ITLN 010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Infinitive, Dic Entertainment
19 Nov 2015
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Another past tense, used to describe habitual actions and states of being in the past: Guardavo fiction tutti i giorni i used to watch (watched) tv series every day. It describes past actions that were in progress while something else was happening: Leggevo il giornale mentre roberto guardava la televisione i was reading the paper while robert was watching the television. Describes physical, mental, and emotional states in the past and gives background information to express age, time, and weather in the past: Mi sentivo stanco i felt tired. Time expressions such as anni fa, di solito, sempre, una volta, and il lunedi (il martedi ) are often used with imperfetto: Una volta non trasmettevano la pubblicit in tv some time ago they didn"t broadcast advertisements on tv. Non capisco perch ero sempre stanco i don"t understand why i was always tired.
