We can simplify and say that the indicativo<\/i> is the mood of reality; the congiuntivo<\/i> is the mood of possibility, uncertainty, and opinion; the condizionale<\/i> is the mood of possibility under a certain condition; the imperativo<\/i> is the mood of command. I will go deeper into details with other blogs. The tenses of the indicativo can be semplici<\/i> (simple) or composti<\/i> (compound).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Italian presente<\/i> can express actions happening now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n but also a recurring action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n an action in the future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n as presente storico<\/i>, a particular way to describe past actions as if they were happening now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n describing an absolute<\/i> situation or atemporale<\/i>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Italian imperfetto<\/i> can describe actions or situations in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can be recurring or intermittent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Usual:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can describe a situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n … an ongoing event in history:<\/p>\n\n\n\n … a desire or an order in the present:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The imperfetto<\/i> is a very flexible tense. Here you can find some more informal uses of the imperfetto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The use of the Italian passato remoto<\/i> is very much debated in Italy. The definition of remoto<\/i>, far in the past, implies that the action is far enough in the past and has nothing to do with the present. It’s a simple, perfect tense, structured like the English simple past. But, how far in the past? Last year? Last week? There isn’t any precise rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a matter of fact, the passato pro ssimo<\/i> is replacing the passato remoto, even when the sentence says that the past event has “a step in the present”. See the sentences below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n No connections with the present. But also\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The structure looks very much like the English present perfect, and sometimes the passato prossimo works exactly like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Southern Italy, the passato remoto<\/i> is still very common, even when we describe something close to the present. In Northern Italy, the passato remoto is pretty much disregarded, we do not use it. In the media, the use of the passato remoto is declining in favor of the prossimo, particularly on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to describe a past event that happened before another past event, you need the trapassato<\/i>. There are two types of trapassato: prossimo and remoto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trapassato prossimo<\/i> is the imperfetto of essere or avere and a past participle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The point in time in the past can be a sentence or simply a moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or it can be omitted altogether, assuming that the moment is now or another known period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It doesn’t matter if we express the past point in time with the passato prossimo, imperfetto, or passato remoto. We can use the trapassato prossimo<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trapassato remoto<\/i> is extremely rare and it works with the passato remoto. It is the passato remoto of essere or avere and a participle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The futuro semplice<\/i> is a simple tense. We obviously use it for expressing a future event but also something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are not a beginner, you probably know that we can use the presente for expressing a future event. This convenient workaround discourages some students from studying the futuro semplice<\/i>. Who cares if I can use the present instead, right? Wrong. Italians use the futuro or the presente, so you need to know the futuro<\/i> if you want to understand what people say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The futuro semplice<\/i> is useful for expressing doubts or to take a guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The futuro anteriore<\/i> is a quite interesting tense. It’s a compound tense, the futuro of essere or avere and a participle. We use it for indicating a complete action in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My house will be completed next year. Easy enough. With the futuro anteriore<\/i> a speaker can express a guess, just like the futuro semplice<\/i>, with a substantial and bizarre difference. A guess with the futuro semplice<\/i> is in the present. A Ferrari could cost that much, now. With the futuro anteriore<\/i>, the action is complete, so in this particular case it works as a past tense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The speaker is wondering how much it costed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope this recap will be useful for organizing your studies. Please feel free to ask questions and try the quiz. Alla prossima<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The tenses of the Italian Indicativo Mood “Indicate”, a Real Situation. Let’s describe and understand them with some examples. 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Other moods like the infinito<\/i>, participio<\/i>, and gerundio<\/i> are “indefinite”, because they do not refer to any particular subjects or pronouns. The participio<\/i> can be singular or plural, masculine or feminine, but only in accordance with other elements of a sentence. These three are “nominal” verbs, meaning that they can also be used as nouns or adjectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Today we’ll just see the indicativo<\/i>, which includes the most common and important set of rules regarding Italian verbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Tenses of the Indicativo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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PASSATO REMOTO vs PASSATO PROSSIMO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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TRAPASSATO PROSSIMO & REMOTO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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FUTURO SEMPLICE & ANTERIORE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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