{"id":7164,"date":"2022-03-28T18:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/non-categorizzato\/ausiliari\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T17:24:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T16:24:16","slug":"auxiliary-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/auxiliary-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Auxiliary Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Italian, the verbs <strong>essere<\/strong> (to be) and <strong>avere<\/strong> (to have) are called auxiliary verbs because they have the function of &#8220;helping&#8221; the other verbs to form compound tenses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The verb <strong>avere<\/strong> to have means to possess.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Emma <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ha<\/span> una maglietta verde.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>The verb <strong>essere<\/strong> (to be) means to stay or exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Emma <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00e8<\/span> a scuola.<br \/>\nQui <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">c&#8217;\u00e8<\/span> una palestra molto bella.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The verb to be is also used as a copula, that is, to connect an adjective or noun to the subject.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Giorgio <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">\u00e8<\/span> intelligente.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The verbs <strong>essere<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>avere<\/strong>\u00a0help the other verbs to form the compound tenses and to form the passive voice.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Io <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ho camminato<\/span>. (tempo composto)<br \/>\nIo <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sono partito<\/span>. (tempo composto)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Io amo. (forma attiva)<br \/>\nIo <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sono amato<\/span>. (forma passiva)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The verbs <strong>essere<\/strong> and <strong>avere<\/strong> are also used with verbs that indicate movement, although there is a slight difference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An action verb accompanied by the <strong>verb essere<\/strong> expresses an action that is directed towards something or someone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Io <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sono andata<\/span> a Venezia.<br \/>\n(Io sono andata verso Venezia = complemento di moto a luogo)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>A verb of movement accompanied by the <strong>verb avere<\/strong> doesn&#8217;t express movement to a place. It doesn&#8217;t say where you go it just says that you go.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Oggi <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ho corso<\/span> tantissimo.<br \/>\nIo <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ho viaggiato<\/span> in treno.<br \/>\nLui <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ha superato<\/span> l&#8217;esame.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>See also:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-verbs\/irregular\/second-conjugation-irregular\/verb-to-be\/\">Italian Verb ESSERE (to be)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-verbs\/irregular\/second-conjugation-irregular\/verb-to-have\/\">Italian Verb AVERE (to have)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Italian, the verbs essere (to be) and avere (to have) are called auxiliary verbs because they have the function of &#8220;helping&#8221; the other verbs to form compound tenses. 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