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In today’s lesson, we will be analyzing the passato prossimo tense of essere and avere irregular verbs. Since they follow their own conjugation, they do not belong to any standard conjugation. The complete explanation regarding passato prossimo usage will be provided in the oncoming lessons.
The dialog takes place between Paolo, a friend of Laura and Martina. Paolo inquires about the concert Laura attended.
Dialogue - Informal
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5 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #24 - Was it a good concert?”
petiteclaire says:
July 8th, 2008 at 6:41 am
Il passato prossimo in italiano e in francese sono molto vicini.
Penso che il passato prossimo non è tanto difficile, perché in italiano i verbi sono tutti regolari.
I’m sorry… I’m afraid this is mostly “pig” italian… but my dictionary is really lame… Potrebbe aiutare me per favore ?
Cinzia says:
July 8th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Ciao Claire! 
Hai scritto benissimo, non preocuparti! 
You were correct, don’t worry!
(just this sentece: “Penso che il passato prossimo non è tanto difficile” should be “Penso che il passato prossimo non SIA tanto difficile”, using the subjunctive mode, but it’s difficult and actually we haven’t studied it yet very well!)
So be proud of yourself!
I know French and Italian are very very similar! That’s why I love so much French … and France too! 
C!
Gianluca says:
July 8th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Ciao Claire,
your Italian is fantastic and your vocabularry is broad and rich. Italian and French share many things, of which language is probably the most visible one.
If you wish to improve your vocabulary, try to read some Italian newspapers. Listening to Italian songs would be useful too.
Check out the links we inserted in the forum, in the “Resources & Reviews” section. You’ll find plenty of free resources and online shoutcast radio.
Congratulazioni per il tuo italiano! 
Ciao,
Gianluca
petiteclaire says:
July 9th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Cinzia, Gianluca,
Thanks you !
French and Italian are so much alike, that I sometimes feel as if I’m just making things up starting from French …. On the other hand, understanding things is soooo much easier !
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Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: passato prossimo avere, passato prossimo essere | Function: using passato prossimo | Topic: passato prossimo | Politeness Level: informal
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