57 IL TRAPASSATO PROSSIMO
trapassato
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Learning Objectives
In this section we’ll learn IL TRAPASSATO PROSSIMO
Trapassato prossimo is the past of the past. When Italians need to specify something that had occurred before another past action, event or state, they use this tense.
Trapassato is a similar to passato prossimo; it is made of two part, conjugated auxiliary verb at imperfect + past participle.
| PARLARE io avevo parlato I had spokentu avevi parlato you had spoken lui/ lei/ Lei aveva parlato he/she/ it had spoken, you formal noi avevamo parlato we had spoken voi avevate parlato you guys had spoken loro avevano parlato they had spoken |
ANDARE
io ero andato/a I had gone tu eri andato/a you had gone lui/lei/Lei era andato/a he/she/it had gone, you formal noi eravamo andati/e we had gone voi eravate andati/e you had gone loro erano andati/e they had gone |
In spoken Italian, this tense is also used to mark very past event, and is replacing the passato remoto.
ES. Dieci anni fa ero andata a Roma. Ten years ago, I went to Rome.
Watch these two videos:
Pluperfect Tense in Italian: Trapassato Prossimo
Learn PAST PERFECT ITALIAN (TRAPASSATO PROSSIMO) in Less than 10 Minutes! [ITA audio – ENG subs]
