Italian Participles

The participle is an impersonal form.
There are two forms, the present participle and the past participle.

a.

The present participle is used as:

a noun (e.g. insegnante),
an adjective(e.g. pesante),
occasionally as an adverb (e.g. mediante).

For regular verbs it is formed in the following way:

amare = amante credere = credente dormire = dormiente

b. The past participle is used to form certain tenses of verbs.

Examples:

Ho letto tantissimi libri.
Ieri siete stati al mare?
I miei genitori sono partiti questa mattina.

Every verb has a past participle and for regular verbs it is formed in the following way:

Mangiare (to eat)	Credere (to believe)	Partire (to leave)
mangiato	creduto	partito

The past participle of the verbs essere and avere.

Essere (to be)	Avere (to have)
stato/a	avuto

Here are some irregular past participles:

Verbi	Participio Passato
rimanere venire fare leggere mettere prendere vedere	rimasto/a venuto/a fatto letto messo preso visto