Passato prossimo with "essere"

Question 1

Passato prossimo with “essere”

Answer 1

Express motion or lack of motion, states of being or changes of state.

Question 2

How to form passato prossimo with “essere”

Answer 2

Present tense of “essere” with the past participle of the primary verb. Essere is “sono, sei, è, siamo, siete, sono”. The past participle for regular verbs is formed by dropping the “are” and adding “ato”, dropping “ere” and adding “uto”, and dropping “ire” and adding “ito”.

Question 3

Gender and number agreement

Answer 3

The past participle must agree in gender and number with the subject.

Question 4

Motion verbs include

Answer 4

Andare, arrivare, partire, stare, tornare, uscire and venire

Question 5

Verbs expressing states of being or changes in states of being include

Answer 5

Cadere, costare, diventare, entrare, essere, morire, nascere, piacere, restare, rimanere, salire, scendare

Question 6

Many verbs that take “essere” have irregular past participles that must be memorized

Answer 6

Essere-stato Rimanere-rimasto Morire-morto Scendere-sceso Nascere-nato Venire-venuto Piacere-piaciuto Vivere-vissuto

Question 7

“Essere” and “stare” use the same past participle

Answer 7

Stato

Question 8

La casa di essere

Answer 8

Nascere, morire, diventare, stare, rimanere, restare, vivere, salire, scendere, essere, cadere, andare, partire, uscire, venire, entrare, ritornare, tornare, arrivare, succedere

Question 9

Remember “essere” takes

Answer 9

“essere” in the passato prossimo

Question 10

Rimanere

Answer 10

Rimasto

Question 11

Stare

Answer 11

Stato

Question 12

Nascere

Answer 12

Nato

Question 13

Vivere

Answer 13

Vissuto

Question 14

Scendere

Answer 14

Sceso

Question 15

Morire

Answer 15

Morto

Question 16

Succedere

Answer 16

Successo

Question 17

La casa di essere

Answer 17