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
= amantecredere
=credente
dormire
= dormienteb. 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 |
Credere |
Partire |
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 |
rimasto/a |