Imperfetto in Italian

The Imperfetto is a past tense used to:

• Talk about a habit in the past

Ex. Da bambina mi svegliavo alle 7 per andare a scuola (When I was a child I used to wake up at 7am to go to school)

• Describe a situation in the past

Ex. C’era il sole ma faceva molto freddo (It was sunny but very cold)

• Describe a person in the past

Ex. Era alto e aveva i capelli neri (He was tall and he had black hair)

Let’s see how to conjugate the Imperfect of a regular verbs in –are, -ere, -ire

And here you can find the conjugation of essere (to be) and avere (to have)

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