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Ahmed_sci

1 sep 2021

Inglés (US)

Italiano

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As I have learned that the use of “avere “ in passato prossimo is when there is a direct object in the sentence, otherwise i have to use “essere” , so is there other cases to use “ avere” in passato prossimo ?

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francescoghg

1 sep 2021

Inglés (UK) Casi fluido
Italiano

Mmmh, not really. As a rule of thumbs, virtually every verb uses "avere", there are only few exceptions that use "essere", that is reflexive verbs (e.g. "lavarsi" --> "mi sono lavato") and movement verbs focusing on a direction rather than the movement itself (e.g. "andare" --> "sono andato a casa" and "saltare" --> "sono saltato giù dal treno").

PS. Oh, and passive constructions also use "essere", but I think you already know that, it's a different thing from the "passato prossimo" 🙂

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Ahmed_sci

1 sep 2021

Inglés (US)

@francescoghg

Thanks for the useful answer , could you give me an example for a passive construction with “essere” i feel distracted by so many lessons today .

macocc

1 sep 2021

Italiano

io leggo un libro

il libro è letto da me (passive -> essere)

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Ahmed_sci

1 sep 2021

Inglés (US)

@macocc

Thank you

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As I have learned that the use of “avere “ in passato prossimo is when there is a direct object in the sentence, otherwise i have to use “essere” , so is there other cases to use “ avere” in passato prossimo ?

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