imperfetto

Question 1

what are the main uses of the imperfect?

Answer 1

1. to describe habitual actions or repeated actions in the past
2. to describe how things or people were in the past
3. to describe the actions that were occuring simultaneously
4. used with: weather, time of day, age, health, mental and psychological states in the past
5. in conjunction with the passato prossimo to state what was going on when something else happened

Question 2

how is the imperfect -are verbs formed?

Answer 2

-avo, -avi, -ava, -avamo, -avate, -avano

Question 3

how to form -ere verbs?

Answer 3

-evo, evi, eva, -evamo, -evate, -evano

Question 5

how do you form -ire verbs?

Answer 5

-ivo, -ivi, -iva, -ivamo, -ivate, -ivano

Question 6

how do you conjugate essere?

Answer 6

io ero
tu eri
lui era
noi eravamo
voi eravate
loro erano

Question 7

what time expressions indicate the imperfect?

Answer 7

di solito, ongi giorno, il sabato, ogni tanto, qualche volta, a volte