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the imperfect is…
a past habit or past descriptions (not an reoccuring thing)
ex> past age, past weather, etc.
Do NOT get it confused with past participle
endings of regular imperfect verbs
take away ONLY the -re and add…
io vo noi vamo
tu vi voi vate
lui/lei va loro vano
irregular imperfect verbs
essere, fare, bere, dire
conjugation of essere in the imperfect past
ero
eri
era
eravamo
eravate
erano
conjugation of fare in the imperfect past
root word: face-
facevo
facevi
faceva
facevamo
facevate
facevano
conjugation of bere in the imperfect past
root word: beve-
bevevo
bevevi
beveva
bevevamo
bevevate
bevevano
conjugation of dire in the imperfect past
root word: dice-
dicevo
dicevi
diceva
dicevamo
dicevate
dicevano
windy weather
c’era vento
era ventoso
rainy weather
c'era la pioggia
pioveva
mist/fog weather
c’era la foschia
c’era la nebbia
overcast/cloudy weather
era coperto
era nuvoloso
good weather
faceva bel tempo
faceva fresco
stormy weather
lampeggiva
c’era il temporale
c’era il fulmine
hot weather
faceva caldo
c’erano 39 gradi
sunny weather
c’era il sole
era soleggiato
snowy weather
nevicava
c’era neve
bad weather
faceva brutto tempo
faceva pessimo tempo
cold weather
c’erano 10 gradi
faceva freddo
as a child
da bambino/a
when I was young
da giovane
while
mentre
always
sempre
often
spesso
frequently
frequentemente
generally
generalmente
usually
di solito
at times, sometimes
a volte, qualche volta
every once and a while
ogni tanto
rarely
raramente
almost never
quasi mai
never
non… mai
on Saturdays
il sabato
on Sundays
la domenica
name of the song we learned
quello che mi davi tu
It was one o’clock
era l’una
it was noon
era mezzogiorno
it was midnight
era mezzanotte
Only for l’una, mezzogiorno, and mezzanotte you use ____, but for all other times you use ____
era, erano le
It was two o’clock
erano le due
it was 3 o’clock
erano le tre
____ for minus time and ____ for adding time
meno, e
It was 5:10
erano le cinque e dieci
It was 1:50
erano le due meno dieci
+15 mins
+30 mins
un quarto
mezzo
It was 7:45
erano le otto meno un quarto
It was 12:30
Era mezzogiorno e mezzo