a stone<\/font><\/p>\n

la macchina ha sbandato\/\u00e8 sbandata perch\u00e9 la strada era ghiacciata<\/strong> = the car skidded because the road was frozen<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As promised in Part 1 of this blog, today we\u2019re going to look at some more verbs which use both essere and avere in the passato prossimo. Let\u2019s dive straight in: 1. suonare = to play, to ring. This is a transitive verb, so it\u2019s normally built with the verb avere: Giovanni ha suonato la…<\/p>\n

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