Italian Past Tense

Because even though we shouldn’t live in it, we need to talk about it

Not that I go around collecting favorite forms of grammar or anything, but I really love this tense.

IF I had a list of favorite grammar forms in Italian, this would be in the top 3.

It levels you up. Boosts your confidence. Makes you smile like a cheeseball because you’re finally understanding this beautiful language that used to sound like nonsense.

Luckily for all of us, there’s a pretty simple structure for using it that comes in two paths, with about 3 steps to follow each

Yay for simplicity!

Let’s gooooo.

FIRST PATH – Using AVERE to express the past

1.) The verb ‘avere’ means ‘to have’. It changes in form like this: