Mish Mash Of Tenses Flashcards
(33 cards)
I shouldn’t have spent so much money.
Conditional, perfect past.
Non avrei dovuto spendere cosi tanti soldi.
They would have liked to study in Italy.
Conditional perf past
Avrebbero voluto studiare in italia.
I had forgotten.
Infers a timeline, so pluperfect
Avevo dimenticato
He had already eaten.
Infers a timeline, so pluperfect.
Aveva gia mangiato
I had never been there.
Infers a timeline, so pluperfect.
Non ci ero mai stata
I have never been there.
Perfect past.
Non ci sono mai stata
But I wanted to see Gabriella.
Imperfect past.
Ma volevo vedere Gabriella.
She had already been there once, 5 years ago.
timeline, so pluperfect.
C’era gia stata una volta , cinque anni fa.
When you are a parent.
Simple future.
Quando sarai un genitori
At the school where Barbara attended first grade
Pluperfect
Alla scuola dove Barbara aveva frequentato la Prima elementare
You must have been very excited for her.
Perfect past?
Devi essere stata molto emozionato per lei
As a child i would go to school on a bike.
Imperfect past. Note, no need for conditional in perfect past.
Da bambina, andava a scuola in bicicletta.
Because they had already been there during the summer.
Perfect.
Perche c’erano gia stati durante l’estate.
I will prepare something for you.
Simple future.
Ti preparo qualcosa
I hadn’t eaten anything all day.
Plu. Hadn’t.
Non avevo mangiato niente tutto il giorno
When you will have finished university, you will start to look for work.
Quando avrai terminato l’universita, iniziarai a cercare lavoro.
Avrai = future simple for tu. This is a future perfect. Iniziarai is a simple future. Note timeline.
As soon as you have finished doing the homework, you will be able to watch TV.
Appena avrai finito di fare i competi, potrai guardare la TV.
After i (will have) done the cleaning, i will help you.
Dopo che avro fatto le pulizie, ti aiutero.
Future perfect. Simple future. Note timeline in future.
You will never believe it.
Non ci crederai mai.
Simple future.
When you return to Rome you will have learned English perfectly.
Quando tornerai a Roma avrai imparato l’inglese a perfezione.
When i come back you will all have already forgotten about me.
Quando tornero, tutti vi sarete gia dimenticati di me.
Simple future. Future perfect. Note that dimenticare takes essere and here is reflexive.
Once you have settled in a bit, and made new friends, you will feel at home.
Non appena ti sarai ambientato un pocchino, e avrai fatto nuovi amici, ti senterai come a casa.
Perf future. Perf future. Simple future.
Also note reflexive verbs in here.
Until we have told grandma you won’t be able to say anything.
Fina quando non l’avremmo detto a nonna, non potrai dire niente.
Perf future. Simple future.
By Tuesday i will have done it.
Entro martedi, l’avro fatto.
