ITALIAN PAST TENSES EXPLAINED: Passato Prossimo, Imperfetto, Trapassato Prossimo, and Passato Remoto
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Have you ever asked yourself... WHY?!
Why are Italian verbs so different from English ones and why is it so difficult to translate them?
In this video, I walk you through 4 of the main Italian Past Tenses comparing them to English to better understand where potential difficulties are hidden.
Feel free to skip around the parts that interest you most, or if you're curious (and want to help me out on the platform!) watch until the end!
And of course, if you have any questions or feedback for me, please leave it in the comments, it means a lot to me!
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:16 - Passato prossimo
03:29 - Imperfetto
07:26 - Trapassato prossimo
08:42 - Passato remoto
11:09 - Passato prossimo vs imperfetto
12:14 - Reach out and connect with me!
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Thank you for being one of the few channels to actually give a comprehensive review of the tenses
After 2 years, somebody is learning from your wonderful teaching videos.
tnx a lot for the time put
Very clear, concise video. Thank you :)
thanks for this explanation! I can't stand grammar but you made this much clearer.
Wow, you are good. Thanks for the effort you put into these videos.
Probably the best way to explain past tenses in Italian. Questo video è il migliore dei tutti. Grazie mille❤
U make it so clear, thankee 😍
this is amazing!!! thank you so much for this video!! really helped a lot understand past tense s difference !!
you are perfect, and i understand if you do not have a lot of subscribers as much as you deserve, but please continue and keep up. people will find you, i am sure.
So true❤️❤️
Brilliant video. Thank you. I have started with Olly’s course and am glad I also found your channel!
That was really clear. Thank you.
Thank you very much, Martina! It was a lesson to really make sense in no time!
Omg you’re just killing it!! Can’t think of any better explanation. Thank you so much!
Beautifully and clearly explained - grazie! You are a very clear teacher...well done!
I can already tell that I am going to learn heaps from you! Thanks for explaining these concepts so succinctly.
Thank you - so useful 🙂
Grazie! So helpful!!
Very helpful in wrapping my head around these past tenses. Thank you.
Ciao Martina, thank you ever so much for this illuminating explanation of the past tenses!
Marvelously explained, now I can make sense of these
Tante grazie sorella. La tua spiegazione era chiara davvero. Dio ti benedica sempre. Ho imparato tanto da te. Sono Kennedy, un studente all'Universita` di Urbaniana. Wish to see you one day. Best wishes please
Brilliant, clear explanation of the Italian past tenses
Very nice teaching madam thanks a lot ❤❤
I appreciate your honesty with the remote passato. 👏
This is so helpful! Having it explained in English is a relief! :)
Grazie, grazie, grazie! Così utile. Avevo tanto bisogno di questa recensione!!
Grazie a te Jennifer!! Sono contenta che tu l'abbia trovata utile!! :)
Grazie Mille. A very clear explanation that can be remembered easily
Grazie mille ❤
Sono un studiante nuovo di italiano e queste video é molto utile per mi. Grazie mille
And your English is better than my wow and am taking years to learn Italian language thank God I find this Chanel
I love the way you explain things ! Una ottima e molto chiara spiegazione..Grazie.
Grazie mille Irene!! I am so glad that you find it useful!!! :)
Grazie mille
I like your explanations. I feel like I have a bit better understanding of the difference between passato prossimo and imperfetto. Thanks
Mí e piaciuto moltissimo!
Saluti da Parigi. Ho imparato molto, grazie!
Very useful
Mille grazie Martina! Great video as always! - Darryl
Grazie mille a te Darryl per essere qui!! I am so glad you like my videos!! 💛
È una spiegazione perfetta del tempo passato! Grazie^^
Grazie a te per essere qui! Sono contenta che tu l'abbia trovata utile/interessante! 💛
Ciao Martina, te lo devo dire: sei davvero eccezionale!!! Complimenti per davvero. Si vede che insegni con il cuore ❤️
Ciao Elisabetta! Wow, un commento così, da una grande come te è un onore!! Grazie mille per essere passata di qui 😍
very nice video.
Grazie
You’re great!
Bravissimo insegnante... Grazie mille... Samy da India...
I tuoi video sono sempre utili e divertenti, grazie mille! Mi piacerebbe fare un quiz su questi tempi, forse un'idea per il prossimo video? :-)
Un'ottima idea per un prossimo video!! In realtà sto pensando anche a qualcosa in diretta/live per fare pratica, che ne dici?
Grazie mille per essere qui e per guardare i miei video, i tuoi commenti mi rallegrano sempre la giornata! 💛
@@ItalianBites Che bella idea! Parteciperei sicuramente, a patto che non dorma a quell'ora (fuso orario diverso). Come ha detto un altro tuo studente qui su YT, è evidente che insegnare l'italiano è una tua passione! :-)
Hi :) I really enjoy your channel. You have such sparkle! I'm also an English teacher and have been for almost 25 years. My specialty is grammar. Your explanations were spot on with one tiny exception. In English, in general, if we use a specific time, we can't use present perfect. For that reason, "Mario has gone out a 5:00 pm" isn't correct. We would have to use "went". Simple past is for specific times while present perfect is for unspecific. You *could* say "Mario has been out SINCE 5:00" because we are using since, and he is still out (verb = be). We also could not say "Mario has gone out since 5:00" because even though we used since, you can not continue to go out...it happens once, so it is simple past as well :)
Thank you!
I came to this comment section to make the same point. 'Mario has gone out at 5:00 pm' is a very awkward construction, and one that would almost never be used.
I can think of only one situation in which it might make sense, but the set-up is a bit complicated. Let's say that Mario is known to go out every Friday evening, and that one of his acquaintances wants to go to Mario's house to give him something before he goes out. Maybe he isn't sure what time Mario usually goes out, so he asks one of Mario's closest friends, 'Is it possible that Mario might go out early on a Friday night?' In that case, the friend could say, 'Well, Mario has gone out at 5:00 before,' as a way of saying that it's possible he might already be gone because at least on some occasions he has gone out early.
But again, it requires a pretty convoluted set of circumstances for that sentence to sound like standard English.
Grazie to explain this you helpt mi understand sorry i am lurning long time olmost every day Italiaan but its diffelcut Grazie mille per aiutare lingue italiano studiare 1 anno quasi tutte giorno ma molto dificele . Sono olandese ma imperare di solo englise e adesso familia in March vorrei imperare.
As a language lover,I highly like your easy method of language teaching. Great!
I am here to learn Italian after Learning Arabic,English, Persian, little bit Japanese and spanish. Moreover, My mother Lang is Bangla.
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Brava
beautifully explained but I was so hoping to get an explanation for the Trapassato Remoto. Is Trapassato Prossimo chronological and Trapassato Remoto relationship. For example: ''When I got to the station the train had already left'' (Trapassato Prossimo) but ''The show began only after everyone had arrived'' (Trapassato Remoto)
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Una domanda: dove e come hai imparato l'inglese? Sei molto brava!
Riguardo il passato remoto usato al sud. Parlo per il siciliano, che è la mia seconda lingua. I siciliani che usano il passato remoto in italiano, stanno semplicemente parlando in italiano regionale, traducendo letteralmente il passato siciliano, che ha più o meno solo un tempo per avvenimenti recenti e remoti, ed è simile al passato remoto italiano.
In siciliano non si usa una versione composta per il passato, tipo il passato prossimo.
Forse è solo una mia impressione, ma avevo letto qualcosa al riguardo. Esiste una specie di imperfetto, e forse anche trapassato prossimo. Ma probabilmente hanno un utilizzo leggermente diverso e forse anche specifico delle varie versioni del siciliano.
Interessantissimo!! Non lo sapevo! Devo approfondire, grazie! 🥰
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thank you so much for being always among the first ones to comment on my videos, I really appreciate it!! 💛
You're beautiful! Mean, I love the way you explain. ❤
Why not speak in Italian from the very beginning and then list your lessons for basic, intermediate or advanced? Ho appena trovato il tuo sito web e l'ho trovato fantastico, ma poi hai iniziato a parlare inglese e avresti preferito che lo spiegassi in italiano. Per gli studenti di base, potresti avere i sottotitoli in inglese.
so cute
When you use google translate does that correctly use the proper tenses in Italian. ?
Is there a Remoto Prosommo,or a
Prosommo Trassopato Remeto.
I don’t understand any of it.
I am doing an Italian Course.I
would say I get one out of ten.
I do my best,but my best is
not good enough.
These are all past tenses right? 4 ?
There are 11 past tenses indeed
OMG What?
One of your English examples is flawed. I think one would say 'Mario went out at 5pm' rather than 'Mario has gone out at 5pm'
Sei un’insegnante fantastica. Grazie per le ottime spiegazioni.
Dear teacher it’s a pretty complicated subject. You speak too fast to follow you. I’m really interested in learning this lesson ! Thank you
Speak too much and don't give examples!!
Grazie