G6.2 – Il passato prossimo con ESSERE

Passato prossimo with essere in Italian

essere, stare, piacere, all reflexive and reciprocal verbs, verbs that express movement to or from a place, verbs that express state of being and changes

essere is used with…

before the whole verb

for reflexive verbs in the passato prossimo, the reflexive prounoun is placed…

take avere when accompanied by an infinitive and essere otherwise

in passato prossimo, iniziare, cominciare, and finire…

take avere only when followed by scale

in passato prossimo, the verbs salire and scendere…

take essere or avere interchangeably

in passato prossimo, the verbs vivere, piovere, and nevicare…